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Women Unite!. - 1972.- Poster. CWMA 10-001-S5-I225.
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Women's Archives

Publishing and Racism: the conflict at The Women’s Press

The term “intersectionality” had not yet been coined in 1988, when a small publishing house in Toronto called The Women’s Press underwent a very public existential crisis.
The term “intersectionality” had not yet been coined in 1988, when a small publishing house in Toronto called The Women’s Press underwent a very public existential crisis.

June 3, 2024
Black & white photograph of three women workers at the National Action Committee on the Status of Women office
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The Clerical Work of Liberation: A Tribute to Women who Answered the Phone

Here is the indispensable lady. If she would go on strike, the business world would collapse. The men would become immobilized. Who would get the coffee, make up excuses, or handle the volume of minute details? Who knows where everything is and who keeps the office running smoothly? She does. The boss is too busy to run errands, dust desks, file letter...
Here is the indispensable lady. If she would go on strike, the business world would collapse. The men would become immobilized. Who would get the coffee, make up excuses, or handle the volume of minute details? Who knows where everything is and who keeps...

March 20, 2024
Photograph of Nellie’s Hostel featuring the “Occupation Nellie’s” banner. “Women’s hostels reach the crisis point,”
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The Feminist Occupation of Nellie’s Hostel

On August 26th, 1976, staff members and residents of Nellie’s Hostel in Toronto responded to severe provincial and federal social service cutbacks by launching their radical campaign to secure additional government funding. Referring to their strategy as an “emergency occupation,” supporters of the women’s shelter were asked to sign the following declaration:
On August 26th, 1976, staff members and residents of Nellie’s Hostel in Toronto responded to severe provincial and federal social service cutbacks by launching their radical campaign to secure additional government funding. Referring to their strategy as an “emergency occupation,” supporters of the ...

March 1, 2024
Toronto Dressmakers’ Cooperative
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Working for Social Change: An Archival Snapshot of a 1980s Toronto Dressmakers’ Cooperative

In late 1970s’ and early 1980s’ Toronto, Ontario, grassroots community organizations burgeoned to address immigrant women’s social service needs on entering Canada—essential services that were unmet by available state-sponsored organizations.
In late 1970s’ and early 1980s’ Toronto, Ontario, grassroots community organizations burgeoned to address immigrant women’s social service needs on entering Canada—essential services that were unmet by available state-sponsored organizations.

March 1, 2024
I want to be an engineer just like my mom
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Introducing the Women in STEM Oral History Project

In the Fall semester of 2023, The Archives and Special Collections (ARCS), with support from the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) and the Canadian Institute of Women in Engineering and Sciences (CIWES), undertook a series of ten oral history interviews with women in Canada who have made a significant impact on the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM).
In the Fall semester of 2023, The Archives and Special Collections (ARCS), with support from the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) and the Canadian Institute of Women in Engineering and Sciences (CIWES), undertook a series of ten oral history interviews with women in Canada who have made a s...

February 20, 2024
Image from a news clipping about Helen Forsey and a bus ad” 10-186-S2-F21. Helen Forsey fonds. uOttawa Archives and Special collections
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Helen Forsey: a Feminist Force

Helen Forsey was 34 years old when she committed her first act of civil disobedience.
Helen Forsey was 34 years old when she committed her first act of civil disobedience.

November 15, 2023
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