This recording consists of Nancy Adamson's interview with Helen Levine in Ottawa at the School of Social Work at Carleton University, on 11 August 1992. Levine speaks about her early involvement with the women's movement beginning in the 1960s, as well as other socio-political groups, demonstrations and organizations in Ottawa, including the Women's Resource Group, the Women's Centre, Women's Place, a Marxist feminist group, [CR] conscious-raising groups, Interval House, the Abortion Caravan, the Communist Party, and more. Levine and Adamson discuss politics, age, radical/liberal/Marxist feminism, and compare the women's movement across Canada (particularly in Toronto) to the movement in Ottawa. Later topics discussed include women's studies courses. Levine's work at Carleton University [in the Faculty of the School of Social Work], reflections on the topic of race and changes within the women's movement, etc. Throughout the interview, Levine touches on her personal life and struggles. [There is a pause in the recording between A and B side at 53:24, the conversation begins again at 53:28].
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.
This series includes recordings of various segments relating to abortion debates captured on audiocassettes by Blodwen Piercy. They include segments from CJOH-DT, Bell Media, including members of CARAL speaking during debates,
This is a sound recording of a CJOH Town Hall segment on abortion in Ottawa, Ontario. The Town Hall, facilitated by broadcast journalist Max Keeping, featured four panelists : on the pro-choice side, abortion provider Dr. Nikki Colodny and NDP MP Marion Dewar ; on the anti-choice side, Alliance for Life executive director Anna Desilets and Liberal MP John Nunziata. The Town Hall invited questions from audience members who are also featured on the tape. The debate is passionate and contentious.
This is a sound recording of the second half of a debate on abortion aired on CJOH News between Alliance for Life President Sue Herlihy [sp?], representing the anti-choice positoon, and CARAL President Norma Scarborough, representing the pro-choice position. The first half of this debate, featuring the anti-choice position, is included on the previous tape. This recoridng also contains an interview about abortion policy featuring Robert Caplan, Liberal MP for York Centre, and NDP MP for Yukon. This recording is followed by a different CJOH segment on Abortion in Ottawa-Carleton, featuring the mother of a 14-year-old girl who was refused abortion by a therapeutic abortion committee in hospital. Another segment, aired the next day, discusses abortion in the United States. Following these segments, this recording features the voice of Blodwen Piercy discussing these segments over the phone with an unheard and unnamed person, also offering her views on the Alliance for Life film, "Feel the Heartbeat," which aired on Global.
This is a sound recording of the second half of an anti-choice film called "Feel the Hearbeat," produced by the group Alliance for Life. The film focuses on giving birth as more "courageous" than having an abortion ; this half of the film touches on adoption and the argument that life begins at conception. The second half of this recording features a news segment on the abortion debate in Canada which took place after the Supreme Court struck abortion from the Criminal Code in January 1988 ; the segment contains an interview with Dr. Morgentaler ; coverage of demonstrations for and against abortion ; and an interview with speakers from each side of the debate. The anti-choice speaker is Alliance for Life President Sue Herlihy [sp?] ; the pro-choice speaker is Norma Scarborough, president of the Canadian Abortion Rights Action League (CARAL).
