Fonds 10-140 - Helen Lenskyj fonds

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Helen Lenskyj fonds

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CA ON0034 10-140

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20.3 cm of textual records
18 prints : poster

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(1979-[2000])

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Helen Jefferson Lenskyj was born in Sydeny, Australia and moved to Toronto, Canada 1966. From 1972 to 1983, she completed her BA, MA, and Ph.D. at the University of Toronto. In 1986, she began teaching part-time at the University of Toronto. In 1990, she was appointed Associate Professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (O.I.S.E.), at the University of Toronto. Between 1986 and 2007, she was Professor of Sociology and Equity Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. She was also involved with the Centre for Women’s Studies in Education (CWSE) at the University, mostly with the subcommittee that she coordinated, which investigated a free-standing women’s studies program.

Helen is currently Professor Emerita of Sociology and Equity Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. Since the 1970s, she has been involved in several community activist groups, including the Feminist Party of Canada (F.P.C.). She continues to work as a researcher, writer, public speaker and community activist. She has published books and numerous book chapters, journal and magazine articles on women, sport, sexuality, and the Olympic industry.
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Helen Jefferson Lenskyj est née à Sydeny, en Australie, et s'est installée à Toronto, au Canada, en 1966. De 1972 à 1983, elle a obtenu sa licence, sa maîtrise et son doctorat à l'université de Toronto. En 1986, elle a commencé à enseigner à temps partiel à l'université de Toronto. En 1990, elle est nommée professeur associé à l'Institut d'études pédagogiques de l'Ontario (O.I.S.E.), à l'Université de Toronto. Entre 1986 et 2007, elle a été professeur de sociologie et d'études sur l'équité en éducation à l'université de Toronto. Elle a également participé aux activités du Centre for Women's Studies in Education (CWSE) de l'université, notamment au sein du sous-comité qu'elle a coordonné et qui s'est penché sur la création d'un programme autonome d'études féminines.

Helen est actuellement professeur émérite de sociologie et d'études sur l'équité en éducation à l'université de Toronto. Depuis les années 1970, elle s'est impliquée dans plusieurs groupes d'activistes communautaires, dont le Parti féministe du Canada (F.P.C.). Elle continue à travailler en tant que chercheuse, écrivain, conférencière et activiste communautaire. Elle a publié des livres et de nombreux chapitres de livres, des articles de revues et de magazines sur les femmes, le sport, la sexualité et l'industrie olympique.

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The materials contained in this fonds give an insight of Toronto women’s movement activities in the 1970 to the 1990s. Since the 1970s, Helen Jefferson Lenskyj was involved in several community activist groups. The fonds reflects her commitment to the Feminist Party of Canada at the end of the 1970s and beginning of the 1980s. She taught at the University of Toronto between 1986 and 2007. This fonds emphasizes her work on sexual harassment prevention at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (O.I.S.E.), and her involvement with the Centre for Women’s Studies in Education (CWSE), mostly with the subcommittee that she coordinated, which investigated a free-standing women’s studies program. This fonds is also composed of a collection of various posters on women’s issues in the 1970s to the 1990s.
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Les documents contenus dans ce fonds donnent un aperçu des activités du mouvement des femmes de Toronto entre 1970 et 1990. Depuis les années 1970, Helen Jefferson Lenskyj s'est impliquée dans plusieurs groupes activistes communautaires. Le fonds témoigne de son engagement au sein du Parti féministe du Canada à la fin des années 1970 et au début des années 1980. Elle a enseigné à l'Université de Toronto entre 1986 et 2007. Ce fonds met l'accent sur son travail de prévention du harcèlement sexuel à l'Institut d'études pédagogiques de l'Ontario (O.I.S.E.), et sur son implication au sein du Centre for Women's Studies in Education (CWSE), notamment au sein du sous-comité qu'elle a coordonné et qui a enquêté sur un programme autonome d'études féminines. Ce fonds est également composé d'une collection de diverses affiches sur les questions féminines dans les années 1970 à 1990.

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  • Latin

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The ArQuives also had a Helen Lenskyj fonds containing material relating to Lenskyj’s involvement with the Toronto Board of Education and research in the areas of sexuality, gender, sports, AIDS, health and sex education, and homophobia. The finding aid can be accessed here: https://arquivescollections.andornot.net/link/descriptions15628

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Created in January 2017

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