Fonds 10-087 - Advocates for Community-Based Training-Education for Women (ACTEW) fonds

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Advocates for Community-Based Training-Education for Women (ACTEW) fonds

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A Women's Training Community

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CA ON0034 10-087

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47.7 cm of textual records

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(1988-2008)

Administrative history

ACTEW, originally Advocates for Community-based Training and Education for Women, was a provincial membership organization for programs that provided community training to women. It began in 1988 as an outgrowth of another provincial umbrella group, ONESTEP, Ontario Network of Skills Training and Employment Programs. The women's organizations belonging to ONESTEP decided they needed a more women-centered, feminist organization to represent their specific needs. ACTEW changed its name in 2004 to A Women's Training Community. Over the years that ACTEW existed the organization published many reports, briefs and responses to government initiatives including: Access Diminished: A report on women's training and employment services in Ontario (2001); Challenges and Connections: Meeting the Information Needs of Professionals Working with Immigrant Women (2001), Operation Access (1989), Choosing Training, Shortcuts to Career Development Resources for Girls and Women. The group dissolved in 2008 due to lack of funding.
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ACTEW, à l'origine Advocates for Community-based Training and Education for Women, était une organisation provinciale regroupant des programmes de formation communautaire pour les femmes. Elle est née en 1988 d'un autre groupe provincial, l'ONESTEP (Ontario Network of Skills Training and Employment Programs). Les organisations de femmes membres de l'ONESTEP ont décidé qu'elles avaient besoin d'une organisation féministe plus centrée sur les femmes pour représenter leurs besoins spécifiques. ACTEW a changé de nom en 2004 pour devenir A Women's Training Community. Au cours des années d'existence d'ACTEW, l'organisation a publié de nombreux rapports, mémoires et réponses aux initiatives gouvernementales, notamment Access Diminished : Un rapport sur les services de formation et d'emploi des femmes en Ontario (2001) ; Challenges and Connections : Meeting the Information Needs of Professionals Working with Immigrant Women (2001), Operation Access (1989), Choosing Training, Shortcuts to Career Development Resources for Girls and Women. Le groupe a été dissous en 2008 en raison d'un manque de financement.

Custodial history

The ACTEW records were donated to the Canadian Women's Movement Archives at the University of Ottawa Archives and Special Collections in 2017. Since the dissolution of ACTEW in 2008, they had been in the possession of Karen Lior, an executive director and board member of the organization.

Scope and content

This fonds is comprised of textual records related to Advocates for Community-Based Training-Education for Women. It mainly reflects ACTEW's administration, organizing strategy, meeting minutes, grant applications, correspondence, and publications.
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Ce fonds est constitué de documents textuels relatifs à l’Advocates for Community-Based Training-Education for Women. Il contient des documents administratifs, des documents stratégiques, des procès-verbaux de réunions, des demandes de subventions, de la correspondance et des publications.

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This collection is arranged according to 5 series: meeting minutes, administrative records, projects and workshops, funding and grants, and reports, briefs, and presentations.

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  • English
  • French

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  • Latin

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ON0034

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Created February 2018

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