This sub-series contains articles, draft articles, notes and researches results on women's movement History in Ontario. It includes also resource materials as pamphlets and information sheets on various women's organizations in Ontario. All this resources materials might be used by Nancy Adamson in her researches on women's movement emergence and history in Ontario. Nancy Adamson wrote an article published in 1995. "Feminists, Libbers, Lefties, and Radicals: The Emergence of the Women's Liberation Movement", in Joy Parr., A Diversity of Women : Ontario, 1945-1980, Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1995, pp. 252-280. This sub-series included also audio records. Nancy Adamson conducted interviews with women who have played or played an important role in the emergence and development of the Women's Movement in Ontario.
Recordings from various NAWL events, including speeches and lectures, as well as some miscellaneous recordings without contextual information. This includes audio and audiovisual recordings.
Recordings from NAWL's Fourteenth Biennial Conference on “Women, the Family and the State". Held at City Hall and the Ottawa Congress Centre (O.C.C.) in Ottawa, Ontario, 7 to 10 March 2002. The Conference’s objectives were to bring together women from across Canada to discuss access to justice issues and formulate strategies for change.
Recordings from NAWL's Twelfth Biennial Conference on “Access to Justice for Women: The Changing Face of Inequality". Held in Halifax, the Conference’s objectives were to bring together women from across Canada to discuss access to justice issues and formulate strategies for change. Women attended workshops about the impact of changing public policy on women’s lives, shifting into action for the new millennium and sharing experiences and solutions for assessing the justice system. For the first time, the Conference also included a separate Advance Day for Aboriginal women and women of colour. On that day, Aboriginal women and women of colour congregated in a comfortable space to strategize about access to justice for women belonging to their communities.
Recordings of NAWL's Seventh Biennial Conference on "Section 15 - Equality in the Criminal Justice System and the Workplace: Fact or Fantasy?". Held in Winnipeg, this conference focused on the assessment of the repercussions of Section 15 of the Charter, based on NAWL’s recommendations. Discussions centred around criminal law, labour law, and the degree to which gender bias prevails in the courts and the legal profession. At the conference, a resolution passed to integrate issues of sex bias and the impact of sex discrimination on women into judicial education programs.
Recordings of NAWL's Sixth Biennial Conference on "Who's in Control? Legal Implications of Reproduction and Technology". Held in Ottawa, the conference focused on the challenges posed to women by new reproductive technologies and changing social values. For example, the effects of prenatal diagnosis on decisions related to pregnancy, methods of childbirth, the rights of pregnant women and reproductive hazards in the workplace.
Recordings of NAWL's Fourth Biennial Conference on "The Cost of Being a Woman". The conference was held in Halifax and focused on the social, economic and political costs of being a woman. In particular, parenting, ageing, health care, and income tax issues were discussed. Additionally, NAWL reviewed the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and its effect on women.
