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Toronto Disarmament Network

  • Collectivité
  • 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 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.

Greschuk, Nadia

  • Personne
  • 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

  • Personne
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. She wrote a guide and offered various presentations and workshops to help mostly French women victims of violence. She is the author of "Le Chemin du retour" published by the Ontario Action against Violence against Women in 1996.
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Feministe et activiste, Victorya Monkman est engagee depuis les annees 80 dans la lutte contre la violence faite aux femmes. Elle a étudié en sciences politiques, en histoire, en pédagogie et en études féministes. Elle a œuvré à Timmins dans le nord de l’Ontario, dans un centre d’aide aux femmes victimes de violence. Elle a rédigé des guides et offert des ateliers pour les survivantes francophones d'agressions à caractère sexuel. Elle a notamment écrit l’ouvrage de référence « Le chemin du retour » publié par l’Action ontarienne contre la violence faite aux femmes en 1996.

Fallding, Helen

  • Personne
Helen Fallding is a journalist and human rights advocate. She has an honors B.Sc. in biology and an MA in journalism. She was the first coordinator of the Women's Centre at the University of Toronto (1986-1988). She also coordinated the Women's Centre in Victoria, B..C.. She helped the Carcross-Tagish First Nation to negotiate a land claim. She co-founded Yukon's first organization and was founding manager of the University of Manitoba Centre for Human Rights Research in Winnipeg. She worked as a journalist for the Northern Native Broadcasting Yukon and Winnipeg Free Press. She won awards for feminist activism and for journalism such as with Amnesty International Canada and the Sidney Hillman Foundation for her reporting on First Nations drinking water issues.

Murín, Karol

  • Personne
  • 1913-1998
Karol (Charles) Murín was born in 1913 in Slovakia. After obtaining his Doctorate of Law from the University of Bratislava, he studied in Paris. From 1939 to 1945, he was the personal secretary to Dr. Jozef Tiso, president of the wartime Slovak Republic.
In 1948, he arrived in Canada with his wife Isabella and daughter Janina. To his European degrees, he added a M.A. and a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Montréal. A few years after his arrival, he started teaching philosophy at the University of Montréal, where he taught until retirement.
A specialist on Nietzsche and Thomas Aquinas, Dr. Mikuš published Nitzsche problème: généalogie d’une pensée (Paris, 1979). In the French periodical Étude d’histoire littéraire et doctrine appeared his extensive study “De l’être moral dans l’œuvre de St. Thomas” (Paris, 1962). He also wrote Zahraničí matica slovenská (1987), later published under the new title Priatelia prezidenta Tisu (1991, 1992) and in English under the title "Remembrances and testimony: Dr. Jozef Tiso and the Slovak Republic, 1939-45)" (1992). His scholarly writings also include numerous articles and book reviews for Slovak newspapers such as Kanadský Slovák, Slobodné Slovensko and the English quarterly Slovakia. Professor Murín passed away on July 17th, 1998 at the age of 85.

Okáľ, Ján

  • Personne
  • 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

  • Personne
  • 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

  • Collectivité
  • 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 Toronto. Afterwards, the collection was handed over to the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) of Metropolitan Toronto on Birch Street.
Upon Birch Street's Y's closure, the documents were put in storage. Joanna Stuckley, the library's first organizer, a faculty member and an advisor to the President on the Status of Women at York's University, was able to arrange for the library to be moved to York University as the York-YWCA Collection. York University has provided a budget to cover one third of its library expenses. In 1985, 1987 and 1994, a donation by Mary Coyne Rowell, through the Jackman Foundation, enabled Founder's College to establish the library on a permanent basis. The library was renamed to honour Mary Coyne Rowell Jackman's mother, Nellie Langford Rowell.
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La bibliothèque Nellie Langford Rowell a commencé son existence en 1969 avec les collections de documents du groupe féministe radical Toronto New Feminists. Ce groupe s'est dissous en 1973 et sa collection a été transférée au Women's Place, rue Dupont, à Toronto. Par la suite, la collection a été remise à la Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) du Toronto métropolitain, rue Birth.
À la fermeture du Y de Birch Street, les documents ont été entreposés. Joanna Stuckley, la première organisatrice de la bibliothèque, membre de la faculté et conseillère du président sur le statut des femmes à l'université de York, a pu faire en sorte que la bibliothèque soit transférée à l'université de York sous le nom de York-YWCA Collection. L'université de York a fourni un budget pour couvrir un tiers des dépenses de la bibliothèque. En 1985, 1987 et 1994, un don de Mary Coyne Rowell, par l'intermédiaire de la Fondation Jackman, a permis au Founder's College d'établir la bibliothèque de façon permanente. La bibliothèque a été rebaptisée en l'honneur de la mère de Mary Coyne Rowell Jackman, Nellie Langford Rowell."

Staško, Joseph

  • Personne
  • 1917-1997

Joseph Staško was Slovak politician, journalist and retired librarian. He was born on August 1, 1917 in Sedliacka Dubová, Žilina (Slovakia). He obtained his undergraduate degree from Comenius University in Bratislava, studied at la Sorbonne in Paris (France) between 1935 and 1942, and received his Ph.D. in French Literature and Language from the University of Bratislava in 1942. He received a Master’s degree in Library Science at Columbia University in June 1963.
While he avoided politics during the existence of the Slovak State, Jozef Staško did join the postwar Democratic Party and won an election to the Prague Parliament in May of 1946. However, because he was an uncompromising autonomist who made it clear that he would not vote for Edvard Beneš as postwar President of Czechoslovakia, the Democratic Party turned its back on him. He was then arrested and charged related to supposed activities during the war. From 1946 to 1953, he was imprisoned in Leopoldov and in the Jachymov uranium mines. From 1953 to 1961, he worked as a manual laborer in various factories. He escaped to the United States in 1962, arriving in New York on May 24th.

