Barbara Cameron holds a PhD in political science from the University of Toronto. In the 1970s, she was involved in the development of opportunities for women created by the Commission on the Status of Women. She worked for the Ontario Union of Students as an organizer and was also part of a collective of women who created and taught the first women's studies course for credit at the University of Toronto. She is currently an Associate Professor of Political Science and Equity Studies at York University in Toronto. She is also a Research Associate for the Centre for Policy Alternatives and serves on the Executive of York University’s Centre for Feminist Research. She wrote on issues related to gender and public opinion. --- Barbara Cameron est titulaire d'un doctorat en sciences politiques de l'université de Toronto. Dans les années 1970, elle a participé au développement des opportunités pour les femmes créées par la Commission sur le statut des femmes. Elle a travaillé pour l'Union des étudiants de l'Ontario en tant qu'organisatrice et a également fait partie d'un collectif de femmes qui a créé et enseigné le premier cours d'études féminines crédité à l'université de Toronto. Elle est actuellement professeur associé de sciences politiques et d'études sur l'équité à l'université York de Toronto. Elle est également associée de recherche pour le Centre for Policy Alternatives et fait partie du comité exécutif du Centre for Feminist Research de l'université York. Elle a écrit sur des questions liées au genre et à l'opinion publique.
K. Jean Cottam was member of various women's groups. She was involved in the NAC, in Women for Political Action, in the Ontario Committee on the Status of Women. --- K. Jean Cottam est membre de divers groupes de femmes. Elle s'est impliquée dans le CNA, dans Women for Political Action, dans l'Ontario Committee on the Status of Women.
Beverley Baines is a Professor of Public and Constitutional Law at Queen's University, Kingston. Her work focuses on illuminating the legal strategies the patriarchal state deploys in denying women their right to equality, something guaranteed in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Her passion for this issue dates from her work as a feminist constitutional consultant, first to the Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women and then to the Ad Hoc Committee of Women on the Constitution during the Charter debates of 1980-1982.Professor Baines earned a BA Hons (Economics and Political Science) from McGill University and a JD from Queen’s University (Kingston, ON.), following which she articled with Trumpour and Kennedy in Kingston. She later joined Queen’s Law as a faculty member, was admitted to the Law Society of Upper Canada, and served as Associate Dean in the Faculty of Law (1994-1997). Seconded twice to the Facultyof Arts and Science at Queen’s, she was Co-Coordinator of the Institute of Women’s Studies (1991-1993) and Head of the Department of Gender Studies (2004-2011).Professor Baines co-edited two books on women and constitutional law: The Gender of Constitutional Jurisprudence (2005) and Feminist Constitutionalism: Global Perspectives (2012). She has published papers and delivered international conference presentations that focus on giving voice to the intersectional claims of religious women living polygamously, accessing faith-based family law arbitrations,and wearing the niqab in Ontario courtrooms or when delivering and receiving public services in Quebec. She also writes about gender and the legal profession, including the Trinity Western law school controversy, United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s call for the appointment of nine women justices on the American Supreme Court, and the history of women law professors in Canada. (Source: Queen's University Website:https://law.queensu.ca/directory/beverley-baines) --- Beverley Baines est professeure de droit public et constitutionnel à l'université Queen's de Kingston. Son travail consiste à mettre en lumière les stratégies juridiques que l'État patriarcal déploie pour priver les femmes de leur droit à l'égalité, garanti par la Charte canadienne des droits et libertés. Sa passion pour cette question remonte à son travail de consultante constitutionnelle féministe, d'abord auprès du Conseil consultatif canadien sur la situation de la femme, puis auprès du Comité ad hoc des femmes sur la Constitution pendant les débats sur la Charte de 1980-1982.Le professeur Baines a obtenu un BA Hons (économie et sciences politiques) de l'université McGill et un JD de l'université Queen's (Kingston, ON.), après quoi elle a fait son stage chez Trumpour and Kennedy à Kingston. Elle a ensuite rejoint la faculté de droit de Queen's en tant que membre du corps enseignant, a été admise au Barreau du Haut-Canada et a occupé le poste de doyenne associée de la faculté de droit (1994-1997). Détachée à deux reprises à la faculté des arts et des sciences de Queen's, elle a été co-coordinatrice de l'Institut d'études féminines (1991-1993) et directrice du département d'études sur le genre (2004-2011) : The Gender of Constitutional Jurisprudence (2005) et Feminist Constitutionalism : Global Perspectives (2012). Elle a publié des articles et fait des présentations lors de conférences internationales qui portent sur la prise en compte des revendications intersectionnelles des femmes religieuses qui vivent en polygamie, qui ont accès à des arbitrages religieux en droit de la famille et qui portent le niqab dans les salles d'audience de l'Ontario ou lorsqu'elles fournissent ou reçoivent des services publics au Québec. Elle écrit également sur le genre et la profession juridique, notamment sur la controverse de la faculté de droit Trinity Western, sur l'appel de la juge de la Cour suprême des États-Unis Ruth Bader Ginsburg en faveur de la nomination de neuf femmes à la Cour suprême américaine, et sur l'histoire des femmes professeurs de droit au Canada. (Source : Site web de l'université Queen's : https://law.queensu.ca/directory/beverley-baines)
Pamela Andrews donated records she collected to the Women's Archives in 2000. --- Pamela Andrews a fait don des documents qu'elle avait collectés aux Archives des femmes en 2000.
