Fonds consists of correspondence, reports, papers and a variety of other materials pertaining to the interests and activities of Madeleine Gilichrist. The fonds is divided into nine series according to common subjects, groups, research and events. These include: Midwifery and Reproduction; FRAPPE : Conferences and Papers; Canadian Feminist Issues, Groups and Events; National Action Committee on the Status of Women (NAC) Material; Global Issues and Events; International Conflicts and Peace Initiatives; Voice of Women (VOW) and Women for Mutual Security (WMS) Material; Beijing Women's Conference; and Women for Peace and Freedom.
This fonds contains documents relating the life and work of Zoe Clayton Bieler. It includes personal correspondence, cards, and photographs. It also contains documents relating to her work as a journalist, such as news clippings, press badges, and press photos. There are also photos of her family friends, as well as items from her time as a student at the University of British Columbia, including her undergraduate degree diplomas, her articles written as part of the student newspaper, the Ubyssey, and several of her student papers. There is also information, records, and correspondence from her daughter, Caroline Bieler Brettell, relating to the book she wrote about her mother, "Writing Against the Wind: A Mother's Life History.
This collection consists mostly of photographs used for publishing. The publication is not noted but it was likely National Action Committee on the Status of Women publications "Feminist Action" and "NAC Status of Women News. "The main subjects are young girls and children, working women, women and unions, a health care.
The fonds document Susan Scott’s work on women facing homelessness in Canada. The fonds includes notes and photographs from Scott’s interviews with women seeking shelter and support. The fonds also includes records from presentations, colloquia and forums on related issues. -------- Le fonds documente le travail de Susan Scott sur les femmes confrontées à l'itinérance au Canada. Le fonds comprend des notes et des photographies prises lors des entretiens de Susan Scott avec des femmes à la recherche d'un abri et d'un soutien. Le fonds comprend également des documents relatifs à des présentations, des séminaires et des forums sur des questions connexes.
This fonds consists of textual records and objects related to Nadia Greschuk actions and commitments mostly with the Saskatoon Women's Liberation Movement during the 70s. -- Ce fonds est constitué de documents textuels et d'objets liés aux actions et aux engagements de Nadia Greschuk, principalement au sein du Mouvement de libération des femmes de Saskatoon dans les années 70.
This fonds contains one t-shirt and two posters related to feminist issues, and in particular to the Lesbian Organisation of Toronto. -- Ce fonds contient un t-shirt et deux affiches relatifs aux questions féministes, et en particulier à la Lesbian Organisation of Toronto.
The fonds consists of records related to Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses (OAITH), and specifically to the Regional Coordinating Committee to end Violence Against Women. It includes records related to communication between Ottawa Interval House and Ottawa Police, and also communication between (OAITH) and the Ontario Police Commission. This fonds highlights the efforts made to advocate change in the legal process to end violence against women as well as police intervention regarding domestic violence in the 1980s. -- Le fonds comprend des documents relatifs à l'Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses (OAITH), et plus particulièrement au Regional Coordinating Committee to end Violence Against Women (Comité régional de coordination pour mettre fin à la violence contre les femmes). Il comprend des documents relatifs à la communication entre la Maison d'intervention d'Ottawa et la police d'Ottawa, ainsi qu'à la communication entre l'OAITH et la Commission de police de l'Ontario. Ce fonds met en lumière les efforts déployés pour préconiser des changements dans le processus juridique afin de mettre fin à la violence contre les femmes, et d’améliorer l’intervention politicère en matière de violence domestique dans les années 1980.
The materials contained in this fonds give an insight of Toronto women’s movement activities in the 1970 to the 1990s. Since the 1970s, Helen Jefferson Lenskyj was involved in several community activist groups. The fonds reflects her commitment to the Feminist Party of Canada at the end of the 1970s and beginning of the 1980s. She taught at the University of Toronto between 1986 and 2007. This fonds emphasizes her work on sexual harassment prevention at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (O.I.S.E.), and her involvement with the Centre for Women’s Studies in Education (CWSE), mostly with the subcommittee that she coordinated, which investigated a free-standing women’s studies program. This fonds is also composed of a collection of various posters on women’s issues in the 1970s to the 1990s. -- Les documents contenus dans ce fonds donnent un aperçu des activités du mouvement des femmes de Toronto entre 1970 et 1990. Depuis les années 1970, Helen Jefferson Lenskyj s'est impliquée dans plusieurs groupes activistes communautaires. Le fonds témoigne de son engagement au sein du Parti féministe du Canada à la fin des années 1970 et au début des années 1980. Elle a enseigné à l'Université de Toronto entre 1986 et 2007. Ce fonds met l'accent sur son travail de prévention du harcèlement sexuel à l'Institut d'études pédagogiques de l'Ontario (O.I.S.E.), et sur son implication au sein du Centre for Women's Studies in Education (CWSE), notamment au sein du sous-comité qu'elle a coordonné et qui a enquêté sur un programme autonome d'études féminines. Ce fonds est également composé d'une collection de diverses affiches sur les questions féminines dans les années 1970 à 1990.
