This series consists of photographs taken or donated by women to the Canadian Women's Movement Archives (CWMA) between 1972 and 1992. The photographs cover a wide range of events relating to the Canadian women's movement such as protests, marches, conferences, gatherings at local business or homes, workshops, and daily life. Some photographs were published in periodicals such as Fireweed and The Other Woman.
This series contains documents relating to women who sent their documents to the Canadian Women's Movement Archives. The documents include newsletters, personal and professional correspondence, pamphlets, papers, reports, meeting notes among many others. This series represents a cross-section of the women who were active in the feminist movement, to varying degrees, in Canada between the late 1960s and late 1990s.
This series consists of documents relating to the research and production of the Healthsharing Book: Resources for Canadian Women, initially entitled the Women's Health Resource Guide. It includes early notes, meetings, proposals, funding applications, a questionnaire , job advertisement for Women's Health Resource Guide Co-ordinator, financial reports, correspondence with team members and a copy of the first edition.
This file contains records related to Gay Bell's involvement with LGBTQ+ initiative in the Canadian Union for Public Employees (CUPE) and the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC), such as the CUPE Pink Triangle Committee. Bell also collected records related to immigrant workers' rights, cleaners' rights, sex workers' rights, and particularly the labour struggles enacted by the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU). Judging by the records, Bell was particularly concerned with the working conditions of women whose labour was socially devalued, such as office and hotel cleaners, nursing attendants, garment workers, and mothers on welfare. The series also contains records related to skills training for women, ESL, and workplace reproductive hazards.
This series contains records related to the progressive artists' community in Toronto that fall outside the scope of theatre and performance, which are included in their own series. The series includes creative writers, painters, photographers, and filmmakers, among other artists, and covers topics such as the A Space Gallery in Toronto, controversy at the International P.E.N. Conference, writers of colour, Asian Canadian artists, books banning, and writing workshops. Gay Bell also collected publications and periodicals related to art activism and artistic experimentation.
This series contains photographs of Gay Bell and her fellow activists, including photographs of performances at Val Fullard's Pink Raygun Show, Lesbian Triptych, and A Fine Kettle of Fish. This series also includes photographs of Gillean Chase, Marcia Cannon, and Maureen Fitzgerald, who were Bell's friends and colleagues in the Toronto lesbian movement and women's liberation movement.
This series contains newspaper articles and publications related to francophone rights. Topics covered include the right to legal proceedings and education in French for Franco-Ontarians.
This series contains administrative documents for Ontario Advisory Council on Women's Issues fonds. It includes a list of members, organization layout, and internal correspondence among other documents.
This series consists of documents relating to various issues of concern to OACWI. It includes research papers, press releases, correspondence and press clippings.
