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Manitoba Action Committee on the Status of Women

  • Corporate body
  • 1971-1999
Manitoba Action Committee on the Status of Women (MACSW) was established in 1971 as a non-profit feminist organization. Their goal was to remove inequalities affecting women by working through lobbying efforts and public education. MACSW was interested ... »

Krismer, Kristen

  • Person
Kristen Krismer was involved in the University of Toronto Women's Centre in the late 80s. She was involved also in various committee at the University of Toronto working against violence against women, and for gender equality.
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Kristen Krismer a été ... »

Cass-Beggs, Barbara

  • Person
  • 1904-1990
Barbara Cass-Beggs was an English-born Canadian singer, music teacher and feminist activist, particularly focused on women's reproductive rights. She was involved with organizations including Planned Parenthood, Canadian Voice of Women for Peace and ... »

Kidd, Margaret

  • Person
  • 1918-2008
Margaret Kidd was born in Toronto in 1918, in a British immigrant family who arrived in Toronto at the end of the First World War. In 1939, she was in the first graduating class at the University of Toronto’s new sociology department. After graduating, ... »

Ahearn, Catherine

  • Person
  • 1949-

Dr. Catherine Ahearn (see also Catherine Firestone) was born in 1949 in a prominent Ottawa family. She received a Ph.D. in French Literature from the University of Ottawa in 1979. She is a bilingual author in Canada and abroad, with a wide range of ... »

Clennet-Sirois, Laurence

  • Person
Laurence Clennett-Sirois est sociologue et chercheuse indépendante spécialisée dans les études sur le genre et les femmes. Elle a obtenu son baccalauréat en sciences sociales de l'Université du Québec en Outaouais en 2005, sa maîtrise en sociologie et en ... »

Cohen, Marjorie Griffin

  • Person
Marjorie Griffin Cohen is currently a professor at the Simon Fraser University in British Columbia. She completed her BA at Iowa Wesleyan University, her MA at New York University, her PhD at York University. She is specialized in the areas of ... »

Committee Against Pornography

  • Corporate body
  • 1984-199[?]

The Committee Against Pornography (CAP) was formed in February 1984 by Stephanie Holbick and Alison Kerr as a voluntary organization of Toronto women "concerned about the proliferation of pornographic images and messages in Canadian society." Most CAP ... »

Coderre, Cécile

  • Person
Sociologue et travailleuse sociale de formation, Cécile Coderre a débuté sa carrière à l’Université d’Ottawa en 1983. Elle a occupé des postes de professeure de sociologie, de professeure et de directrice de l’École de service sociale (1998-2003) et de ... »

Vespry, Anne

  • Person

Anne Vespry is a lawyer based in Ottawa. She was involved with the Woman's Common (Toronto) from the time it opened in 1988 until it's closing in 1994, as both a volunteer and employee, including as a member of the Entertainment Committee, helping to set ... »

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