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This fonds consists of Wendy McPeake's personal files. It is composed mainly of textual records from the late 1970s to the early 1980s. It contains files related to her involvement in various groups and organizations such as the Ottawa Women’s Centre, the Political Action Collective, the Feminist Action Collective, the Local 7/SORWUC, and the Public Service Alliance of Canada Women’s Committee. It includes materials related to feminist publishers from Canada and the United States, collected by Wendy McPeake when she was arts coordinator for Upstream magazine. The fonds also contains various subject files that reflect Wendy McPeake’s interests during this period. The 1970s was an active period for feminist organizations, especially at the grass-roots level, where a rich feminist culture of politics, music, publishing, and art flourished. Thus, this fonds offers insight into the Women’s Movement in Ottawa, mostly during the late 1970s to the early 1980s.
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Ce fonds est constitué des dossiers personnels de Wendy McPeake. Il est composé principalement de documents textuels datant de la fin des années 1970 au début des années 1980. Il contient des dossiers relatifs à son implication dans divers groupes et organisations tels que le Centre des femmes d'Ottawa, le Collectif d'action politique, le Collectif d'action féministe, la section locale 7/SORWUC et le Comité des femmes de l'Alliance de la fonction publique du Canada. Il comprend des documents relatifs aux éditeurs féministes du Canada et des États-Unis, recueillis par Wendy McPeake lorsqu'elle était coordonnatrice des arts pour le magazine Upstream. Le fonds contient également divers dossiers thématiques qui reflètent les intérêts de Wendy McPeake durant cette période. Les années 1970 ont été une période active pour les organisations féministes, en particulier au niveau local, où une riche culture féministe en matière de politique, de musique, d'édition et d'art s'est épanouie. Ce fonds offre donc un aperçu du mouvement des femmes à Ottawa, principalement de la fin des années 1970 au début des années 1980.

Wendy McPeake was active in the Ottawa Women's Centre, frequently on the Policy Committee. This series consists of records related to events leading up to the closure. It contains records related to the controversy at the Centre on "To incorporate or not to incorporate”. Some files concern the decision in 1980 to open a cafe on Queen Street to support the information resource centre. The series also includes records related to a musical fundraiser in which Wendy McPeake and Louise Leclair were involved in 1977. This concert featured artists such as Angele Arsenault, CT and April, and Ellen McIlwaine. Original documentation on a fundraiser in support of the concert featuring Rita MacNeil are also in this series. Finally, it includes Ottawa Women’s Centre’s consciousness raising kits.

This file contains policies of the Ottawa Women's Centre.

This file consists of documentation included in Consciousness Raising Kit available at the Women's Centre. The kits contain articles related to consciousness raising, information sheets on group's organization, suggested topics for C.R. groups, questionnaire, bibliographies. The file includes a Birth Control Handbook that was also in the kits.

This file contains materials for newsletters and information letters to the members.

This file contains newspaper articles collected on the Ottawa Women's Centre.

This file contains fourteen portraits of women who participated to the Ottawa Women's Centre development.

Portrait of a women wearing a headscarf.

Portrait of a woman head with short hair wearing a turtleneck sweater.

Portrait of a woman sitting at a desk and on the phone.