We collect books and jigsaw puzzles all year round for our annual sale. We ask for only clean, intact items. We cannot sell items that are dirty, damaged, mildewed, or incomplete.
Please visit our Booksale Page for more details. Funds raised from the sale go towards our Scholarship & Bursary Program.
To donate books: drop them into the CFUW PQ Drop Box on the right side of the entrance to Save-On-Foods at Wembley Mall.
Inviting groups, charities and non-profits, who may be interested to contact the author at susanblacklin.com to learn how you may order and sell books as a f...
**March is Women’s History Month - let's honour some more impactful Canadian Women**Justice Bertha Wilson (1923–2007)First woman to be appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada. Born into a working-class family in Scotland, Bertha Wilson trained in law in Canada. When appointed to the high court in 1982, she already had a track record as a justice with the Ontario Court of Appeal, where she was known for her humane decisions in areas such as human rights and the division of matrimonial property. During her nine years on the Supreme Court, she helped her male colleagues to understand that seemingly neutral laws often operated to the disadvantage of women and minorities - thank you Justice Wilson! ... See MoreSee Less
**March is Women’s History Month**Ga’axstal’as, Jane Constance Cook (1870–1951)Kwakwaka’wakw leader, cultural mediator, and activist. Born on Vancouver Island, Ga’axstal’as, Jane Constance Cook was the daughter of a Kwakwaka'wakw noblewoman and a white fur trader. Raised by a missionary couple, she had strong literacy skills and developed a good understanding of both cultures and legal systems. As the grip of colonialism tightened around West Coast nations, Cook lobbied for First Nations to retain rights of access to land and resources. She testified at the McKenna-McBride Royal Commission of 1914 and was the only woman on the executive of the Allied Indian Tribes of British Columbia in 1922. A fierce advocate for women and children, she was also a midwife and healer and raised sixteen children. ... See MoreSee Less
**March is Women’s History Month**Mona Louise Parsons was born on February 17, 1901, in Middleton, Nova Scotia and married Dutch businessman Willem Leonhardt in 1937. For two years, Mona and Willem enjoyed marital life together in Holland until September 1939, when Nazi Germany invaded Poland, and then later, Holland.Once the Nazis invaded she worked in the Dutch resistance to get Allied airmen out of occupied Holland. She and her husband were betrayed and they were arrested in 1941. She was one of the only women to be tried by Nazi tribunal in the Netherlands. She was nearly executed but she impressed the judge with her poise under pressure.She then spent the rest of the war in German Nazi prisons until near the end of the war the compound she was staying in was bombed and many of the female prisoners escaped. She walked from Germany to unoccupied Holland with a Dutch baroness, where she was coincidentally received in Allied territory by her own countrymen, the North Nova Scotia Highlanders.Her story was spread by Canadian troops and served to lift their spirits in the final days of the war. She received commendations from both Britain and the United States for helping Allied airmen escape from or evade enemy capture.Mona never fully recovered from the trauma of her wartime experience, but her resilience ensured her ability to carry on. She was reunited with her husband, and they lived in Holland until his death in 1956. She moved back to Nova Scotia the following year and later remarried. In 1976, Mona fell ill with pneumonia and died on November 28, at the age of 75. Sadly she's buried in a family plot where she's only recognized as her second husband's wife.www.canadapost-postescanada.ca/blogs/personal/perspectives/mona-parsons-wwii-hero/... See MoreSee Less
Did you know that March is Womens' History Month? ...here's a link to an interesting site that focuses on women who have made a difference in STEM - makes for interesting reading. Enjoy 😊 ... See MoreSee Less
Brainpower: Women Mathematicians Who Changed Our World Ten years ago, when I started the Women In Science Archive, we as a civilization were still residing
as we reflect on the last week, leading up to IWD, let's remember some of the many women, and men who made this happen, and listen to a very movimg rendition of 'Bread and Roses'www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEffTvbVqmc... See MoreSee Less
Tomorrow is **International Women's Day** (March 8), a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating women's equality. Organisations, groups, and individuals worldwide can all play a part - in the community, at work, at home, and beyond.The campaign theme for International Women's Day 2024 is **Inspire Inclusion**. When we inspire others to understand and value women's inclusion, we forge a better world.And when women themselves are inspired to be included, there's a sense of belonging, relevance, and empowerment. To truly include women means to openly embrace their diversity of race, age, ability, faith, body image, and how they identify. Worldwide, women must be included in all fields of endeavourIWD has occurred for well over a century, with the first recognised IWD gathering in 1911 supported by over a million people. Today, IWD belongs to all groups collectively everywhere. IWD is not country, group or organisation specific. ... See MoreSee Less