Learn about Women's History in Canada
This is a quick reference to sites you may want to visit. It is an evergreen page - simply an introduction. Please contact us if you would like us to add other links.
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GENERAL - GOOD SITES TO VISIT!
Women of Impact Gallery - Women who made a difference in the fields of the Arts, Human Rights, Politics, STEM and as Trailblazers.
Heroines - Famous Women in Canadian History
History of Women in Canada - PSAC
ORGANIZATIONS
Partner organizations
Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW)
The Feminist Archives, University of Ottawa
Other organizations (contact us to list your organization)
Canadian Committee on Women’s and Gender History
Canadian Federation of University Women
National Action Committee on the Status of Women
Rise Up! Feminist Digital Archives
Events / Subjects
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Here are are number of good resources and background information relating to our Events Program.
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WOMEN AND THE LAW
April 13, 2022
Organizations
National Association of Women in the Law
Speakers
For further reading
Royal Commission on the Status of Women
Guide to the Charter of Rights - signed in 1982
ed, Naomi Black, Louise Carbert, "Women Challenge the Constitution, The Story Behind the Story," (Atlantis 37.2 (1), 2015/2016) www.msvu.ca/atlantis
A WOMAN'S PLACE IN THE MEDIA
October 27, 2022
Organizations
National Film Board – Studio D
Women in Film & Television - Canadian Coalition
Women in Film & Television - Chapters
Speakers
Moderator - Germaine Chazou-Essindi
Further reading
RECLAIMING OUR PLACE
June 19, 2022
Organizations
First People’s House of Learning, Trent University
Speakers
Courtney Montour, filmmaker, “I Am Indian Again”
NFB Pause with Courtney Montour
Moderator - Dawn Lavell Harvard
Further reading
WOMEN'S SEXUAL HEALTH AND REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE
March 2023
Organizations
Action Canada for Sexual Health & Rights
Speakers
Further reading / watching
The Women Are Coming, Sunday Morning, produced by Karin Wells
Abortion Caravan podcast
Just Watch Us - a book on the RCMP spying on the women’s liberation movement:
Abortion Across Borders - a book on travel for abortion services
Carr, Emma, The McGill Tribune, Looking Back, Moving Forward - The McGill students who made contraception accessible
https://www.nfb.ca/film/motherland_tales_of_wonder/
https://www.nfb.ca/film/status_quo_the_unfinished_business_of_feminism/
https://www.uottawa.ca/library/changing-views-motherhood
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/history-of-birth-control-in-canada
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/new-reproductive-technologies-royal-commission-on