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Women's Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF)

  • Corporate body
  • 1985-
Women's Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF) is a national, charitable, non-profit organization, founded in 1985. LEAF works to advance the substantive equality rights of women and girls in Canada through litigation, law reform and public education using the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
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Le Fonds d'action et d'éducation juridiques pour les femmes (FAEJ) est une organisation caritative nationale à but non lucratif, fondée en 1985. Le FAEJ s'efforce de faire progresser les droits à l'égalité réelle des femmes et des filles au Canada par le biais du contentieux, de la réforme du droit et de l'éducation du public en s'appuyant sur la Charte canadienne des droits et libertés.

Brooks, Toby

  • Person
  • 1936-
Toby Brooks trained as a social worker and moved from U.S. to Ottawa in 1970 along with her husband, David Brooks. She was a staff member of the Ottawa Interval House, an early transition house for battered women in the 1970s and 1980s. She was involved in the Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses during the 1980s. She wrote a book about the poet Pat Lowther entitled "Pat Lowther's continent : her life and work" that was published in 2000.
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Toby Brooks a suivi une formation d'assistante sociale et a quitté les États-Unis pour s'installer à Ottawa en 1970 avec son mari, David Brooks. Dans les années 1970 et 1980, elle a fait partie du personnel de l'Ottawa Interval House, une des premières maisons de transition pour femmes battues. Elle s'est impliquée dans l'Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses au cours des années 1980. Elle a écrit un livre sur la poétesse Pat Lowther intitulé "Pat Lowther's continent : her life and work" (Le continent de Pat Lowther : sa vie et son œuvre) qui a été publié en 2000.

Frize, Monique

  • Person
  • 1942-

Monique Frize, née Aubry (1942 - ), is a Canadian researcher and engineer in the biomedical field. She was the first women to study engineering at the University of Ottawa and graduated with a Bachelor of Applied Science (Electrical Engineering) in 1966. She received an Athlone Fellowship and completed a Master’s in Philosophy in Electrical Engineering (Engineering in Medicine) at the Imperial College of Science and Technology in London (United Kingdom), a Master’s of Business Administration at the University of Moncton (New Brunswick), and a doctorate from Erasmus Universiteit in Rotterdam (The Netherlands).

Monique Frize worked as a clinical engineer for 18 years. She started her career at the Hôpital Notre-Dame in Montreal. In 1979, she was appointed Director of the Regional Clinical Engineering Service in Moncton (New Brunswick) and became the first Chair of the Division of Clinical Engineering for the International Federation of Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE) in 1985. In 1989, she was appointed the first holder of the national Northern Telecom/NSERC Chair for women in engineering at the University of New Brunswick, and professor in the Electrical department. In 1990, she was named chair of the Canadian Committee for Women in Engineering (CCWE). In 1997, she joined Carleton University, as a Professor in the Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, and the University of Ottawa, as a Professor in the School of Information Technology and Engineering. She also held the Ontario NSERC/Nortel Chair for women in science and engineering. She is a founding member of International Network of Women Engineers and Scientists (INWES) and was its president between 2002 and 2008. In 2007, she founded INWES Education and Research Institute (ERI), now the Canadian Institute for Women in Engineering and Sciences (CIWES) and served as president until 2022.

As a biomedical engineer, Monique Frize is knowledgeable in medical instruments and decision support systems. She developed a software program to predict complications in premature babies and perfected a technique that uses an infrared camera to detect the presence of arthritis. Throughout her career, she has been active in promoting women in leadership roles in science and engineering. As a role model for women engineers, she taught, conducted research, and lead campaigns to encourage young women to pursue careers in engineering. She is the author of more than 200 scientific papers in peer reviewed journals and proceedings. She has published several books such as The Bold and the Brave: A history of women in science and engineering (2009), Laura Bassi and Science in 18th Century Europe (2013), Ethics for Bioengineers (2011), and Health Care Engineering Parts I and II (2013). She has received many honours and awards including honorary doctorates from several Canadian Universities. She was inducted as Officer of the Order of Canada in 1993.
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Monique Frize, née Aubry (1942 - ), est une chercheuse et ingénieure canadienne dans le domaine biomédical. Elle a été la première femme à étudier l'ingénierie à l'université d'Ottawa et a obtenu une licence en sciences appliquées (génie électrique) en 1966. Elle a reçu une bourse Athlone et a obtenu une maîtrise en philosophie en génie électrique (ingénierie en médecine) à l'Imperial College of Science and Technology de Londres (Royaume-Uni), une maîtrise en administration des affaires à l'Université de Moncton (Nouveau-Brunswick) et un doctorat à l'Erasmus Universiteit de Rotterdam (Pays-Bas).

