What's New

For the latest IWD 2010 Updates visit here.

Today is Tuesday, March 2 and all of the worksite coordinators should have received the participant confirmations for their workplace. If you did not list a worksite coordinator, you are still registered for the event but you may not receive your confirmation in advance.

If you haven't registered yet, we are still accepting registrations up until Thursday, March 4. If you registered after February 19, you may not receive a confirmation but that does not mean that you are registered. You should have a package waiting for you at there IWD Registration Table.

Please visit the Exhibitor page for an updated listing of this year's exhibitors.

Please read on for useful information for participants:

1. Parking - As mentioned on the website, there is pay parking available at the Holiday Inn Harbourview. Subsequent to last year's event, the hotel moved to a "pay and display" parking system that is operated by a separate company. This is a big change from the free parking that was available at the hotel for past IWD events. (Note: Any participants attending the dance workshop at the Dartmouth Sportsplex should be able to park there for free.)

2. Transportation - We encourage participants to car pool, share a taxi or take the bus. There is a bus transfer station right across the street, so the hotel is quite accessible by Metro Transit.

3. Lunch - While the committee does not have the budget to provide nutrition breaks or lunch, the hotel will again offer a buffet lunch to participants. They will sell buffet tickets that day for $15.00 tax and gratuity included. The buffet will include soup, salads, sandwiches and pastries, with some vegetarian choices.

If the buffet lunch is not of interest, other options include the coffee shop downstairs, the hotel dining room, a McDonalds up the street, the coffee shop in the Sportsplex, as well as a few other restaurants in the Wyse Road area.

If anyone has special dietary needs, we encourage them to make arrangements with the hotel dining room.

4. Raffle! - The DFO Network of Women will have a table in the Exhibits area and will display a painting generously donated by a local artist. They plan to raffle it off as an IWD fundraiser. Don't miss this!

5. Silent Auction! - The IWD Organizing Committee is holding a Silent Auction all day as a fundraiser to help offset the costs of the event. Great items, cash only, bidding ends at 3pm. Start your Mother's Day or holiday shopping early!

6. Special Exhibitor! - we are very pleased to have "Work for Widows" as one of the exhibitors and expect that they will be selling their jewellery and other items.

7. IWD Charity - In recognition of the earthquake in Haiti (horribly followed by another earthquake in Chile) the committee selected the Red Cross as our charity for this year. We will have a donation bottle at the organizing committee table. Participants are urged to bring a loonie, toonie, or whatever they wish to donate.

8. Scent Free - A number of women attending this event are sensitive to scents whether because of asthma, allergies, environmental illness or multiple chemical sensitivities. We ask everyone to please respect this by not wearing scented products. In the past, some participants have actually had to leave the event because of others wearing scents.

9. Smoke free - The Holiday Inn Harbourview is now a smoke free property.

It is Monday, February 22...we are still accepting registrations.

In addition to the workshops already listed below, the following workshops are now full: Women & Money (morning workshop) and Latin Dance (afternoon workshop). Others are very close to filling up.

Please note that confirmations for those already registered will go out this week.

The participant registration requests are continuing to arrive and we now have over 250 women registered. Deadline to send in your registration is this Friday, February 19.

Please note that the morning workshop of A Naturopathic Approach to Managing Stress is full. There are still spots available in the afternoon workshop.

We are still looking for items for our silent auction. If you have anything that you would like to contribute, please let us know!

Over 100 women already registered for the IWD event! Please take note of the special considerations:

This is a Barrier Free conference. Please identify specific requests with your registration.

American Sign Language will be provided for the plenary and for the workshops on request.

To accommodate participants with environmental sensitivities, please remember that this is a smoke-free and scent-free environment. For further details: No Scents Please

We are excited to announce that this year we will be having a Silent auction.

Please plan to bid on some great items!!

For additional information or to donate items for the auction, please send an email.

International Women's Day 2010 will be here before we know it!

Please note that registration starts February 5th and will run to February 19th. To ensure you get into your preferred workshops, register early as workshops are filled first come...first serve.

Also, it is important to include your alternate workshop choice and your worksite coordinator to ensure that you receive confirmation of your workshops.

Thanks!

Please note that the agenda has changed for the 2010 International Women's Day Celebration. This year we will be offering two workshop times, one in the morning and one in the afternoon in addition to an opening and closing plenary. We sincerely hope that you will all enjoy your day!