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Anne Molgat a vécu plusieurs années en Ontario, province dans laquelle elle a contribuer à l’épanouissement de la communauté franco-canadienne. Elle a travaillé dans plusieurs organismes non gouvernementaux où elle s’est impliquée notamment en ... »communication et en développement communautaire. Anne Molgat s’est impliquée en particulier dans le domaine de la création littéraire, et en particulier dans la promotion d’écrits de la communauté francophone de l’Ouest. Elle a également été une militante du Comité National d’Action sur le Statut des Femmes / CNA (National Action Committee on the Status of Women / NAC). Elle a écrit un article avec Joan Grant-Cummings, une des présidentes du CNA, sur les 25 premières années du comité (Molgat, Anne with Joan Grant-Coummings, An Action That Will Not Be Allowed to Subside NAC’s First Twenty-Five Years, Second edition, Toronto, NAC). Elle a été un membre actif du collectif des Archives Canadiennes du Mouvement des Femmes (ACMF). De retour au Manitoba sa province natale, Anne Molgat est directrice administrative des Éditions du Blé, à Saint-Boniface, une maison d’édition communautaire fondée en 1974 et dont le mandat est de publier en français des œuvres de qualité, dans tous les genres, par des auteurs du Manitoba ou de l’Ouest.
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Anne Molgat lived for several years in Ontario, where she contributed to the development of the Franco-Canadian community. She has worked in several non-governmental organizations, in particular in communications and community development. Anne Molgat has been particularly involved in the field of literary creation, and especially in promoting the writings of the Canadian Western Francophone community. She has also been an activist with the National Action Committee on the Status of Women (NAC). She wrote an article with Joan Grant-Cummings, one of the NAC's presidents, on the NAC’s first 25 years (Molgat, Anne with Joan Grant-Coummings, An Action That Will Not Be Allowed to Subside NAC's First Twenty-Five Years, Second edition, Toronto, NAC). She was an active member of the Canadian Archives of the Women's Movement (CAWM) collective. Now back in Manitoba, Anne Molgat is Managing Director of Éditions du Blé, in Saint-Boniface, a community publishing house founded in 1974, whose mandate is to publish in French quality works in all genres by Manitoba and Western authors. «

Fyson, Raina

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1929-2023

After undergraduate and graduate studies at the University of Alberta in the late 1940s and early 1950s, Raina Fyson (1929-2023) worked in the field of microbiology (mainly immunology and virology) for almost a half century, from the early 1950s until ... »

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Toronto Disarmament Network

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1980-

The Toronto Disarmament Network came together in the spring of 1981, following a series of events called Survival and Disarmament Week (12-17 April 1981), organized by the Toronto Chapter of the World Conference on Religion for Peace (WCRP). The week’s ... »

The Toronto Disarmament Network came together in the spring of 1981, following a series of events called Survival and Disarmament Week (12-17 April 1981), organized by the Toronto Chapter of the World Conference on Religion for Peace (WCRP). The week’s activities were supported by about twenty local peace and disarmament groups, including the Cruise Missile Conversion Project, Youth Corps, and Women’s Action for Disarmament. Following Survival and Disarmament Week, still in April 1981, the WCRP called a meeting attended by representatives of a dozen local peace groups. This is where the Toronto Disarmament Network was ultimately formed. The following month, representatives officially named the network and set out its guidelines as follows:

“The Toronto Disarmament Network will share information regarding activities and programs of its member organizations through a regular or occasional activity sheet and by providing a forum for meetings of representatives of member organizations as desired. It will not speak or act in its own name. It may facilitate the formation of coalitions around specific events. Names of organizations participating in such coalitions will be specifically listed.”

