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The fonds contain written records, surveys, and audiocassette tapes from OWAC constitutional consultations which took place across Ontario, the correspondence and records of OWAC coordinator Janet Maher, textual material related to OWAC's work on health care, child care, community economic development, labour, employment equity, and cutbacks to social programs. As the records demonstrate, OWAC's work primarily involved lobbying the Ontario government under NDP Premier Bob Rae (1990-1995) and PC Premier Mike Harris (1995-2002). Like their National affiliate, the NAC, OWAC struggled to survive in the wake of funding cuts by the Mulroney and Chretien federal governments.
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Le fonds contient des documents écrits, des sondages et des cassettes audios provenant des consultations constitutionnelles de l'AFAC qui ont eu lieu à travers l'Ontario. Il comprend de la correspondance et des documents de la coordinatrice de l'AFAC, Janet Maher, ainsi que des documents textuels liés au travail de l'AFAC sur les soins de santé, les services de garde d'enfants, le développement économique communautaire, le travail, l'équité en matière d'emploi et les coupes dans les programmes sociaux. Comme le montrent les documents, le travail de l'AFAC consistait principalement à faire pression sur le gouvernement de l'Ontario sous le premier ministre néo-démocrate Bob Rae (1990-1995) et le premier ministre progressiste-conservateur Mike Harris (1995-2002). Comme son affilié national, le CNA, l'AFAC a lutté pour survivre dans le sillage des coupes budgétaires des gouvernements fédéraux de Mulroney et de Chrétien.

This series contains textual records related to OWAC's project called "Tired of Waiting on Tables : Ontario Women and the Constitution." This project sought to give women in Ontario a forum for influencing constitutional reform. The series contains anonymous surveys filled by women across Ontario, grant applications to fund the project, correspondence related to the project's organization, and other associated material. Through this series, one can learn about Ontario women's concerns and issues with the constitution, and the means and processes of organizing public consultations in early 1990s.

This series contains documents related to Ontario-NAC's Community Economic Development project, violence against women, human rights issues, and the history of OWAC's founding and policy development. Through this series, one can learn how OWAC came to be, and gain information on various projects that do not fit under the headings of labour, social assistance, health care, welfare, or constitutional reform, which are contained in other series of this fonds.

This fonds contains records related to OWAC's work on health care, welfare, social assistance, and labour, including brochures, dicussion papers, and policy briefs produced by other organizations, such as the Ontario Health Coalition. The fonds also contains correspondence, meeting minutes, and agendas. Through this series, one can learn about OWAC's partnerships with unions and labour organizations, and their support of the legal struggle against welfare and social assistance cuts.

This series contains documents specifically related to or produced by OWAC coordinator Janet Maher, including business cards, correspondence, organizational notes, presentations, and policy briefs. the file also contains correspondence related to her resignation, which occurred due to lack of funding for the organization and its National affiliate, NAC.