Monique Frize a travaillé comme ingénieur clinicien pendant 18 ans. Elle a commencé sa carrière à l'hôpital Notre-Dame de Montréal. En 1979, elle est nommée directrice du service régional d'ingénierie clinique à Moncton (Nouveau-Brunswick) et devient la première présidente de la division d'ingénierie clinique de la Fédération internationale d'ingénierie médicale et biologique (IFMBE) en 1985. En 1989, elle est nommée première titulaire de la chaire nationale Northern Telecom/NSERC pour les femmes en ingénierie à l'Université du Nouveau-Brunswick, et professeur au département d'électricité. En 1990, elle est nommée présidente du Comité canadien des femmes en ingénierie (CCWE). En 1997, elle a rejoint l'université Carleton en tant que professeur au département d'ingénierie des systèmes et de l'informatique, et l'université d'Ottawa en tant que professeur à l'école de technologie et d'ingénierie de l'information. Elle a également été titulaire de la chaire CRSNG/Nortel de l'Ontario pour les femmes en sciences et en ingénierie. Elle est membre fondateur de l'International Network of Women Engineers and Scientists (INWES), dont elle a été présidente entre 2002 et 2008. En 2007, elle a fondé l'Institut d'éducation et de recherche (ERI) d'INWES, (maintenant l'Institut canadienne pour les femmes en ingénerie et sciences) et en a été la présidente jusqu'en 2022.

En tant qu'ingénieur biomédical, Monique Frize connaît bien les instruments médicaux et les systèmes d'aide à la décision. Elle a développé un logiciel permettant de prédire les complications chez les prématurés et a mis au point une technique utilisant une caméra infrarouge pour détecter la présence d'arthrite. Tout au long de sa carrière, elle s'est employée à promouvoir les femmes dans des rôles de direction en sciences et en ingénierie. En tant que modèle pour les femmes ingénieurs, elle a enseigné, mené des recherches et mené des campagnes pour encourager les jeunes femmes à poursuivre des carrières dans l'ingénierie. Elle est l'auteur de plus de 200 articles scientifiques publiés dans des revues et des actes de congrès évalués par des pairs. Elle a publié plusieurs ouvrages tels que The Bold and the Brave : A history of women in science and engineering (2009), Laura Bassi and Science in 18th Century Europe (2013), Ethics for Bioengineers (2011) et Health Care Engineering Parts I and II (2013). Elle a reçu de nombreuses distinctions et récompenses, notamment des doctorats honorifiques de plusieurs universités canadiennes. Elle a été intronisée Officier de l'Ordre du Canada en 1993.

Committee Against Street Harassment (CASH)

  • Corporate body
  • 1979-[1985]
In 1977, Margaret Dwight-Spore founded Better End All Vicious Erotic Repression (B.E.A.V.E.R), an organization dedicated to decriminalizing prostitution in Canada. Around 1979 BEAVER changed its name to Committee Against Street Harassment (CASH). It offered legal advice, counselling, referrals and support to sex workers and also provided education through public discussion. It was disbanded in the early 1980s.
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En 1977, Margaret Dwight-Spore fonde Better End All Vicious Erotic Repression (B.E.A.V.E.R), une organisation visant à décriminaliser la prostitution au Canada. Vers 1979, BEAVER change de nom et devient Committee Against Street Harassment (CASH). Il offrait des conseils juridiques, une orientation, des références et un soutien aux travailleurs du sexe et assurait également une éducation par le biais de débats publics. Il a été dissous au début des années 1980.

Advocates for Community-based Training and Education for Women (ACTEW)

  • Corporate body
  • 1988-2008
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.

