Here's how to celebrate International Women's Day in Waterloo region

CBC News

· Posted: Mar 07, 2025 7:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 9 minutes ago

There are galore ways to observe International Women's Day (IWD) successful Waterloo portion this year, including attending a marketplace for entrepreneurs, enjoying euphony and sitting down to a meal.

International Women's Day falls connected Saturday, March 8 this twelvemonth and serves arsenic a planetary solemnisation of each women successful social, economic, taste and governmental fields. 

The time is besides a reminder of issues surrounding sex equality, reproductive rights, and unit against women. 

The authoritative International Women's Day website notes that this time has been astir for implicit a century, opening successful 1911 with a gathering of implicit a cardinal people. The time is not circumstantial to immoderate 1 country, radical oregon enactment but is recognized by galore radical crossed the globe. This year's taxable is Accelerate Action.

Waterloo portion is location to galore events happening starring up to and connected the day. Below is simply a database of immoderate ways to observe the achievements of the women successful the portion and beyond. 

International Women's Day Market

Friday, 3 p.m. to 8 p.m.

CIGI Campus, Waterloo

Waterloo Region Small Business Centre has partnered with the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario to make a marketplace that features section women entrepreneurs. They're advertizing a wide scope of products and the accidental to familiarize yourself with immoderate of the women-owned businesses successful the area. 

Register successful advance to beryllium entered into a draw.

2025 International Women's Day Celebration - Accelerate Action

Saturday, 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m.

Cambridge City Hall

Soroptomist International of Cambridge is inviting everyone to conscionable up astatine Cambridge City Hall, drawback a sign, and locomotion to the University of Waterloo School of Architecture, wherever keynote talker Daryn Brito volition springiness a code and indoor festivities volition instrumentality place. Water and a tiny snack volition beryllium provided. 

Attendees are encouraged to deterioration purple and bring donations of feminine hygiene products. Admission is escaped but determination volition be registration at metropolis hallway earlier opening the walk. 

Femme Folks Fest 2025

March 8-16

Across Kitchener and Waterloo

This festival is simply a premix of events, performances and creation pieces successful venues crossed Kitchener and Waterloo. It was created successful 2020 successful effect to information from the nationalist Equity successful Theatre Initiative, which aims to promote, level and contiguous femme works. 

The nine-day solemnisation presents implicit 25 caller creation pieces that tin beryllium recovered astatine Studio Theatre, Centre successful the Square, Uptown Waterloo Visitor Centre, Upper Rotunda, Kitchener City Hall, InterArts Matrix Performance Space and the SDG Idea Factory. 

Details tin beryllium found here. 

International Women's Day Breakfast, Victoria Park

Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Victoria Park Pavilion

Waterloo Region Small Business Centre is besides hosting an IWD breakfast. Tickets are escaped but determination is presently a waitlist. 

International Women's Day Breakfast, Bingeman's

Friday, 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

Bingeman's Embassy Room

The Greater Kitchener Waterloo Chamber of Commerce is hosting its yearly meal for IWD successful concern with Karen Redman, seat of the region. It typically highlights important speakers successful the assemblage who champion women's achievements. Tickets look to beryllium sold retired already, but there's a waitlist for registration successful lawsuit of cancellations. 

2025 International Women's Day Brunch

Saturday, March 22 astatine 11 a.m.

Waterloo Regional Police Association and Recreation Centre

Waterloo Regional Labour Council is hosting a repast a small further distant from the time itself. The time volition see impermanent talker Joan Minnery, games and a 50/50 gully and a raffle. 

Ticket prices start astatine $65 and scope based connected radical size. Donations of feminine hygiene products are besides invited and volition spell to Monica Place. 

IWD 2025 - Accelerate Action: Agents of Change

Thursday, March 20 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Google Kitchener

Women successful Communications and Technology person organized a sheet discussion, section women concern vendors, unrecorded euphony and an unfastened mic successful a assemblage networking lawsuit to belatedly observe the day. 

Register here. 

International Women's Day Sound Journey

Saturday, 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Good Vibrations Rock Shop, Stratford

Ethereal Frequencies by Jess is bringing a unsocial soundscape acquisition to Stratford for IWD arsenic a mode to unwind and link with radical to observe the day. They're providing a yoga mat, blanket, pillow, bolster and oculus disguise to execute maximum relaxation. 

Tickets are $36.48 and tin beryllium ordered online.