Fonds 10-141 - Toby Brooks fonds

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Toby Brooks fonds

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CA ON0034 10-141

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  • 1974, [1978]-9 January 1992 (Creation)
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    Brooks, Toby

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7.7 cm of textual records

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(1936-)

Biographical history

Toby Brooks trained as a social worker and moved from U.S. to Ottawa in 1970 along with her husband, David Brooks. She was a staff member of the Ottawa Interval House, an early transition house for battered women in the 1970s and 1980s. She was involved in the Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses during the 1980s. She wrote a book about the poet Pat Lowther entitled "Pat Lowther's continent : her life and work" that was published in 2000.
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Toby Brooks a suivi une formation d'assistante sociale et a quitté les États-Unis pour s'installer à Ottawa en 1970 avec son mari, David Brooks. Dans les années 1970 et 1980, elle a fait partie du personnel de l'Ottawa Interval House, une des premières maisons de transition pour femmes battues. Elle s'est impliquée dans l'Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses au cours des années 1980. Elle a écrit un livre sur la poétesse Pat Lowther intitulé "Pat Lowther's continent : her life and work" (Le continent de Pat Lowther : sa vie et son œuvre) qui a été publié en 2000.

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The fonds consists of records related to Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses (OAITH), and specifically to the Regional Coordinating Committee to end Violence Against Women. It includes records related to communication between Ottawa Interval House and Ottawa Police, and also communication between (OAITH) and the Ontario Police Commission. This fonds highlights the efforts made to advocate change in the legal process to end violence against women as well as police intervention regarding domestic violence in the 1980s.
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Le fonds comprend des documents relatifs à l'Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses (OAITH), et plus particulièrement au Regional Coordinating Committee to end Violence Against Women (Comité régional de coordination pour mettre fin à la violence contre les femmes). Il comprend des documents relatifs à la communication entre la Maison d'intervention d'Ottawa et la police d'Ottawa, ainsi qu'à la communication entre l'OAITH et la Commission de police de l'Ontario. Ce fonds met en lumière les efforts déployés pour préconiser des changements dans le processus juridique afin de mettre fin à la violence contre les femmes, et d’améliorer l’intervention politicère en matière de violence domestique dans les années 1980.

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  • English
  • French

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  • Latin

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ON0034

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Final

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Full

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Created in January 2017.

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