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Founded by Makeda Silvera and Stephanie Martin in 1984, Sister Vision published groundbreaking books and anthologies that courageously explored the intersection of race and sexuality.

***Content Notice: the following blog post details sexist myths and stereotypes about sexual violence.

Part 4: Community Organizing through Women’s Popular Theatre

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.

Part 3 - “Good enough to work, good enough to stay”: How Seven Jamaican Mothers helped to shape the Domestic Workers’ Movement

Part 2 - The Ad Hoc Committee of Filipino Domestic Workers for Landed Status

Part 1 - “A View from the Kitchen: Immigrant Women Speak Out on the Value of Housework.”

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...

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:

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.