The Women's Employment Centre (WEC), located in Toronto, operated as part of the Canada Employment and immigration Commission (CEIC) and began under the launch of the Women's Employment Counselling Centre (WECC) Pilot Program in 1981. In this pilot program, seven employment centres with a particular focus on women's employment were opened in seven different cities across Canada as part of regular Canada Employment Centres in each city—Halifax, Chicoutimi, Toronto, Sudbury, Thunder Bay, Winnipeg and Calgary. WEC was created to assist women in entering the labour market and/or making major occupational changes, especially in non-traditional occupations (occupations that are predominantly male), such as trades, technology and operations (TTO). The Women's Employment Counselling Centre (WECC) Pilot Program was evaluated in 1984 by Employment and Immigration Canada (the Program Evaluation Branch) and continued to operate throughout the 1990's. Many women who received advice and guidance from the WEC in Toronto were subsequently hired at various companies and organizations throughout Ontario including CP Rail, the Ministry of Transportation, CN, Toronto Transit Commission, the Toronto Star, and more. WEC eventually closed down in 1997 due to minimal support and a difficult political and economic climate within the Human Resource Development Canada (HRDC). --- Le Centre d'emploi des femmes (CEF), situé à Toronto, faisait partie de la Commission de l'emploi et de l'immigration du Canada (CEIC) et a vu le jour dans le cadre du programme pilote du Centre de conseil en emploi des femmes (CCEF) en 1981. Dans le cadre de ce programme pilote, sept centres d'emploi axés sur l'emploi des femmes ont été ouverts dans sept villes différentes du Canada, dans le cadre des Centres d'emploi du Canada habituels de chaque ville : Halifax, Chicoutimi, Toronto, Sudbury, Thunder Bay, Winnipeg et Calgary. Le WEC a été créé pour aider les femmes à entrer sur le marché du travail et/ou à opérer des changements professionnels majeurs, en particulier dans les professions non traditionnelles (professions à prédominance masculine), telles que les métiers, la technologie et les opérations (TTO). Le programme pilote du Women's Employment Counselling Centre (WECC) a été évalué en 1984 par Emploi et Immigration Canada (Direction générale de l'évaluation des programmes) et s'est poursuivi tout au long des années 1990. De nombreuses femmes ayant bénéficié des conseils et de l'orientation du WEC à Toronto ont par la suite été embauchées dans diverses entreprises et organisations de l'Ontario, notamment CP Rail, le ministère des Transports, le CN, la Toronto Transit Commission, le Toronto Star, et bien d'autres encore. Le WEC a finalement fermé ses portes en 1997 en raison d'un manque de soutien et d'un climat politique et économique difficile au sein de Développement des ressources humaines Canada (DRHC).