Initially, the Network had no formal structure other than monthly meetings and temporary ad hoc committees organised around specific disarmament events. The network organized disarmament actions including demonstrations on August 6th and October 22nd (to mark Hiroshima and the Cuban Missile Crisis, respectively), a Nuclear Weapons Free Zone campaign, and a joint conference with ACT (Against Cruise Testing). They also helped to organize the “Refuse the Cruise” March in October 1983 against Litton Industries, a Canadian manufacturer of American cruise missile components.
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Le Réseau de désarmement de Toronto s'est constitué au printemps 1981, à la suite d'une série d'événements appelés Semaine de la survie et du désarmement (12-17 avril 1981), organisés par la section de Toronto de la Conférence mondiale des religions pour la paix (CMRP). Les activités de la semaine ont été soutenues par une vingtaine de groupes locaux pour la paix et le désarmement, dont le Cruise Missile Conversion Project, Youth Corps et Women's Action for Disarmament. Après la Semaine de la survie et du désarmement, toujours en avril 1981, le PMRC a convoqué une réunion à laquelle ont participé des représentants d'une douzaine de groupes pacifistes locaux. C'est à cette occasion que le Réseau de désarmement de Toronto a été créé. Le mois suivant, les représentants ont officiellement baptisé le réseau et défini ses lignes directrices comme suit :

« Le Toronto Disarmament Network partagera des informations sur les activités et les programmes de ses organisations membres par le biais d'une feuille d'activité régulière ou occasionnelle et en fournissant un forum pour les réunions des représentants des organisations membres, si nécessaire. Il ne parlera pas et n'agira pas en son nom propre. Elle peut faciliter la formation de coalitions autour d'événements spécifiques. Les noms des organisations participant à de telles coalitions seront spécifiquement mentionnés ».

Au départ, le réseau n'avait pas de structure formelle autre que des réunions mensuelles et des comités ad hoc temporaires organisés autour d'événements spécifiques de désarmement. Cependant, il a également organisé des actions de désarmement, notamment des manifestations le 6 août et le 22 octobre (pour commémorer Hiroshima et la crise des missiles cubains, respectivement), une campagne en faveur d'une zone exempte d'armes nucléaires et une conférence conjointe avec ACT (Against Cruise Testing). Ils ont également contribué à l'organisation de la marche « Refusez la croisière » en octobre 1983 contre Litton Industries, un fabricant canadien de composants de missiles de croisière américains.

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Greschuk, Nadia

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July 13th, 1945 -

Nadia Rose Greschuk was born in July 13th 1945 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Her parents, Katherine Kuszpit and Wasyl Greshuk, were immigrants from Ukraine in the 1930s. Nadia Greschuk married Ernest Campbell Reid in 1989. She was active with the feminist ... »movement in Saskatchewan. She attended a speech given by Madeleine Parent at the Unitarian Centre in Saskatoon in 1971. She was impressed by one of her message on the importance of the Equal pay for work of equal value for improving the condition of working women. She also met Carole Geller who established the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission and was her mentor. In 1975, she started working as a treasurer for a co-operative Day Care Centre. In 1976 to 1981, she worked as Executive Director for Planned Parenthood Saskatchewan. In 1982 to 1998, she was project officer at the Saskatoon Human Resource Centre (HRDC). The in 1999 to 2004, she worked as Workplace Equity Programs Advisor with a specialty in pay equity. She was member of various committee: Saskatoon Women’s Liberation (60s and 70s), Committee advising the Saskatchewan Minister of Labour on the role of the Women’s Bureau (1971), City of Saskatoon International Women’s Year Committee (1974), Saskatonian a community newspaper (1974), Legislative Committee of the Saskatchewan Council of Women (1977-1981), Saskatoon Community Clinic (1984-1987), Women’s Reference Group to the Saskatchewan Labour Force Development Board (1994-1995). During her career, she facilitated courses and workshops for women’s committees or at university, and chaired sessions in various union conferences (Saskatchewan Federation of Labour Pay Equity Conference, CEIU Western Region Women’s Conference, PSAC Regional Women’s Conference, PSAC National Women’s Conference).
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Nadia Rose Greschuk est née le 13 juillet 1945 à Saskatoon, en Saskatchewan. Ses parents, Katherine Kuszpit et Wasyl Greshuk, ont immigré d'Ukraine dans les années 1930. Nadia Greschuk a épousé Ernest Campbell Reid en 1989. Elle a participé activement au mouvement féministe en Saskatchewan. Elle assiste à un discours de Madeleine Parent au centre unitarien de Saskatoon en 1971. Elle a été impressionnée par l'un de ses messages sur l'importance du principe "Equal pay for work of equal value" pour l'amélioration de la condition des femmes qui travaillent. Elle a également rencontré Carole Geller, qui a créé la Commission des droits de l'homme de la Saskatchewan et a été son mentor. En 1975, elle commence à travailler comme trésorière pour une coopérative de garderie. De 1976 à 1981, elle travaille comme directrice exécutive de Planned Parenthood Saskatchewan. De 1982 à 1998, elle est chargée de projet au Centre de ressources humaines de Saskatoon (DRHC). De 1999 à 2004, elle a travaillé comme conseillère en matière de programmes d'équité sur le lieu de travail, avec une spécialisation dans l'équité salariale. Elle a été membre de divers comités : Saskatoon Women's Liberation (années 60 et 70), Committee advising the Saskatchewan Minister of Labour on the role of the Women's Bureau (1971), City of Saskatoon International Women's Year Committee (1974), Saskatonian a community newspaper (1974), Legislative Committee of the Saskatchewan Council of Women (1977-1981), Saskatoon Community Clinic (1984-1987), Women's Reference Group to the Saskatchewan Labour Force Development Board (1994-1995). Au cours de sa carrière, elle a animé des cours et des ateliers pour des comités de femmes ou à l'université, et a présidé des séances lors de diverses conférences syndicales (Conférence sur l'équité salariale de la Fédération du travail de la Saskatchewan, Conférence des femmes de la région Ouest du SEIC, Conférence régionale des femmes de l'AFPC, Conférence nationale des femmes de l'AFPC). «

