IODE Canada
  • Welcome
    • From the desk of the National President Jane Cushing 2022 >
      • From the desk of the National President Carol McCall 2019-2022
    • 122nd National Annual Meeting
    • Express News & Press Releases
  • Education
    • IODE War Memorial Scholarship Application >
      • 2022 IODE War Memorial Scholarship Award Recipients
      • IODE War Memorial Scholarship - Past Recipients
    • IODE Violet Downey Book Award Recipients >
      • 2022 Violet Downey - Short List
    • IODE 100th Anniversary Grant Program >
      • ​Past Award Winning Programs
    • IODE Labrador Bursary Application >
      • IODE Labrador Recipients
    • IODE Ursula E. Bangs Awards in Cardiology Recipients
    • IODE Silence to Sound Award McGill University Recipients
    • IODE Montreal Children's Hospital Bursary for Nursing Recipients
    • IODE Joan Butler Award in Perinatal Intensive Care Nursing Recipients
    • IODE Wilhelmina Gordon Foundation Scholarship Queen's University Recipients
    • IODE National Theatre School of Canada Recipients
    • IODE Canada's National Ballet Award Recipients
  • Community Service
    • IODE Snack Pack Program
    • IODE Snack Pack Shop to Give Campaign >
      • IODE Shop to Give Instructions
    • IODE Canadian Disaster Fund
  • Citizenship
    • 2022 IODE RCMP Community Service Award
    • Supporting Canada's Armed Forces
  • Membership
    • Who is IODE
    • ​Alumni Chapter and E-Chapter
    • Become a Member
    • Badge of Membership
    • ECHOES >
      • ECHOES Submission Form
      • ECHOES 2022
      • ECHOES 2021
      • ECHOES 2020
      • ECHOES 2019
      • ECHOES 2018
      • ECHOES 2017
      • ECHOES 2016
      • ECHOES 2015
      • ECHOES 2014
      • ECHOES 2013
      • ECHOES 2012
      • ECHOES 2011
      • ECHOES 2009 & 2010
      • ECHOES 2007 & 2008
    • IODE Member Resources
    • IODE Express News - Subscribe Now
  • Contact Us
    • National Chapter in Session
    • IODE Chapter Directory
    • IODE in Yukon
    • IODE in British Columbia >
      • IODE British Columbia Arts Award
    • IODE in Alberta >
      • IODE Alberta Coronation Bursaries
      • IODE Alberta Master's Bursary
    • IODE in Saskatchewan
    • IODE in Manitoba
    • IODE in Ontario
    • IODE in Quebec
    • IODE in New Brunswick
    • IODE in Nova Scotia
    • IODE in Prince Edward Island
  • About Our Work
    • National Presidents
    • Support IODE
    • Together for Tomorrow
    • Our Contribution to Canada and the World
Picture
​09 September 2022
Up-date from the Board of Directors
​Thank you for the opportunity to serve as your President.  I am looking forward to the next year. The work of our IODE members in their communities across Canada is tremendous.  These accomplishments are celebrated at our National Annual Meeting and are featured in this edition of Echoes.  During IODE Awareness Week, 01 to 07 October 2022, we tabulated those results across Canada and have a clearer idea of what can be accomplished when Working Together for Many. Seventy years ago, The late Queen Elizabeth II assumed the throne and pledged to continue the life of service to which she had committed on her twenty first birthday. At that time, IODE pledged to support Her Majesty’s commitment to service and this sum of the service done by IODE in 2022 will demonstrate our continuing loyalty to that commitment.  “What does the “I” in IODE stand for?  Members requested a fresh approach to these questions and have agreed “I” will stand for “inclusive”.  Good communication, opportunities to safely share ideas and mentors are ways that chapters include their members.  Listening to those we seek to help is inclusive.  Respecting all the people in a chapter and sharing leadership roles is inclusive.  Allowing new members and chapters to do things differently is inclusive.  As a result of the Pillars Membership Project conducted by the National Advisory Committee, we learned that members like being able to undertake the projects that suit their communities.  Members pointed out that women who shepherded them during their first years in IODE were key to their IODE membership.  From our Quebec Silence to Sound scholarship winner we learned of allyship.  To practice allyship we throw away our ideas about what people “need” and listen to what they think would improve the quality of their own lives. At the National Annual Meeting, the speakers from Mama Bear Clan and North Point Douglas Women’s Centre in Manitoba, described how they practice allyship. These are all examples of inclusiveness.  Let us apply the concept of inclusivity to the regular business of our chapters. Enjoy our membership and share that enjoyment with others.
Jane Cushing
President
IODE Canada
_________________________
IODE Canada Head Office
80 Birmingham Street, Suite B6,
Toronto ON M8V 3W6

27 May 2022
Acceptance Speech of the National President at the 112nd National Annual Meeting
Thank you for the opportunity to serve as your president.  It is an honour to follow in the footsteps of the Fredericton, New Brunswick women who answered Margaret Poulson Murray’s call to begin a new organization and then held firm behind her efforts to form a chapter in Montreal.  Encore une fois, une Néo-Brunswickoise a l’opportunité  d’introduire une nouvelle ère au sein du développement du IODE. En effet, elle sera la première présidente qui n’est pas  originaire de l’Ontario. 

