Collection 10-168 - Nikki Colodny Collection

Presentation to ENGL 3911 Supplementary interview at ARCS

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Nikki Colodny Collection

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CA ON0034 10-168

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2 sound recordings (wav.) [741.8 MB]

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(1948-present)

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Dr. Nikki Colodny was a pro-choice activist, abortion provider, and women's health advocate operating in Toronto, Ontario throughout the 1980s and 1990s. In addition to working in the medical field at a time when most doctors were male, Dr. Colodny became somewhat of a public figure in Canada when she worked alongside Dr. Henry Morgentaler providing patients with abortions prior to 1988, when anti-choice legislation was struck from the Criminal Code. During this period, abortion clinics were frequently raided by the police, while abortion providers were harassed and sometimes even physically attacked by anti-choice activists. As a member of the Ontario Coalition for Abortion Clinics, Dr. Colodny travelled across the country to mentor pro-choice activists in civil disobedience and appeared in the media to combat medical misinformation.
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Dr Nikki Colodny était un militante pro-choix, pratiquant l'avortement et défendant la santé des femmes à Toronto (Ontario) dans les années 1980 et 1990. En plus de travailler dans le domaine médical à une époque où la plupart des médecins étaient des hommes, Dr. Colodny est devenue une figure publique au Canada lorsqu'elle a travaillé aux côtés du Dr Henry Morgentaler pour fournir des avortements à des patientes avant 1988, lorsque la législation anti-choix a été supprimée du Code criminel. Au cours de cette période, les cliniques d'avortement ont souvent fait l'objet de descentes de police, tandis que les professionnels de l'avortement étaient harcelés et parfois même physiquement attaqués par des militants anti-choix. En tant que membre de la Coalition ontarienne pour les cliniques d'avortement, le Dr Colodny a voyagé à travers le pays pour encadrer les militants pro-choix en matière de désobéissance civile et est apparu dans les médias pour lutter contre la désinformation médicale.

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Material collected by Meghan Tibbits Lamirande as a result of her interview with Nikki Colodny as part of the Women in STEM Oral History Project (2024)
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Matériel recueilli par Meghan Tibbits Lamirande à la suite de son entretien avec Nikki Colodny dans le cadre du projet d'histoire orale des femmes dans les STIM (2024)

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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.
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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.

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