Section of Women and Psychology of the Canadian Association of Psychology (SWAP-CPA)

  • Corporate body
  • 1976-
The Section on Women and Psychology (SWAP) is a community of researchers, teachers, and practitioners interested in the psychology of women and feminist psychology. It aims to advance the status of women in psychology, to promote equity for women in general, and to educate psychologists and the public on topics relevant to women and girls. It supports students through an annual student paper award and a convention social event. Members are kept informed of developments via annual newsletters and are connected through the CanFemPsyc listserv and other online groups. SWAP members regularly organize symposia and pre-conference institutes as well as supporting a Status of Women Committee.
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La section Femmes et psychologie (SWAP) est une communauté de chercheurs, d'enseignants et de praticiens qui s'intéressent à la psychologie des femmes et à la psychologie féministe. Elle vise à faire progresser le statut des femmes en psychologie, à promouvoir l'équité pour les femmes en général et à éduquer les psychologues et le public sur des sujets pertinents pour les femmes et les filles. Elle soutient les étudiants par le biais d'un prix annuel pour les travaux d'étudiants et d'un événement social lors de la convention. Les membres sont tenus informés des développements par le biais de bulletins d'information annuels et sont connectés par le biais du listserv CanFemPsyc et d'autres groupes en ligne. Les membres de SWAP organisent régulièrement des symposiums et des instituts pré-conférence et soutiennent un comité sur le statut des femmes.

Dwight-Spore, Margaret

  • Person

Margaret Dwight-Spore was born in the United States but moved in Canada with her husband in 1971. In 1977, she founded Better End All Vicious Erotic Repression (B.E.A.V.E.R), an organization dedicated to decriminalizing prostitution in Canada. Around 1979 BEAVER changed its name to Committee Against Street Harassment (CASH). It offered legal advice, counselling, referrals and support to sex workers and also provided education through public discussion. It was disbanded in the early 1980s. The prostitute's resource office, "Maggie's" founded by sex-workers in the 1980s was name for Dwight-Spore.

Margaret Dwight-Spore also participated in various workshops and conferences. She was the leader of a University of Concordia seminar on prostitution and pornography, a Conference on Human Sexuality and Freedom workshop leader and a National Action Committee on the Status of Women (NAC) conference prostitution workshop panel participant. In addition to her involvement in conferences and activities, she also worked as a resource person at the Toronto Rape Crisis Centre and the Elizabeth Fry Society and she the focus of an interview published in Fireweed in 1978. In 1985, Margaret Dwight-Spore returned to the United States.
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Margaret Dwight-Spore est née aux États-Unis mais s'est installée au Canada avec son mari en 1971. En 1977, elle fonde Better End All Vicious Erotic Repression (B.E.A.V.E.R), une organisation visant à décriminaliser la prostitution au Canada. Vers 1979, BEAVER change de nom pour devenir Committee Against Street Harassment (CASH). Il offrait des conseils juridiques, une orientation, des références et un soutien aux travailleurs du sexe, ainsi qu'une éducation par le biais de débats publics. Il a été dissous au début des années 1980. Le bureau de ressources pour les prostituées, ""Maggie's"", fondé par des travailleurs du sexe dans les années 1980, portait le nom de Dwight-Spore.

Margaret Dwight-Spore a également participé à divers ateliers et conférences. Elle a dirigé un séminaire de l'Université de Concordia sur la prostitution et la pornographie, un atelier de la Conférence sur la sexualité humaine et la liberté et un atelier sur la prostitution de la Conférence du Comité national d'action sur le statut des femmes (CNA). Outre sa participation à des conférences et à des activités, elle a également travaillé comme personne-ressource au Toronto Rape Crisis Centre et à la Elizabeth Fry Society et a fait l'objet d'une interview publiée dans Fireweed en 1978. En 1985, Margaret Dwight-Spore retourne aux États-Unis.

Gleiman family

  • Family
  • 1893-

Dr. Lubomir Gleiman (1923-2006), son of Dr. Jan Gleiman and Anna Urbanek, was born in Trnava, Czechoslovakia (now in Slovakia), on May 21, 1923. His grandfather Ferko Urbanek had been a famous Slovak playwright and poet. During World War II and the Slovak National Uprising, Lubomir and his family were removed from their home, and he was forced to work in labour camps. In a particular occasion, he and his colleagues from medical school were made to march across Austria in a defensive measure against the allies. After being freed when the 506th Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division liberated his camp, he became secretary at the displaced persons camp in Rauris (Austria). He became friends with the US Commander Al Hazzenzahl and Lt Gerald Evers. The latter gave him a letter of recommendation after the camp closed, which was invaluable to Lubomir during his subsequent months as a refugee.

