This fonds contains records resulting from Shirley E. Greenberg’s involvement in women’s liberation and research into women’s legal equality. The fonds contains significant administrative records from groups such as the University of Ottawa Chapter of the National Association of Women and the Law, the Ottawa Women’s Resource Group and the Ottawa Women’s Centre Association. The fonds includes pamphlets, advertisement and notices promoting these groups.

The fonds contains records resulting from Shirley E. Greenberg’s research into women’s legal equality, such as briefs submitted to government as well as news clippings and publications on family law, divorce and child custody. The fonds includes publications from women’s feminist collectives and publications devoted to radical feminism and socialist feminism, such as Hogtown Press. The bulk of the records date from 1972-1977.

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Ce fonds contient des documents résultant de l'implication de Shirley E. Greenberg dans la libération des femmes et la recherche sur l'égalité juridique des femmes. Le fonds contient d'importants documents administratifs provenant de groupes tels que le chapitre de l'Université d'Ottawa de l'Association nationale de la femme et du droit, l'Ottawa Women's Resource Group et l'Ottawa Women's Centre Association. Le fonds comprend des brochures, des annonces et des avis faisant la promotion de ces groupes.

Le fonds contient des documents résultant des recherches de Shirley E. Greenberg sur l'égalité juridique des femmes, tels que des mémoires soumis au gouvernement ainsi que des coupures de presse et des publications sur le droit de la famille, le divorce et la garde des enfants. Le fonds comprend des publications de collectifs féministes et des publications consacrées au féminisme radical et au féminisme socialiste, telles que Hogtown Press. La majeure partie des documents date de 1972-1977.

This fonds contains documents relating the work of Gwen Brodsky, a lawyer residing in British Columbia. It includes personal correspondence, facsimiles, factums, published articles, notes, and draft oral submissions. Cases referred to include:

- Gosselin v. A.G. Quebec, 2002 SCC 84;
- Mossop and Canadian Human Rights Commission v. Department of Secretary of State et al., [1993] 1 S.C.R. 554;
- Vriend v. Alberta, [1998] 1 S.C.R. 493;
- Andrews v. Law Society of British Columbia, [1989] 1 S.C.R. 21;
- Gould and Yukon Human Rights Commission v. Yukon Order of Pioneers (1991), 14 C.H.R.R. D/176 (Y.T.S.C.); (1993), 18 C.H.R.R. D/347 (Y.C.A.); [1996] 1 S.C.R. 571; and
- Rosenberg v. Canada (1998), 158 D.L.R. (4th) 664 (Ont. C.A.)