The fonds consists of records documenting the work of Betty Curran Carter as a social worker and her research on child welfare and sexual abuse and includes papers, theses, and a copy of her book. The fonds also includes materials related to a BC Human Rights that she launched related to pay equity as well as her later interest and gay and lesbian rights.
This file contains papers relating to a Needs Survey conducted in Halifax in 1973, including a final publication copy from 1974. Also included are newspaper clippings.
This file contains material related to a conference on implementations of research methods for child welfare, as well as various notes, papers, and communications on child welfare conferences and related topics. The file also contains material related to various films on child abuse and welfare, and 6 transparencies for overhead projectors.
This file contains Betty Joyce Carter's 1990 Doctoral Thesis from the University of Toronto, "But You Should Have Known: Child Sexual Abuse and The Non-Offending Mother". It also contains her book, "Who's To Blame?: Child Sexual Abuse and Non-Offending Mothers," published in 1999; the book offers a feminist analysis of child sexual abuse.
This file contains various material on human rights and gender equality, including emails, notes, newspaper articles, meeting minutes, and testimonies. Carter issued a human rights complaint against the University of British Columbia regarding workplace discrimination, more specifically, salary discrepancies based on gender.
This file contains material related to publications in the International Social Work Journal, including pamphlets, reviews, email correspondences, advertisements, contact lists, and articles,
This file contains various materials on gay and lesbian issues, including news paper articles, "The Center" community center advertisements, emails, news letters, faculty lists, research material, and papers.
This file consists of a publication of the Perspectives Newsletter, vol.22 no.3, containing an article relating to the Gove enquiry and report, in which Betty Joyce Carter was a consultant. The Gove Inquiry investigated child protection and included a case review and analysis of child protection services in British Columbia.