The Ottawa Women’s Lobby (OWL) was a feminist advocacy organization founded as a member group of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women (NAC) by Shirley Greenberg in 1977. OWL lobbied the municipal, provincial and federal governments to fight for equality for women in all aspects of Canadian life. The organization consisted of women from various occupations and backgrounds. In addition to Shirley Greenberg, the members of OWL throughout the group's founding/early years (1970s) consisted of: Kay Marshall, Lynn Kaye, Rosemary Billings, Diana Pepall, Mary Ambrose, Pat Hacker, John Baglow, Carole Swan, Helene Doyon, Sheila Klein, and Monica Townson. OWL remained active until the 1990's, but past members continue to hold semi-annual social meetings, which facilitate spirited debates. --- Le Lobby des femmes d'Ottawa (FLO) est une organisation féministe de défense des droits fondée en 1977 par Shirley Greenberg en tant que groupe membre du Comité national d'action sur le statut de la femme (CNA). L'OWL a fait pression sur les gouvernements municipaux, provinciaux et fédéral pour lutter en faveur de l'égalité des femmes dans tous les aspects de la vie canadienne. L'organisation est composée de femmes issues de professions et d'horizons divers. Outre Shirley Greenberg, les membres de l'OWL au cours de ses premières années d'existence (années 1970) étaient les suivants : Kay Marshall, Lynn Kaye, Rosemary Billings, Diana Pepall, Mary Ambrose, Pat Hacker, John Baglow, Carole Swan, Helene Doyon, Sheila Klein et Monica Townson. L'OWL est resté actif jusque dans les années 1990, mais les anciens membres continuent d'organiser des réunions sociales semestrielles, qui donnent lieu à des débats animés.
Arthur Bray, who was born in Ottawa and graduated from Lisgar Collegiate, began his flying career as a pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II, later transferring to the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm. He was serving as a pilot in the Royal Canadian Navy in 1947 when there were frequent reports of Flying Saucers, later to become known as Unidentified Flying Objects or UFOs. He became curious about these reports, wondering what strange things may be flying about the same sky he was. The more he read, the more interested he became, and the study became his hobby, and, eventually, an avocation. This study inevitably resulted in the accumulation of a large collection of research material over the period to 1993. He completed his first book, Science, the Public and the UFO, (Bray Book Service, Ottawa) in 1967. It was written, after twenty years of research, as a challenge to the U.S. Air Force. He frequently appeared on radio and TV, was a guest speaker at many meetings of clubs and associations, including, on occasion, sharing the podium with noted scientists. He also presented papers to international UFO conferences and taught a course on Ufology at Algonquin College in Ottawa. Articles about Bray and his work appeared in newspapers across Canada as well as in the U.S.A. In 1967 he was awarded the Centennial Medal in recognition of his service to Canada in the Navy. In 1968, he began a lengthy correspondence with U. Thant, Secretary-General of the United Nations, and with the UN Outer Space Affairs Division, to get the UN to set up a full-time study of UFOs. Eventually, after supporting a proposal by the Prime Minister of Grenada, the UN asked all member nations to conduct UFO investigations on a national level and report back to the UN. Bray asked Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau to support this action, but nothing came of it. Then in 1969, he presented a detailed outline of the UFO problem, in the form of a brief, to The Senate Committee on Science Policy, titled Science, Society and the UFO (The Queen’s Printer, Ottawa). In addition to numerous articles in UFO research journals and magazines, he contributed four articles to the Encyclopaedia of UFOs, (Doubleday & Co. Inc., Garden City, N.Y. 1980). In 1979, he wrote his second book, The UFO Connection, (Jupiter Publishing, Ottawa, 1979). Bray, through his published work, gradually became recognized around the world as a thorough researcher. One of the leading UFO investigative organizations, the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization (APRO) based in the U.S.A., described Bray as “... one of the most respected UFO investigator - researchers in the world...”. (The APRO Bulletin, vol. 31, no. 2, January 1983). To keep current on scientific and technical matters, he held membership in various organizations, including the American Association for the Advancement of Science, The New York Academy of Sciences, the Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute, the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, and The Society of American Military Engineers. The Society of Technical Writers and Publishers and the academy of Independent Scholars also admitted him in membership based on his writing and research abilities. Through a thorough and detailed study of the evidence, Bray became convinced of the reality of UFOs in that something which remains unidentified is intruding into our airspace. After thorough investigation, only about ten percent of reported sightings remain unidentified. The remaining ninety percent can be identified as man-made objects, known natural phenomenon or hoaxes. It is the ten percent that are the true UFOs, the others being IFOs (Identified Flying Objects). The answers to the questions of what these objects are and where they come from remain unknown to the world in general. Bray, however, is convinced that many governments have the answers, and these remain under top-secret wraps for whatever reasons. He, as well as other researchers, have discovered and published much proof of this secrecy. When he retired from the Navy in 1971, Bray embarked on a second career as a manager with the Canada Safety Council, a non-government, non-profit organization. He retired from the Council in 1987 in the position of Director of Corporate Affairs. Since then, he continued researching and writing, but also in a new field, financial planning, and has two books published on that topic by the largest financial publishing house in Canada. He is now engaged on another major project of research and writing unrelated to his previous topic areas. Bray retired from active UFO research after forty-six years of thorough study because no amount of private research had produced any final answers due to the cover-up, which continues, and he had other interests to pursue which had been set aside for many years due to his active involvement in Ufology.
