Video with sound filmed by Judith Quinlan on a Super 8 Camera . Video depicts large gatherings and events for Remembrance Day in Toronto in front of [Old City Hall?]. Colour footage of people placing flowers by a sign with the female gender symbol with the words written "For Every Woman Raped in Every War". Black and white footage depicts soldiers in uniform performing a ceremony with the Canadian flag and drums.
Video with no sound filmed by Judith Quinlan on a Super 8 Camera depicts a group of protestors holding signs on International Women's Day standing in front of Toronto Old City Hall.
Video with no sound of a celebration titled Gay Days in Queen's Park, Toronto filmed by Judith Quinlan on a Super 8 Camera. The video shows a sunny day in Queen's Park with booths for different organizations like the Lesbian Organization of Toronto (LOOT) and Toronto Area Gays (a peer counseling and information service). Also shown is Lorna Boschman giving a speech on a stage at the beginning and people sitting and walking in the park.
Video with no sound filmed by Judith Quinlan on a Super 8 Camera of a small hexing circle organized by Judith for a group of feminist climate activist (possibly the Women Against Nuclear Power group in Toronto) at a large anti-nuclear protest against the Darlington Nuclear Power Plant (today called Darlington Nuclear Generating Station) in Clarington, Ontario. Judith Quinlan writes "We made a hexing circle at the protest to close the Darlington Nuclear Power Plant." Video depicts protesters in a large field during summer and a smaller group playing instruments, waving cylinder tubes, and forming a hexing circle. Judith Quinlan writes “One of the speakers in the week leading up to it was Ursula Franklin. The hex was a small portion of that protest. It was organized by me and a group of feminists who were also climate activists.” Other people seen in the video are Gay Bell, Anne Quigley, Ellen Quigley, Jacqueline Frewin, Pat Smith, and Maureen Sanderson. Gay Bell writes in an article titled “Witches ANT: Anti-nuclear guerilla theatre” on page 7 of the October/November 1979 issue of UPSTREAM that the guerilla theater section of Women Against Nuclear Power called Witches ANT is putting on a play called “Sizzle City: Women’s Nuclear Reactions”. Gay Bell writes “The Witches' ANT came together to do anti-nuclear theater after the June occupation of the Darlington Nuclear Plant site near Toronto.”
This video documents a talk given by Sharon McIvor on the McIvor v. Canada case at the Centre for Feminist Legal Studies, University of British Columbia in 2010. Sharon McIvor is a member of the Lower Nicola Indian Band and Nlaka'pamux Nation. Sharon is known for her activism against sex-based discrimination to Indigenous women and children and reform in Canadian legislation. Notably the Bill C-3: 2011 Amendments to the Indian Act which grant 6(2) Indian status to grandchildren of women who regained status in 1985. This amendment to the Indian Act was the government of Canada's response to the McIvor v. Canada case. Sharon's activism for equality for Indigenous women was recognized by Canada’s Governor General in 2011. Sharon is a lawyer and has taught at the Nicola Valley Institute of Technology in Merritt, British Columbia.
This video documents an interview with Murwarid Ziayee, director for Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan, Kabul. The interviewer is assumed to be [Susan Bazilli? director of the International Women’s Rights Project (IWRP), University of Victoria]. The video was made available on IWRP’s website under the section titled 'Afghanistan' (http://iwrp.org/projects/afghanistan/)
This video documents an interview with Dr. Sima Samar in July of 2011 in Kabul, Afghanistan. The interviewer is Susan Bazilli, director for the International Women’s Rights Project (IWRP), University of Victoria. Dr. Sima Simar speaks on current issues for women in Afghanistan, policies, politics, and principals of human rights. The video was made available on the website for the International Women's Rights Project under the section titled 'Afghanistan' (http://iwrp.org/projects/afghanistan/).
This video documents Margaret Tuhumwire, director of Environmental Women in Action for Development (EWAD), announcing development projects to a small formal gathering of people sitting and standing outside in Entebbe, Uganda. One of the projects announced is part of the Entebbe Women's Association (EWA). EWA is a local partner with the International Women's Rights Project (IWRP), University of Victoria. The description on IWRP's website (https://iwrp.org/news/entebbe-women-association/) reads: "The Entebbe Women Association (EWA) is a non-profit organization based in Entebbe, Uganda, and provide services for children and families in need. EWA takes an interest in community development, seeking to address the impact of HIV/AIDS on children and families, and also working to protect the community-sustaining natural resource of the waters of Lake Victoria." Other women identified in the video are: Doo Aphane(founding national coordinator, Women and Law Southern Africa) at 00:00:22 seconds and Mary Balikungeri (director, Rwanda Women’s Network) at 00:00:46 seconds.
This video documents an interview with Mary Balikungeri, director of the Rwanda Women’s Network. The interview was conducted by Sally Armstrong at the Canadian Forum on Women’s Activism in Constitutional and Democratic Reform on February 14th, 2006, Parliament Hill, Ottawa. In the section titled "The Interviews" on Constitute.ca it reads: "Mary Balikungeri, the Director of the Rwanda Women’s Network, talks about the Rwandan genocide and its impact on women and children and the role at the network plays in reconciliation and building a health society in Rwanda." The video is supplementary interview material for the documentary film Constitute!. Constitute.ca is a project of the International Women’s Rights Project (IWRP), University of Victoria.
This video documents an interview with Malalai Joya, a member of parliament in Afghanistan. The interview was conducted by Sally Armstrong at the Canadian Forum on Women’s Activism in Constitutional and Democratic Reform on February 14th, 2006, Parliament Hill, Ottawa. The description for the video on the Constitute.ca website reads: "Malalai Joya has been called the ‘woman who will not be silenced’ while she exposes the dangerous and difficult situation for the Afghan people." In 2003, Malalai spoke out publicly against warlords in Afghanistan while serving as an elected delegate to the Loya Jirga, the assembly convened to ratify Afghanistan's constitution. In 2005, Malalai became one of 68 women elected to the 249-seat National Assembly known as the Wolesi Jirga. The video is supplementary interview material for the documentary film Constitute!. Constitute.ca is a project of the International Women’s Rights Project (IWRP), University of Victoria.
