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Toronto - Annual Report 2002

One of our executive members has been extensively involved this year in the preparation of CCMW's resource kit, In My Own Skin. Despite that she has also managed to do a great deal of networking.

 Interfaith work has been ongoing this year:

• with Scarborough Missions (a multi-faith prayer service ), with Women's Interfaith Dialogue (meets every 6 weeks),

• with the National Christian Liaison Committee

• with St. Nicholas Anglican Church

• with the United Church ( consultation on a discussion paper to be used

• across the country and an upcoming United Church prayer session.

We were honoured to be guests at the welcoming ceremony in Toronto for the Pope and the Reception held afterwards by the Mayor of Toronto.

Presentations continue to happen in a variety of forms such as:

• presenting at the R.I.S.E. conference for the York Region School Board -April

• presenting to a women's group at Emanuel College at U. of T. during Ramadan about the role of women in Islam - December

• presenting at a high school on March 21st -the Day For The Elimination of Racism

Toronto - Spring 1999 (May)

Nafees Sayeed was a panelist at a conference for judges of the Ontario Courts, in November 1998. Toronto will host the 1999 National Conference.

Toronto - Fall 1998 (September)

Toronto Chapter has been meeting with local politicians and Isabel Bassett, Provincial Minister of Ontario, for Citizenship, Culture & Recreation will be the speaker at their Annual General Meeting on August 29, 1998.

Toronto also held workshops on Ontario's Family Law, as well as continuing their collator- ation with B'nai Brith and Christian Interfaith groups.