This change has been made possible by the vision of IODE leaders like Catherine Moore, Doreen Hamilton and Jean Throop.  Carol McCall has smoothly led IODE in the transition from our letters patent, that forbade a president not “readily accessible” to the national office in Toronto and prevented Margaret Polson Murray from even serving on the executive, to our By-Law #1 under the Not-For- Profit Act, which allows any member in good standing with IODE leadership experience to become president.

IODE has grown forward over the 122 years of its service while accomplishing a huge amount of service to people living in Canada. During this time women have been recognized as “persons”, changes in transportation have made the national office accessible to all of us, and modern technology allows women from coast to coast to meet monthly to help steer this great organization.
​
The many kinds of service to those in need that IODE women undertake change as time changes the needs around us. This flexibility means that IODE never has to be out of step with the times. Let us go forward “working together for many”, enjoying the friendships established through that work, and celebrating our accomplishments and each other.
Jane Cushing
President
IODE Canada
_________________________
IODE Canada Head Office
80 Birmingham Street, Suite B6,
Toronto ON M8V 3W6

​IODE Canada, 80 Birmingham Street, Suite B6, Toronto, ON   M8V 3W6
​    
​416-487-4416    1-866-827-7428

​​IODE
Inclusive, Organized, 
​
Dedicated, Enthusiastic
Don't be shy, get in touch. We love meeting interesting people and making new friends.
Picture
Questions

​Find out how you can contribute

​
​IODE Canada
is a registered Canadian charity 
and we welcome donations in any amount to support the good work of our organization.
© COPYRIGHT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Contact IODE
  • Welcome
    • From the desk of the National President Jane Cushing 2022 >
      • From the desk of the National President Carol McCall 2019-2022
    • 122nd National Annual Meeting
    • Express News & Press Releases
  • Education
    • IODE War Memorial Scholarship Application >
      • 2022 IODE War Memorial Scholarship Award Recipients
      • IODE War Memorial Scholarship - Past Recipients
    • IODE Violet Downey Book Award Recipients >
      • 2022 Violet Downey - Short List
    • IODE 100th Anniversary Grant Program >
      • ​Past Award Winning Programs
    • IODE Labrador Bursary Application >
      • IODE Labrador Recipients
    • IODE Ursula E. Bangs Awards in Cardiology Recipients
    • IODE Silence to Sound Award McGill University Recipients
    • IODE Montreal Children's Hospital Bursary for Nursing Recipients
    • IODE Joan Butler Award in Perinatal Intensive Care Nursing Recipients
    • IODE Wilhelmina Gordon Foundation Scholarship Queen's University Recipients
    • IODE National Theatre School of Canada Recipients
    • IODE Canada's National Ballet Award Recipients
  • Community Service
    • IODE Snack Pack Program
    • IODE Snack Pack Shop to Give Campaign >
      • IODE Shop to Give Instructions
    • IODE Canadian Disaster Fund
  • Citizenship
    • 2022 IODE RCMP Community Service Award
    • Supporting Canada's Armed Forces
  • Membership
    • Who is IODE
    • ​Alumni Chapter and E-Chapter
    • Become a Member
    • Badge of Membership
    • ECHOES >
      • ECHOES Submission Form
      • ECHOES 2022
      • ECHOES 2021
      • ECHOES 2020
      • ECHOES 2019
      • ECHOES 2018
      • ECHOES 2017
      • ECHOES 2016
      • ECHOES 2015
      • ECHOES 2014
      • ECHOES 2013
      • ECHOES 2012
      • ECHOES 2011
      • ECHOES 2009 & 2010
      • ECHOES 2007 & 2008
    • IODE Member Resources
    • IODE Express News - Subscribe Now
  • Contact Us
    • National Chapter in Session
    • IODE Chapter Directory
    • IODE in Yukon
    • IODE in British Columbia >
      • IODE British Columbia Arts Award
    • IODE in Alberta >
      • IODE Alberta Coronation Bursaries
      • IODE Alberta Master's Bursary
    • IODE in Saskatchewan
    • IODE in Manitoba
    • IODE in Ontario
    • IODE in Quebec
    • IODE in New Brunswick
    • IODE in Nova Scotia
    • IODE in Prince Edward Island
  • About Our Work
    • National Presidents
    • Support IODE
    • Together for Tomorrow
    • Our Contribution to Canada and the World