Madeleine Gilchrist was born in Switzerland in 1942. She is married with two children and speaks French and English. She graduated as a Registered Nurse (RN) in 1964 in Switzerland. Madeleine moved to Toronto with her Canadian husband in 1968 where she worked as a part-time nurse at the Women’s College Hospital in downtown Toronto. In 1989, she obtained a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Women’s Studies from York University in Toronto. Throughout her life, Madeleine has been a feminist and peace activist. She was part of many feminist committees and organizations, including Women for Political Action (WPA), National Action Committee on the Status of Women (NAC), Voice of Women (VOW), Women for Mutual Security (WMS), Réseau des femmes de l’Ontario, and Féminin-pluriel. Between 1986 and 2002, Madeleine was heavily involved on the international scene. As a representative for VOW and WMS, she lobbied for peace and disarmament at the United Nation’s Disarmament Session in Geneva, at North-Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) headquarters in Brussels, at the Warsaw Pact Alliance meeting of foreign ministers in Sofia, Bulgaria, and at the United States’ Senate in Washington. She also lobbied at the UN in New York for a woman Secretary General. Before the Gulf War, Madeleine was the communication link for the delegation of women in Baghdad. In 2000, she participated in a fact-finding mission in Baghdad with a group of international NGOs concerning the sanctions imposed by the United Nations, the United States, and England. Madeleine was part of a mediation group meeting with women in areas of conflict, including Israel, Palestine, Greece, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Croatia, Serbia, and Cyprus. As part of VOW, Madeleine was actively involved in demonstrations, writing proposals, and giving talks related to the Balkan war. It culminated into her 1997 trip to Belgrade and Zagreb to meet women on both sides of the conflict. On a personal level, Madeleine corresponded with an Israeli female journalist imprisoned in Israel in 1988. Between 1993 and March 1995, Madeleine was part of the Canadian-Beijing Facilitating Committee and she was the NGO representative on the official Canadian delegation for the UN’s Fourth Women Conference in Beijing (1995). Following the Conference, she was a consultant and observer at a dialogue between Greek and Turkish women which became an organization called WINPEACE. In 2000, Madeleine was involved as a mentor in Beijing+5 at the UN in New York during a session on the status of women. Madeleine participated in many national and international conferences and workshops either as a coordinator, facilitator, or speaker, including at the First International Minoan Celebration of Partnership (FIMCOP) in Crete, Greece (1992), the Refugee & Displaced Women in Times of Conflict: International NGO Dialogue in Athens (1994), the International Court of Justice World Court Project in the Hague (1995), and the Situation of Women Fourth Canadian Conference on International Health in Ottawa (1997). In 1995, Madeleine received the Muriel Duckworth Award from the Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW). In early 2000, she was awarded the Women’s College Hospital Award for Outstanding Nurse. She also received Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee medal in 2012. Madeleine is now living in Toronto where she continues her activities as a mentor. --- Madeleine Gilchrist est née en Suisse en 1942. Elle est mariée et a deux enfants. Elle parle français et anglais. Elle a obtenu son diplôme d'infirmière diplômée en 1964 en Suisse. Madeleine s'est installée à Toronto avec son mari canadien en 1968, où elle a travaillé comme infirmière à temps partiel au Women's College Hospital, dans le centre-ville de Toronto. En 1989, elle a obtenu une licence en études féminines à l'université York de Toronto. Tout au long de sa vie, Madeleine a été une militante féministe et pacifiste. Elle a fait partie de nombreux comités et organisations féministes, notamment Women for Political Action (WPA), National Action Committee on the Status of Women (NAC), Voice of Women (VOW), Women for Mutual Security (WMS), Réseau des femmes de l'Ontario et Féminin-pluriel. Entre 1986 et 2002, Madeleine s'est fortement impliquée sur la scène internationale. En tant que représentante de la VOW et de la WMS, elle a fait pression en faveur de la paix et du désarmement lors de la session des Nations Unies sur le désarmement à Genève, au siège de l'Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique Nord (OTAN) à Bruxelles, lors de la réunion des ministres des affaires étrangères de l'Alliance du Pacte de Varsovie à Sofia, en Bulgarie, et au Sénat des États-Unis à Washington. Elle a également