Monkman, Victorya

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Feminist and activist, Victorya Monkman had been involved since the 80s in the fight against violence against women. She studied political science, history, and women's studies. She worked in Timmins, Ontario in a Centre for women victims of violence. ... »

Fallding, Helen

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Helen Fallding is a journalist and activist for human rights, gay and lesbian rights. She was the first coordinator of the Women's Centre at the University of Toronto and also coordinated the Women's Centre in Victoria, B.C. She was the founding manager ... »

Okáľ, Ján

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1915-1990

Ján Okáľ, a Slovak poet and political writer, was born on November 25th, 1915 in Hubová, Žilina (Slovakia). Upon the completion of his studies at Turčianske Teplice’s teachers’ college, he first worked as a teacher followed by a position at Matica ... »slovenská in Bratislava. In additional to his employment, Ján Okáľ published his first two poetry collection Nehnem sa (I will not move) in 1942 and L’ubosť (Love) in 1944.
After the Second World War, Ján Okáľ fled Slovakia and first settling in Austria. Afterwards, je joined Assisi’s Slovak emigrant community in Umbria (Italy) consisting of Ján L. Doránsky and his family, Jozef Varinský, Andrej Cinčura and Jozef Martinka. After spending some years in Italy, Ján Okáľ finally settled in the United States, first living in Berwyn and then Chicago, where he resumed his studies in teaching at the University of Chicago. He eventually chose the United States and settled in Berwyn and finally in Chicago. All though his years in the United States, he exchanged with Slovak personalities in North America and abroad, among others, Ernest Žatko (pen name: Ján E. Bor), Imrich Kružliak (pen name: Marian Žiar), Gorazd Zvonický (pen name: Andrej Šandor), L’udovit Kandra (pen name: Peter Klas), Ignác Zelenska (pen name: Eugen Vesnin) and Ján L. Doránsky (pen names: JED, J.D. Harmonik, J.D. Oravec and J.O. Ravec).
In the North American Slovak community, Ján Okáľ was known for his editorial work for Slovak newspapers and periodical. Between 1951 and 1958, he was one of the editors of the newspaper Slovák v Amerike. From 1979 onwards, he became the editor of the Slovak World Congress (SWC)’s official publication Bulletin. During his tenure, Ján Okáľ brought to life several SWC events, among others, annual general meetings, the First, Second, Third, Fourth World Festival of Slovak Youth, the Canadian International Triennial of Slovak Art, the Slovak Graduation Ball and the 50th anniversary of Slovak Independence.
Ján Okáľ is most famous for his poetry on the emigration experience of Slovaks and his works various Slovak personalities. In exile, he wrote several poetry collections, some with Jozef G. Cincík’s illustrations, among others Voda a vino detailing Ján Okáľ’s experience in Italy and Velký kalendár kočura na roky. He also wrote memoirs on Slovak intellectuals, such as Jozef G. Cincík in the biography Dr. Jozef G. Cincík pútnik dvoch svetov (Dr. Jozef G. Cincik, a pilgrim of two worlds) in 1980, the books Leto na Traume (Summer at Traume) in 1986 and Výpredaj l’udkosti (The sale of humanity) in 1989. Ján Okáľ passed away on March 19th, 1990 in Chicago, Illiinois (United States). «