Lubomir and his father later joined the movement to organize a resistance against the communists in Slovakia. They were also active participants in the attempts to resist the advances of communism and in the conservation of an independent democracy in their country. Father Tomislav Kolakovic (Father George), a Catholic priest who opposed communism, was among Lubomir’s anti-communist connections. In 1948, after the resistance movement failed, Lubomir and his family immigrated to Canada, where they worked in farms in the Glencoe/Alviston area. Later, they held several odd jobs to support themselves in Montreal. His father and his sisters Wanda and Zora worked in a chocolate factory while Lubomir was employed at various occupations, from janitor and hospital orderly to bookkeeper and graduate assistant. Despite their difficult life, Lubomir nevertheless managed to complete his bachelor’s degree in 1952 from the Thomas More Institute.

After earning his master’s degree in 1954 and PhD in philosophy in 1957, both from the University of Montreal, he moved to the United States, where he began his distinguished scholarly career. He was a professor of philosophy and political science until 1978 at Newton College of the Sacred Heart, which later became Boston College. In Boston College, Lubomir had been the Newton senior fellow in political science from 1975 to 1977. He was appointed professor of philosophy at Salve Regina University (Newport, RI) in 1978, where he taught until he retired at age 70. He continued his scholarly studies, however, even after his retirement. He was fluent in five languages, and wrote profusely. His writings included poetry, scholarly articles, essays and reviews. He also published two books: “Etudes D’Histoire Litteraire, Medieval Roots of Totalitarian Syndrome” and “Graham Green: Poet of Ambivalence and Transcendence.”

He married Nancy Waeber (1941-2018), one of his students, in 1963, and they had three children: Mary Melanie (Phelps), Cyril Gleiman, and Jan Kenneth Gleiman. Lubomir Gleiman died on May 22, 2006 at age 83.

Dr. Ján Gleiman (1893-1983) was born in Slovakia, on September 11, 1893. He served as a captain in the Austro-Hungarian army during WWI, but surrendered his unit to the Russians because they refused to fight against those they considered their “Slavic brothers”. He was then made a prisoner of war and was sent to Krasnojarsk. He learned to speak fluent Russian during this time.

Before World War II, Ján Gleiman had been a prominent lawyer, notary public and local judge in his country, and had enjoyed a comfortable upper middle class life with his family while living in Revuca, Banska Bystrica, Banovce, and Bratislava. He was also part of the Hlinka's Slovak People's Party, the Slovak right-wing nationalist party, and allegedly a confidant of Father Jozef Tiso, who was one of the party leaders and later president of the First Slovak Republic. Jan’s son Lubomir had been Tiso’s altar boy. Tiso was executed after World War II for having collaborated with Hitler and Nazism. With the advance of communism in Slovakia, Jan became worried that his political connections posed a threat to his and his family’s security, and so they sold their personal belongings and left Slovakia. They travelled throughout Europe before finally boarding a ship in Italy and immigrating to Canada in 1948.

The Gleiman family’s move to Canada after the war was not easy for any of them, but especially for Jan. Because of his age and poor knowledge of the English language, he was required to accept manual work in Canada as a condition for immigration, and could not be employed in his own field. According to his own diaries, he was very much dissatisfied with his new life and the difficulties he faced while trying to integrate in Canada. However, he continued to devote a lot of his time outside of working hours to intellectual activities such as reading and writing, mostly in relation to philosophy and politics. The family finally managed to save enough money to buy a house in the late 1950s, which had by then become Jan’s final goal in Canada. Ján died on March 13, 1983 in Montreal, at age 90.

Böhm, Emanuel

  • Person
  • 1909-1990

Dr. Emanuel Böhm was born on February 1, 1909 in Vrútky, Slovakia. The former professor of chemistry and natural sciences earned his Bachelor's degree in 1928, followed by his Master's Degree in chemistry and natural sciences between 1931 and 1934. In 1934, he received his Doctoral Degree from Charles University in Prague in the areas of chemistry, plant physiology, bacteriology and genetics.

