Fonds 10-029 - Working Women Community Centre (WWCC) fonds

Centro para las mujeres trabajadoras Grupos para mujeres immigrantes Women & revolution in Central America: an evening of solidarity Nós somos mulheres imigrantes: tão depressa temos trabalho como não temos .. Working women c.c. open house Immigrant women into electronics pamphlet: front

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Working Women Community Centre (WWCC) fonds

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CA ON0034 10-029

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  • [197-]-[1996] (Creation)

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8.2 m of textual records
1004 photographs
1024 slides
477 negatives
3 albums

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(1976-)

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In 1974 Toronto newcomer, Tamam McCallum, founded Working Women Community Centre (WWCC) in Toronto's west end, to address the lack of employment services for immigrant women in Canada. In June 1976, the newly opened WWCC organization acted primarily as an employment agency to help newcomer women with pre-employment and employment counselling. The Centre initially serviced newcomers hailing primarily from the Caribbean, Portugal, Spain, and South America as well as Central America. The Centre was originally named the Women’s Community Employment Centre.

Over its nearly 50 years of operation, WWCC has offered English as a Second Language (ESL) services as well as innovative employment programs. In 1978, WWCC sponsored the Working Skills Centre, a mailroom on-the-job training program for newcomer women. From 1980-1985, WWCC created the Modistas Unidas Workshop, an informal collective of skilled Portuguese-speaking dressmakers that designed an exclusive line of women’s clothing. WWCC also partnered with Humber College to offer the Electronics Assembler Program [Immigrant Women Into Electronics] from 1985-1989, providing immigrant women with skills for entry-level electronics positions.

As of 2014, WWCC serves all newcomer communities across the city, with four different offices located across Toronto.
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En 1974, Tamam McCallum, une nouvelle arrivante de Toronto, a fondé le Working Women Community Centre (WWCC) dans le quartier ouest de Toronto, afin de remédier au manque de services d'aide à l'emploi pour les femmes immigrées au Canada. L'organisation WWCC, qui venait d'ouvrir ses portes officiellement en 1976, agissait principalement en tant qu'agence pour l'emploi afin d'aider les femmes nouvellement arrivées à obtenir des conseils en matière de pré-emploi et d'emploi. Le Centre a d'abord servi les nouvelles arrivantes originaires principalement des Caraïbes, du Portugal, de l'Espagne, de l'Amérique du Sud et de l'Amérique centrale. Le centre s'appelait à l'origine le Women's Community Employment Centre (Centre d'emploi communautaire pour les femmes).

Au cours de ses presque 50 ans d'existence, le WWCC a offert des services d'anglais langue seconde (ESL) ainsi que des programmes d'emploi novateurs. En 1978, le WWCC a parrainé le Working Skills Centre, un programme de formation en cours d'emploi dans une salle de courrier pour les femmes nouvellement arrivées. De 1980 à 1985, le WWCC a créé l'atelier Modistas Unidas, un collectif informel de couturières portugaises qualifiées qui ont conçu une ligne exclusive de vêtements pour femmes. Le WWCC s'est également associé au Humber College pour proposer le programme d'assemblage électronique [Immigrant Women Into Electronics] de 1985 à 1989, permettant aux femmes immigrées d'acquérir des compétences pour occuper des postes d'entrée dans l'électronique.

Depuis 2014, le WWCC dessert toutes les communautés de nouveaux arrivants de la ville, avec quatre bureaux différents situés à Toronto.

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The Working Women Community Centre (WWCC) fonds documents the organization's management of everyday activities as well as its programs and services offered to newcomer immigrant women in Canada. The fonds contains administrative records reflecting on WWCC programs like Immigrant Women Into Electronics and language courses. It also contains extensive graphic material documenting WWCC programs, events, and outings.
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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.

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https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111921002

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