Stolárik, Imrich

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1899-

Imrich Stolárik was born on January 16th, 1899 in the village of Turzovka, Žilina (Slovakia). During World War I, the Stolárik family suffered from terrible want and deprivation, but in 1919, Imrich Stolárik pursued his education, winning scholarships ... »and taking part in the emerging literary and cultural life of Slovakia. He graduated from the Ján Palárik in Žilina in 1928. For two years he taught school in the villages of Divina and Dlhé Pole in the former Trenčin county and later became a notary. He served in the Czechoslovak army where he reached the rank of sergeant, and after his discharge, he worked for the Czechoslovak and Slovak Department of Taxation.
As World War II ended, Imrich and his wife Margita (Vavro) fled with their six children to Austria where they lived in refugee camps until 1951. In that year, the Stolárik family immigrated to Canada. Living in Hull, Québec (Canada) and working as a labourer, Mr. Stolárik supported his family, studied at night and learned the English language and the Canadian system of accounting. Finally, in 1959, he passed the Civil Service exams and obtained employment at the Dominion Bureau of Statistics in Ottawa, where he worked until his retirement in 1974.
As a strong Slovak nationalist, Imrich Stolárik championed the right of the Slovaks to their independence until they achieved it in 1993. In 1951, he founded the Ottawa Branch of the Canadian Slovak League (CSL) and was its president from 1954 to 1997. In 1963, he was elected to the national Executive Board of the League, rose to Vice-President in 1974 and President in 1978. In 1987, Stolárik was elected Honorary President for Life. He also supported the Slovak World Congress (Svetový Kongres Slovákov (SKS)) and the Slovak Studies Association (SSA)
A prolific writer, Imrich Stolárik participated in the literary of Slovakia while at home and abroad. In Žilina, he served as Secretary of the Anton Bernolák Literary Society. After he emigrated, he contributed hundreds of political and literary articles to the newspapers Kanadský Slovák, Jednota, Slovák v Amerike, Katolícky Sokol and was for many years, the Chair of Kanadský Slovák’s Editorial Board. He was also one of its most prolific contributors of articles and a generous contributor of financial support. Furthermore, he contributed to Kalendár Kanadskej slovenskej ligy to Jednota katolícky kalendár and to Národny kalendár.
Mr. Stolárik also produced several books on the Canadian Slovak League (CSL), on Canadian Slovaks and on Slovak life in Canada. His enthusiasm for Slovak traditions and his spirit of multiculturalism also inspired Mr. Stolárik to launch the monthly Slovak spectrum television program, still being broadcast monthly on Rogers Cable Television. In 1980, he helped set up a Slovak school for young members of the community, which also continues. He was a major sponsor of the Chair in Slovak History and Culture at the University of Ottawa. «

Nellie Langford Rowell Library

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1969-

"The Nellie Langford Rowell Library began its existence in 1969 with the collections of documents by the radical feminist group Toronto New Feminists. This group disbanded in 1973 and its library collection was moved the Women's Place on Dupont Street in ... »

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