Members Donna Webb and Ching Shih created podcasts with 3 high school girls in their time with SI Vancouver. They featured a neurodivergent girl, a girl in STEM, and a girl’s story of being bullied. It was Donna’s first time doing podcasts. She interviewed the girls after doing research, and created the questions afterwards from …
Salvation Army Brigadier Frances Evangeline WAGNER 1905-1998 (SI WCR Gov 1958-1962) Born Frances Evangeline BURROWS in York, Toronto, Ontario on 4 July 1905, third of twelve children of William Herbert BURROWS and Frances Jane BOWERS, Frances spent her childhood in Toronto. In 1925 she became an Officer in the Salvation Army in St. John, New …
Violet Richardson Ward (1888–1979) holds a very special place in Soroptimist history. She was the very first president of the very first Soroptimist club, founded in Oakland, California, back in 1921. What started as one group of women determined to make a difference has grown into Soroptimist International — a global movement that continues to …
The Frances Wagner Woman of Achievement Award, presented annually at the Western Canada Region conference, honours an outstanding Soroptimist in Western Canada Region who has demonstrated her achievements in her field of work and her service to the community. Nominees must be members in good standing. This Award is named in honour of Salvation Army …