 Join us for our 13th annual celebration of Nollaig na mBan in honour of "Women's Christmas", when women traditionally celebrate the end of the Christmas season by getting together with friends. The IWN Nollaig na mBan dinner has become a tradition with Irish women in the Lower Mainland. For more details and to purchase your tickets go to the Events page.  After days of what seemed like dancing to a verse of Lannigan's Ball (people stepping in and stepping out again), we had 15 teams take part in the pub quiz last Thursday night at The Shebeen, at the back of the Irish Heather in Gastown. Tara Burke-Brutus, the woman who spearheaded the quiz night, along with Aoife Brennan and Eilis Courtney were the quiz coordinators and did a fantastic job making sure everybody was behaving and not cheating ;-) The questions were set by Ita Kane-Wilson (me!) and while she thought the questions were fair, most people found them very challenging! (I'll go easy next time round!) There were tonnes of door and raffle prizes and our thanks go to The Shebeen for giving us the use of their space, Toybox on Broadway for the games, The Chor Leoni Men's Choir, The Vancouver Bach Choir and the Elektra Women's Choir for their very kind donation of tickets to see their wonderful Christmas choral celebrations, The Irish Heritage Society, Keith Henderson etc. It was a very lively, entertaining night with lots of laughter and a chance for people to meet new friends as well as raise money for the Irish Women's Network, TASO Uganda and ACIO.  Fergal Dempsey from Castlebar and his teammates having a great night! 1 Comment  The Irish Women's Network held a very informative networking event for newcomers last Saturday, November 5th at the BCIT downtown campus. It proved to be the prefect venue for such an undertaking as there was plenty of space for the numbers that showed up. People had mostly registered online prior to the event but there were also a good number of registrants on the day. A survey about the event will be sent out shortly as plans are underway to hold another networking event in the early Spring and all suggestions are very welcome. Here are a smattering of comments from the attendees: I'd just like to say a very big thank you to you and the team behind Saturday's networking event. What an informative and encouraging event it was. I am so delighted I went. I not only had the opportunity to make new contacts but also have possibly made some new friends that are in the same situation as myself, fresh off the boat and knowing very few people! (GL) It was so lovely to meet you on Saturday, and the event seemed to be a huge success. I learnt a lot and Jennifer looked at my resume, which was fantastic! (KM) Fair play to you all, you did a great job setting it up and providing such a useful resource for all of us ex-pats. Thank you so much for your help with my job search, it is very much appreciated and again thank you for organizing such a great event and providing much needed support to the Irish Community in Vancouver. (ED) Thank you and your organization for that great event at BCIT on Saturday. It was such a great source of information, inspiration and a fun networking opportunity. (GR) I just wanted to say well done to you and all involved in the get together on Saturday. It was great to see so many established Irish people there and willing to help us younger ones. (MM) I just wanted to thank you and all involved with the networking event on Saturday. Unfortunately I had to leave just before 6 and never got to thank you in person. It was another great event and very helpful. (LT) ….. firstly I would like to congratulate you and your team for the newcomers networking event. I found it extremely helpful and informative. Everybody involved were very approachable and friendly. (BM) Just want to say thank you so much for organizing this event- I had to leave quite early for work, but found it very, very interesting and useful! (TC) | ArchivesMay 2012 CategoriesAll |
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