Current campaigns
To welcome the fall season, IWS is organizing a virtual fundraising campaign, ‘I move for Immigrant Women in Science’. Please join us virtually between September 24th and October 2nd! Post pictures of your activity with the hashtag #IMove4IWS to be entered into the draw for a special giveaway! We look forward to having you join us!
“Let’s Move Together to Support Each Other” for IWS! Everybody is welcome to join!
Past campaigns
I Move for Immigrant Women In Science 2021
The sun is shining bright, the weather is warm and beautiful but these days don’t last forever. Then put on the helmets, grab the canoe or ropes…don’t forget the shoes and hats to support IMMIGRANT WOMEN IN SCIENCE!
Join us for the remote #fundraising campaign, ‘𝑰 𝑴𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑰𝒎𝒎𝒊𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝑾𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝑺𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆’ from September 18th to September 26th. If you don’t wish to ‘move’ but still want to support us, you can donate or nominate someone else to ‘move’ for you.
Virtual Run/Walk Fundraising Campaign
To close the summertime and welcome the Fall season, IWS organized a virtual fundraising walk/run campaign that took place between October 3 – 11, 2020. The main objective of the campaign was to raise funds to support operations, outreach and develop new programs. We opened the campaign walk or run-in different cities across Canada. To offer the opportunity for everyone to participate and contribute, the campaign extended over a week. We asked our participants to choose any day and time that is suitable for them between Oct 3rd -11th. During our campaign week, we aimed to reach a total of 5,000km.
The campaign was a great success and we were able to reach many people residing in different cities across Canada. At the end we received a grand total of $911.38 that will be spent on the following activities:
- Offer additional services and topics to IWS members
- Make our meetings inclusive and available to all our members and allies, using a videoconferencing platform
- Support the ongoing maintenance fees of our website, social media, as well as rooms for meetings when needed
- Create and distribute additional communication tools to spread the IWS message
- Bring external speakers to our meetings