This file contains a proposal submitted by CCLOW to the Women's Program, Department of the Secretary of State, a paper on possible CCLOW committee structures, notes, and correspondence.
This file contains documents related to the CCLOW board, including correspondence, a copy of Bill C-67, a grant application form, meeting minutes, and a press release from the Minister of Employment and Immigration.
This fonds consists of records produced and received by Greta Hofmann Nemiroff in her capacity as an educator, feminist, and writer in the various positions she held, as well as committees and projects in which she was involved. It contains mostly textual records, including both professional and personal correspondence, project reports, conference, workshop notes and programs, news clippings, resource materials, as well as copies of her written works. This fonds offers an insight into her involvement in women’s liberation movement in the 1980s and 1990s, generally in the research fields of feminist education theory and practice, gender-fair education and the development of workable pedagogy of diversity. Included are administrative records from her position at the Simone de Beauvoir Institute, Sir George Williams University [Concordia University], the New School at Dawson College and as the joint chair in Women’s Studies program at the University of Ottawa and Carleton University. Additionally, records produced during the various projects, grants, and committees, including as project manager of the CCLOW, president-elect at CWSA and president of SIGI. -- Ce fonds est constitué de documents produits et reçus par Greta Hofmann Nemiroff en sa qualité d'éducatrice, de féministe et d'écrivaine dans le cadre de divers postes, comités et projets auxquels elle a participé. Il contient principalement des documents textuels, dont de la correspondance professionnelle et personnelle, des rapports de projets, des notes et des programmes de conférences et d'ateliers, des coupures de presse, des documents de référence et des copies de ses œuvres écrites. Le fonds donne un aperçu de son engagement dans le mouvement de libération des femmes dans les années 1980 et 1990, généralement dans les domaines de recherche de la théorie et de la pratique de l'éducation féministe, de l'éducation sur le genre et du développement d'une pédagogie viable de la diversité. On y trouve également les dossiers administratifs des postes qu'elle a occupés à l'Institut Simone de Beauvoir, à l'Université Sir George Williams [Université Concordia], à la New School du Collège Dawson, ainsi que des documents liés à son poste de coprésidente du Programme d'études des femmes à l'Université d'Ottawa et à l'Université Carleton. Enfin, elle a produit des documents pour divers projets, subventions et comités, notamment en tant que gestionnaire du projet CCLOW, présidente élue de l'ACSF et présidente du SIGI.
These records are textual documents which cover the activities of the organization from its foundation in 1970 to 1991. They consist of administrative records, correspondence, planning documents for outreach and projects. These records offer significant information about the grassroots feminist movement in Canada, and particularly in Ottawa, in the 1970s. They also offer insight into the methods of organization, aims, activities and problems shared by many women's centres across the country. - Ces archives sont des documents textuels qui couvrent les activités de l'organisation depuis sa fondation en 1970 jusqu'en 1991. Il s'agit de documents administratifs, de correspondance, de documents de planification pour des activités de sensibilisation et des projets. Ces documents offrent des informations importantes sur le mouvement féministe de base au Canada, et en particulier à Ottawa, dans les années 1970. Ils donnent également un aperçu des méthodes d'organisation, des objectifs, des activités et des problèmes communs à de nombreux centres de femmes à travers le pays.
This fonds consists of Wendy McPeake's personal files. It is composed mainly of textual records from the late 1970s to the early 1980s. It contains files related to her involvement in various groups and organizations such as the Ottawa Women’s Centre, the Political Action Collective, the Feminist Action Collective, the Local 7/SORWUC, and the Public Service Alliance of Canada Women’s Committee. It includes materials related to feminist publishers from Canada and the United States, collected by Wendy McPeake when she was arts coordinator for Upstream magazine. The fonds also contains various subject files that reflect Wendy McPeake’s interests during this period. The 1970s was an active period for feminist organizations, especially at the grass-roots level, where a rich feminist culture of politics, music, publishing, and art flourished. Thus, this fonds offers insight into the Women’s Movement in Ottawa, mostly during the late 1970s to the early 1980s. - Ce fonds est constitué des dossiers personnels de Wendy McPeake. Il est composé principalement de documents textuels datant de la fin des années 1970 au début des années 1980. Il contient des dossiers relatifs à son implication dans divers groupes et organisations tels que le Centre des femmes d'Ottawa, le Collectif d'action politique, le Collectif d'action féministe, la section locale 7/SORWUC et le Comité des femmes de l'Alliance de la fonction publique du Canada. Il comprend des documents relatifs aux éditeurs féministes du Canada et des États-Unis, recueillis par Wendy McPeake lorsqu'elle était coordonnatrice des arts pour le magazine Upstream. Le fonds contient également divers dossiers thématiques qui reflètent les intérêts de Wendy McPeake durant cette période. Les années 1970 ont été une période active pour les organisations féministes, en particulier au niveau local, où une riche culture féministe en matière de politique, de musique, d'édition et d'art s'est épanouie. Ce fonds offre donc un aperçu du mouvement des femmes à Ottawa, principalement de la fin des années 1970 au début des années 1980.
This fonds consists of documents relating to the Business and Professional Women's Club of Ottawa (BPWCO)'s administration, committees, finances, events such as Biennial Conventions, Annual Provincial Conferences, programs and workshops, views on various women's issues such as minimum wage, equality and abortion. It contains mostly textual material such as correspondence, speeches, procedures, publications, reports, budgets, and newspaper clippings, in addition to some photographs and certificates. - 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.
Business and Professional Women's Clubs of Ottawa (BWCPO)
These files consist of documents published in various newspapers relating to women's issues, among others, abortion, REAL Women, politics, the state of feminism, women and education. They contain newspaper clippings. Volume 20, number 1, January 1985 issue of Argus journal, February 1985 issue of Issues & Actions, volume 1 number 2, November 29th, 1984, volume 1, number 3, February 1st, 1985 and volume 2, number 1, September 17th, 1985 issues of OtherWise were integrated to the Women's Archives periodical collection.
These files consist of documents published in various newspapers relating to women's issues, among others, abortion, REAL Women, politics, the state of feminism, women and education. They contain newspaper clippings. Volume 20, number 1, January 1985 issue of Argus journal, February 1985 issue of Issues & Actions, volume 1 number 2, November 29th, 1984, volume 1, number 3, February 1st, 1985 and volume 2, number 1, September 17th, 1985 issues of OtherWise were integrated to the Women's Archives periodical collection.