After he received his degree in library science from Columbia in 1963, he found employment at the New York Public Library. He became Chief of the Periodicals Department and retired in 1983.
Jozef Staško’s special interests were history, economics and political science and his research focused mainly on Central European economies and political structure analysis. He wrote and published three books:History of Techniques in Trade, Slovaks in the U.S.A., and The April Agreement. He was the editor of the book The Shaping of Modern Slovakia and was a contributor to various journals of political and social science and presented many public lectures on the Slovakia and its people.
Dr. Staško was also active in several political and cultural Slovak organizations in the US. He was the president of the Slovak Historical Association of America as well as the editor and writer for the SKS bulletin and Horizont.
Dr. Joseph Staško is recognized as one of the moving forces in the preservation, defence, and development of Slovak history and culture in Slovakia and abroad. He passed away in 1997.

Association of Lesbians, Gays and Bisexuals of Ottawa / Association des lesbiennes, des gais et des bisexuels de l'Outaouais

  • Collectivité
  • 1971-1995

The Association of Lesbians, Gays and Bisexuals of Ottawa (ALGBO) is a bilingual organization, also known as L’Association des lesbiennes, des gais et des bisexuels de l’Outaouais, which is based in the National Capital region.

This group was founded on September 17, 1971 by 10 gay men, which first called themselves the Gays of Ottawa (GO). Lesbians were incorporated into the organization in 1977 and by 1989 the name was officially changed to the Association of Lesbians and Gays of Ottawa (ALGO). In 1993, the name changed once again to include bisexuals.

ALGBO is also a non-profit volunteer association which promotes equal rights and a positive awareness of lesbians, gays and bisexuals through public education and political, social and legal action. The organization holds community events, which are run by various committees such as the Coffeehouse Committee, the Fundraising Committee and the Go Info Publishing Committee. The latter was established in 1972 and published the bilingual community paper Go Info.

The Political Action Committee of the Association of Lesbians, Gays and Bisexuals of Ottawa / Comité d’action politique de l’association des lesbiennes, des gais et des bisexuels de l’Outaouais (CAP-ALGO-PAC) is also very active. It tries to accomplish political action in all levels of Canadian government. Some of their activities include the formation of a political platform for the 1993 federal election.

The Association of Lesbians, Gays and Bisexuals of Ottawa is a member of the Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Rights in Ontario (CLGRO), the National Action Committee on the Status of Women (NAC) and the BiNet USA. It is also one of 200 groups worldwide belonging to the International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA). All these groups have the common goal of promoting equal human rights to bisexuals, women, lesbians and gays.

Although ALGBO had to close down in 1995, this association offered a sense of community to those lesbians, gays and bisexuals in the National Capital region and provided a legacy to the Ottawa community, by being the longest on-going Canadian organization of its kind at that time.
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L'Association des lesbiennes, des gais et des bisexuels d'Ottawa (ALGBO) est une organisation bilingue, également connue sous le nom de L'Association des lesbiennes, des gais et des bisexuels de l'Outaouais, qui est basée dans la région de la capitale nationale.

Ce groupe a été fondé le 17 septembre 1971 par 10 hommes gais, qui se sont d'abord appelés les Gais d'Ottawa (GO). Les lesbiennes ont été incorporées à l'organisation en 1977 et, en 1989, le nom a été officiellement changé pour devenir l'Association des lesbiennes et des gais d'Ottawa (ALGO). En 1993, le nom a été modifié une nouvelle fois pour inclure les bisexuels.

L'ALGBO est également une association bénévole à but non lucratif qui promeut l'égalité des droits et une sensibilisation positive des lesbiennes, des gays et des bisexuels par le biais de l'éducation du public et de l'action politique, sociale et juridique. L'organisation organise des événements communautaires, gérés par différents comités tels que le comité du café, le comité de collecte de fonds et le comité de publication de Go Info. Ce dernier a été créé en 1972 et publie le journal communautaire bilingue Go Info.

Le Comité d'action politique de l'association des lesbiennes, des gais et des bisexuels de l'Outaouais / Political Action Committee of the Association of Lesbians, Gays and Bisexuals of Ottawa (CAP-ALGO-PAC) est également très actif. Il tente d'accomplir une action politique à tous les niveaux du gouvernement canadien. Parmi ses activités, on peut citer l'élaboration d'une plate-forme politique pour les élections fédérales de 1993.

L'Association des lesbiennes, gays et bisexuels d'Ottawa est membre de la Coalition pour les droits des lesbiennes et des gays en Ontario (CLGRO), du Comité d'action national sur le statut de la femme (NAC) et de BiNet USA. Il est également l'un des 200 groupes du monde entier appartenant à l'International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA). Tous ces groupes ont pour objectif commun de promouvoir l'égalité des droits de l'homme pour les bisexuels, les femmes, les lesbiennes et les gays.

Bien que l'ALGBO ait dû fermer ses portes en 1995, cette association a offert un sentiment de communauté aux lesbiennes, aux gays et aux bisexuels de la région de la capitale nationale et a laissé un héritage à la communauté d'Ottawa, en étant l'organisation canadienne de ce type la plus ancienne à l'époque.

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