fait pression sur les Nations unies à New York pour obtenir la nomination d'une femme au poste de secrétaire général. Avant la guerre du Golfe, Madeleine était le lien de communication de la délégation de femmes à Bagdad. En 2000, elle a participé à une mission d'enquête à Bagdad avec un groupe d'ONG internationales concernant les sanctions imposées par les Nations unies, les États-Unis et l'Angleterre. Madeleine a fait partie d'un groupe de médiation qui a rencontré des femmes dans des zones de conflit, notamment en Israël, en Palestine, en Grèce, en Turquie, en Azerbaïdjan, en Croatie, en Serbie et à Chypre. Dans le cadre de VOW, Madeleine a participé activement à des manifestations, à la rédaction de propositions et à des conférences sur la guerre des Balkans. Le point culminant a été son voyage de 1997 à Belgrade et à Zagreb pour rencontrer des femmes des deux côtés du conflit. Sur le plan personnel, Madeleine a correspondu avec une journaliste israélienne emprisonnée en Israël en 1988. Entre 1993 et mars 1995, Madeleine a fait partie du comité de facilitation Canada-Beijing et a été la représentante des ONG au sein de la délégation canadienne officielle pour la quatrième conférence des Nations unies sur les femmes à Beijing (1995). Après la conférence, elle a été consultante et observatrice d'un dialogue entre des femmes grecques et turques qui est devenu une organisation appelée WINPEACE. En 2000, Madeleine a participé en tant que mentor à Pékin+5 à l'ONU à New York lors d'une session sur le statut des femmes. Madeleine a participé à de nombreuses conférences et ateliers nationaux et internationaux en tant que coordinatrice, facilitatrice ou oratrice, notamment à la première célébration internationale du partenariat minoen (FIMCOP) en Crète, en Grèce (1992), à la conférence Refugee & Displaced Women in Times of Conflict : International NGO Dialogue à Athènes (1994), au World Court Project de la Cour internationale de justice à La Haye (1995) et à la quatrième conférence canadienne sur la santé internationale consacrée à la situation des femmes, à Ottawa (1997). En 1995, Madeleine a reçu le prix Muriel Duckworth de l'Institut canadien de recherche sur les femmes (ICREF). Au début de l'année 2000, elle a reçu le Women's College Hospital Award for Outstanding Nurse. Elle a également reçu la médaille du jubilé de diamant de la reine Elizabeth II en 2012. Madeleine vit aujourd'hui à Toronto où elle poursuit ses activités de mentor.
Wilbert B. Smith was a Canadian radio engineer and UFOlogist. Mr. Smith joined the Department of Transport in 1939 and was in charge of establishing a network of ionospheric measurement stations. Interested in UFOs since the 1940's, Mr. Smith eventually instituted Project Magnet with the Department of Transport in November 1950. The purpose of the project was to collect data on UFOs and to potentially use that data to inform human technology and engineering. Before the program dissolved in 1954, he concluded that flying saucers did exist and that they operate on magnetic principles. In 1952 he was also part of an interdepartmental government committee of scientists and military officers set up to investigate UFO reports, known as Project Second Story/Storey. The committee met five times.
The Royal Commission on the Status of Women was a Canadian Royal Commission that examined the status of women and recommended steps that might be taken by the federal government to ensure equal opportunities with men and women in all aspects of Canadian society. The Commission commenced on 16 February 1967 as an initiative of Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson with Florence Bird as the chair. Public sessions were conducted the following year to accept public comment for the Commission to consider as it formulated its recommendations. The report tabled on 7 December 1970 included 167 recommendations for reducing gender inequality across the various spheres of Canadian society. --- La Commission royale d'enquête sur le statut de la femme était une commission royale canadienne chargée d'examiner le statut des femmes et de recommander des mesures que le gouvernement fédéral pourrait prendre pour garantir l'égalité des chances entre les hommes et les femmes dans tous les aspects de la société canadienne. La Commission a débuté ses travaux le 16 février 1967 à l'initiative du Premier ministre Lester B. Pearson, sous la présidence de Florence Bird. Des séances publiques ont été organisées l'année suivante afin de recueillir les commentaires du public que la Commission devait prendre en considération pour formuler ses recommandations. Le rapport présenté le 7 décembre 1970 comprenait 167 recommandations visant à réduire les inégalités entre les hommes et les femmes dans les différentes sphères de la société canadienne.
