Pink Teas were once a code for secret gatherings to discuss women's rights. Today, Pink Teas are a platform for lively discussions, challenging topics and solutions for equality issues that have, and still, challenge us.

Noon: Join us for some tea and treats (these will be available all afternoon).

1pm: Two documentaries celebrating the strength and bravery of Canadian Women (45 minutes each) produced and directed by an Airdrie resident.

NURSES on the BATTLEFIELD

It was amid the casualties, confusion, and the bloody war of World War II that thousands of Canadian Nurses came together. Nurses on the Battlefield is their story.  It is told by the women who wore their uniforms with pride and now gather for a final reunion in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.

EYEWITNESS to WAR

It was a time of conflict—a time of tyrants and upheaval.  For five years, Glayds Arnold watched and wrote of a war she knew was coming but others denied.  In 1935, she was a Canadian reporter in France.  Sure, of two things, her objectivity and pacifism.  Within those years, Glayds Arnold was transformed into an impassioned activist.  Helping lead Canadians into support for de Gaulle and his Free French.  Glady’s story is a battle for ideas.  It is a tale of Eyewitness to War.

LORI KUFFNER

PRODUCER/WRITER/DIRECTOR

For nearly thirty years, Lori has produced, written, and directed documentary titles for national television, many of which have been broadcast and distributed both nationally and internationally.

In 1998, Lori incorporated Cooper Rock Pictures Inc. to continue her tradition of producing entertaining, thought-provoking, and socially conscious programming, with an innovative, reflective, and dynamic approach. 

Her programs have earned her the reputation and success through the production of award winning programs such as the Gemini nominated Football First:  The Roy Shivers Story who was the first general manager in both the CFL and NFL to hire a black coach;  Hot Docs and Gemini nominated The Boys Who Loved Hockey, a CBC special on the legendary Sutter brothers, six of whom played in the NHL; and Gemini nominated Eye Witness to War, a historical program about a World War two journalist, that also won a Golden Sheaf at the Yorkton Short Film and Video.  Eyewitness to War is part of the Canadian Women of Courage series that Lori co-produced, directed and wrote for History Television, DRUG CLASS, focusing on youth addictions, which receive a Gemini for best direction and was nominated for best children’s program; and a Bronze Apple for The People in Black, a factual look at the Hutterite way of life.