Between 1934 and 1936, Dr. Böhm served as a Lieutenant of Heavy Artillery in the Czechoslovak Army. From 1936 to 1939 he taught in various colleges and technical high schools. In September 1939, after the annexation of southern Slovakia by Hungary, the Royal Hungarian Ministry of Education dismissed Dr. Böhm from his post for proclaiming the national and human rights of his people. Dr. Böhm as President of the Slovak National Unity served as spokesman for the 750,000 Slovaks residing in Magyarország during the occupation. During the war years, he worked in journalism and editing. He was the founder and editor of the Slovak language daily, Slovak Unity - Slovenská Jednota in Budapest while being editor of a newly established book publishing affiliate, Edicia Slovenskej Jednoty/Editions of Slovak Unity. Editor of 24 books published by the Guild of Slovak Unity, he was also a member of the Magyar Press Agency.

Following the war, Dr. Böhm resumed his teaching duties in Bratislava. In May 1946, he was elected to the Czechoslovak Parliament as a representative from Eastern Slovakia for the Democratic Party. He eventually served as Deputy Speaker of the Parliament in Prague, later serving as Health Commissioner in Bratislava.

Dr. Böhm and his wife Dr. Mária Dziaková, whom he married in 1941, went into exile in London in 1948 where he became chief chemist at Newlands and Rutherford Brothers. In 1952, the Böhms immigrated to the United States where he worked as Director of Research and Development with the Hoffman Company and later with Corn Products Corporation International. He was honored for his contribution to the food and beverage industries as well as for his research in chemistry. He held a patent on a machine he invented to analyze the contents of beverages. Dr. Böhm was a prolific scientific writer having published 35 articles on flavor and sweetener chemistry.

His life-long love for Slovakia and its culture became even stronger in exile. He served as Vice-President of the Slovenská Národná Rada v Zahranií /Slovak National Council Abroad. Active in Slovak cultural and political affairs, Dr. Böhm was awarded the Stefanik Medal by the Slovak American Cultural Center in New York for his work on behalf of his homeland. He and his wife were co-founders of Múza Tatier (Muse of the Tatras), an award that honors the cultural, scientific and artistic accomplishments of Slovaks and Slovak-Americans. He directed Slovak plays, was the creator of a Slovak Puppet Theater for Slovak children, and was an expert on Slovak folklore and its heritage. He published numerous articles in the Slovak press (both in English and in Slovak) at home and abroad. Dr. Böhm passed away on December 24, 1990 at the age of 81.

Ellenwood, Ray

  • Person
  • 1939-
Ray Ellenwood est né à Edmonton en Alberta en 1939. Il a obtenu un Mater en Anglais de l'Université d'Alberta, puis un doctorat en littérature comparative (Comparative Literature) de l'Université Rutgers, l'Université d'État du New Jersey, aux États Unis. Son projet de recherche doctoral portait sur André Breton et Freud. Il a voyagé en France pour effectuer des recherches et rencontrer des personnes impliquées dans l'histoire du surréalisme, dont Jacques Baron. Il a fait de nombreuses recherches et a beaucoup écrit sur la littérature, la traduction et les arts visuels. Il a été professeur à l’Université de York, à Toronto de 1972 à 2005. Il est, entre autres, l'auteur d’"Egregore: A History of the Montréal Automatist Movement" publié en 1991. Il a publié plusieurs articles concernant les signataires de "Refus global", ainsi que des traductions de "Refus global", et de la poésie.
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Ray Ellenwood was born in Edmonton, Alberta in 1939. He received his M.A. in English from the University of Alberta and his Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Rutgers University, the State University of New Jersey, in the United States. His doctoral research project focused on André Breton and Freud. He traveled to France to research and meet with people involved in the history of Surrealism, including Jacques Baron. He has researched and written extensively on literature, translation and the visual arts. He was a professor at York University in Toronto from 1972 to 2005. He is, among others, the author of "Egregore: A History of the Montréal Automatist Movement" published in 1991. He has published several articles about the signatories of "Refus global", as well as translations of "Refus global", and poetry.
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