This fonds contains a variety of documents from the Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada including meeting minutes, administrative and planning documents, mock ups for publications of newsletters and pamphlets, briefs on the state of child care and child welfare, research materials, and correspondence from regional and national partners. This fonds also includes posters, buttons, stamps, and photographs.
This fonds contains audiovisual materials produced by the Northwestern Ontario Women's Decade Council (NOWDC), including recordings of conferences and produced resource videos used for distribution.
The Collection consists of material relating to second wave feminist activism and activities that had been given to Rise Up! for digitization and inclusion in their online digital archive. It includes posters, documents, recordings, and ephemera.
The bulk of the collection is comprised of sheet music for mostly piano or orchestra, published between 1883 and 1946 (approximately a third of which was published in the 1920s) for the purposes of performance during the screening of silent films. Handwritten notes and cues, as well as stamps are found on many sheets, which have been identified. Some of the items are of collections of music specifically written and published for the purpose of motion pictures. Also included are cue sheets and instruction manuals, folders with advertisements, letters from editors, as well as a program for the 2014 screening of “The Cat and the Canary” with small orchestra at the University of Ottawa School of Music, sums up the Silent Film Music collection.
The fonds consists primarily of records which document Karen Levine's involvement with the Equity Steering Committee at the CBC and her interest in women in the media. -- Le fonds se compose principalement de documents qui témoignent de l'implication de Karen Levine dans le Comité directeur pour l'équité à la CBC et de son intérêt pour les femmes dans les médias.
The Susan Schellenberg and Rosemary Barnes fonds documents the collaboration between the two women, particularly in their joint reflections on the contributions and limitations of conventional mental health care and their joint search for alternatives such as art therapy. Susan Schellenberg and Rosemary Barnes first met in 1990, when they were both active in the struggle of Women's College Hospital against merger with Toronto General Hospital. They co-authored the book "Committed to the Sane Asylum: Narratives on Mental Wellness and Healing". The fonds documents the various reflections, presentations and articles that emerged from this collaboration. The fonds also documents Susan Schellenberg's artistic work through several documents related to the exhibition Entertaining the Cauldron of Snakes: Shedding Skins. - Le fonds Susan Schellenberg et Rosemary Barnes documente la collaboration entre les deux femmes, notamment dans les réflexions qu’elles ont entamé ensemble sur les contributions et les limites des soins de santé mentale conventionnels et leur recherche commune d'alternatives telles que l'art-thérapie. Susan Schellenberg et Rosemary Barnes se sont rencontrées pour la première fois en 1990, lorsqu'elles ont toutes deux participé activement à la lutte du Women's College Hospital contre la fusion avec le Toronto General Hospital. Elles ont co-écrit le livre "Committed to the Sane Asylum: Narratives on Mental Wellness and Healing". Le fonds documente les différents réflexions, presentations et articles qui ont émergé de cette collaboration. Le fonds documente également le travail artistique de Susan Schellenberg grâce à plusieurs documents en lien avec le déploiement de l’exposition Entertaining the Cauldron of Snakes: Shedding Skins.
The two sound files in this collection were recorded when Dr. Colodny visited Ottawa to take part in the Women in STEM Oral History project (linked below). The two recordings in this collection consist of a presentation that Dr. Colodny gave to Meghan Tibbits-Lamirande's Cultural Studies class (ENGL3911) at Carleton University on November 20th, 2023, and a supplementary interview which took place shortly afterwards, at the University of Ottawa’s Archives and Special Collections. ... Ces fichiers ont été enregistrés lors de la visite du Dr Colodny à Ottawa pour participer au projet d'histoire orale des femmes dans les STIM (voir ci-dessous). Les enregistrements de cette collection consistent en une présentation que le Dr Colodny a donnée au cours d'études culturelles (ENGL3911) de Meghan Tibbits-Lamirande à l'Université Carleton le 20 novembre 2023, et en une entrevue supplémentaire qui a eu lieu peu après, aux Archives et collections spéciales de l'Université d'Ottawa.
This fonds contains records for the Regional Coordinating Committee to End Violence Against Women (RCCEVAW) from 1984 until 2006, when they changed their name to the Ottawa Coalition to End Violence Against Women (OCTEVAW). The fonds includes administrative records and correspondence related to the RCCEVAW steering committee, their numerous subcommittees and task forces, and the organizations that grew out of their work. The RCCEVAW also collected records related to violence against women, including research material, newspaper clippings, policy documents, police protocol, and more. ... Ce fonds contient les dossiers du Comité régional de coordination pour contrer la violence faite aux femmes (CRCVFF) de 1984 à 2006, année où il a changé de nom pour devenir la Coalition d'Ottawa pour contrer la violence faite aux femmes (COCVFF). Le fonds comprend des documents administratifs et de la correspondance liés au comité directeur du RCCEVAW, à ses nombreux sous-comités et groupes de travail, ainsi qu'aux organisations qui sont nées de leur travail. La RCCEVAW a également rassemblé des documents relatifs à la violence contre les femmes, y compris des documents de recherche, des coupures de presse, des documents politiques, des protocoles de police, etc.
The Working Women Community Centre (WWCC) fonds documents the organization's management of everyday activities as well as its programs and services offered to newcomer immigrant women in Canada. The fonds contains administrative records reflecting on WWCC programs like Immigrant Women Into Electronics and language courses. It also contains extensive graphic material documenting WWCC programs, events, and outings. - Ce fonds comprend des documents qui témoignent de l'administration du Business and Professional Women's Club of Ottawa (BPWCO), de ses comités, de ses finances, d'événements tels que les congrès, les conférences provinciales annuelles, les programmes et les ateliers, les points de vue sur diverses questions relatives aux femmes telles que le salaire minimum, l'égalité et l'avortement. Il contient principalement des documents textuels tels que de la correspondance, des discours, des procédures, des publications, des rapports, des budgets et des coupures de presse, ainsi que des photographies et des certificats.
