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Ontario Women's Action Coalition (OWAC) fonds
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Ontario Women's Action Coalition (OWAC) fonds

  • CA ON0034 10-085
  • Fonds
  • 1987-1995
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.

Ontario Women's Action Coalition / Coalition des femmes de L'Ontario

Women and the Constitution Consultations

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.

Ontario Women's Action Coalition / Coalition des femmes de L'Ontario

[Correspondence and Constitutional Consultations]

File contains demographic analysis for the OWAC constitutional project, correspondence related to organizing and undertaking consultations across Ontario, and other associated material such as brochures and short articles. The file also contains an application to the Ontario Women's Directorate Community Grants Program for a proposed project on home caregivers and their active participation in political decision-making.

[Social Charter and Constitutional Reform]

File contains documents related to constitutional reform, including a booklet titled "Why You Need to be at the Constitutional Table," highlights of the 1991 Ontario budget, articles and correspondence related to then-Premier Bob Rae's social charter proposal, agendas and minutes for Women and the Constitution meetings, a report on the Constitutional Conference "Supporting a Social Rights Agenda," and other associated material.

[OWAC News, Brochures, Political Correspondence]

File contains newsletters and brochures distributed by OWAC, correspondence related to the Ontario Women's Directorate Community Grants Program and OWAC's application for funding of the project "Tired of Waiting on Tables : Ontario Women and the Constitution," and other documents related to education and employment equity.

Other OWAC Projects and Material

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.

Ontario Women's Action Coalition / Coalition des femmes de L'Ontario

[The Lyra Group]

File contains correspondence and description of The Lyra Group, consultation service specializing in organization and communication, human services policy, and health care policy. The file also contains a draft report, prepared by The Lyra Group, called "A Credit Strategy for Ontario Women : Research and Recommendations."
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