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Womynly Way Productions

  • Instelling
  • 1980-?
Formed in 1980, Womynly Way Productions is a non-profit organization producing professional concerts, dance, comedy and theatrical performances featuring primarily women artists. Making cultural events accessible to differently-abled people, including the hearing-impaired, and those who use wheel chairs, is stressed whenever possible. They also provide free childcare at all events.
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Créée en 1980, Womynly Way Productions est une organisation à but non lucratif qui produit des concerts professionnels, des spectacles de danse, des comédies et des représentations théâtrales mettant en scène principalement des femmes. Dans la mesure du possible, l'accent est mis sur l'accessibilité des événements culturels aux personnes à mobilité réduite, y compris les malentendants et les personnes en fauteuil roulant. L'association propose également un service de garde d'enfants gratuit lors de tous les événements.

Women Plan Toronto

  • Instelling
  • 1985-2004

In 1982, a ground-breaking conference about gender perspective on urban issues was organized in Toronto by Women In/And Planning (WIAP). It sought to examine the underlying disconnections between urban planning practices and women’s needs.

In 1985, the creation of Women Plan Toronto (WPT) was inspired by an article in Women Environment about Women Plan London (WPL) in the UK. Reggie Modlich was a founding member of WPT and its main coordinator. It was supported by a grant from the federal government via the Status of Women agency as well as by WIAP.
Reggie Modlich defined WPT as ‘a grassroots women’s organization that uses participatory methods to involve diverse women in changing urban planning processes and outcomes in Toronto. Its purpose is to raise awareness and advocate alternatives for addressing women’s planning concerns’.

WPT was composed of a voluntary committee called ‘circles’ in order to avoid the traditional male hierarchical structure of organization. All members who attended a meeting could be part of the decision-making process. Thus, WPT started to exploring gender issues in urban planning by holding informal discussions. Women from various social backgrounds were invited to talk about their experiences and ideas relating to Toronto’s urban environment. The groups explored issues related to child care, public transit, personal safety, municipal governance and elections, housing, and urban planning.

Barbara Loevinger Rahder explains that ‘the structure of the organization, fluctuated with its memberships, depending on who is involved what their interests are, and what issues are on the public agenda (or put on the public agenda by WPT). There [was] one part-time staff member, and a core of about seven or eight volunteers who [were] usually very active in the circles and on various projects. Another fifty women or so [were] less active members, and up to another 3000 individuals and organizations [were] part of a broader network which [was] kept informed and sometimes mobilized around important issues and events’.

From 1985 to 1998, WPT took up various issues and started executing various projects. In this way, during the 1980s and 1990s, WPT had a direct impact on urban planning in Toronto: ‘For more than a decade, the organization has worked to focus attention on women’s needs in the city, to critique the inequities of mainstream planning, and to develop alternative visions of what planning and urban life would be like if women diverse needs were taken into account’.

In 2004, Toronto Women’s City Alliance (TWCA) succeeded WPT.
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En 1982, une conférence innovante sur la perspective de genre dans les questions urbaines a été organisée à Toronto par Women In/And Planning (WIAP). Cette conférence visait à examiner les décalages sous-jacents entre les pratiques d'urbanisme et les besoins des femmes.

En 1985, la création de Women Plan Toronto (WPT) a été inspirée par un article paru dans Women Environment sur Women Plan London (WPL) au Royaume-Uni. Reggie Modlich est l'un des membres fondateurs du WPT et son principal coordinateur. Il a bénéficié d'une subvention du gouvernement fédéral par l'intermédiaire de l'agence de la condition féminine ainsi que du WIAP.
Reggie Modlich a défini WPT comme "une organisation de femmes de la base qui utilise des méthodes participatives pour impliquer diverses femmes dans la modification des processus et des résultats de la planification urbaine à Toronto. Son objectif est de sensibiliser et de préconiser des alternatives pour répondre aux préoccupations des femmes en matière d'urbanisme".

WPT se compose d'un comité volontaire appelé "cercles" afin d'éviter la structure hiérarchique masculine traditionnelle de l'organisation. Tous les membres qui assistaient à une réunion pouvaient participer au processus de prise de décision. C'est ainsi que la WPT a commencé à explorer les questions de genre dans la planification urbaine en organisant des discussions informelles. Des femmes de différents milieux sociaux ont été invitées à parler de leurs expériences et de leurs idées concernant l'environnement urbain de Toronto. Les groupes ont exploré les questions liées à la garde d'enfants, aux transports publics, à la sécurité personnelle, à la gouvernance et aux élections municipales, au logement et à l'urbanisme.

Barbara Loevinger Rahder explique que "la structure de l'organisation fluctuait en fonction de ses membres, des personnes impliquées, de leurs intérêts et des questions à l'ordre du jour (ou mises à l'ordre du jour par WPT). Il y avait une employée à temps partiel et un noyau d'environ sept ou huit bénévoles qui étaient généralement très actifs dans les cercles et dans divers projets. Une cinquantaine d'autres femmes étaient des membres moins actifs, et jusqu'à 3 000 autres personnes et organisations faisaient partie d'un réseau plus large qui était tenu informé et parfois mobilisé autour de questions et d'événements importants.

De 1985 à 1998, la WPT s'est penchée sur diverses questions et a commencé à mettre en œuvre divers projets. Ainsi, au cours des années 1980 et 1990, la WPT a eu un impact direct sur la planification urbaine à Toronto : Pendant plus d'une décennie, l'organisation s'est efforcée d'attirer l'attention sur les besoins des femmes dans la ville, de critiquer les inégalités de la planification traditionnelle et de développer des visions alternatives de ce que la planification et la vie urbaine pourraient être si les divers besoins des femmes étaient pris en compte.

En 2004, la Toronto Women's City Alliance (TWCA) a succédé à WPT.

Lenskyj, Helen

  • Persoon
  • 1979-[2000]

Helen Jefferson Lenskyj was born in Sydeny, Australia and moved to Toronto, Canada 1966. From 1972 to 1983, she completed her BA, MA, and Ph.D. at the University of Toronto. In 1986, she began teaching part-time at the University of Toronto. In 1990, she was appointed Associate Professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (O.I.S.E.), at the University of Toronto. Between 1986 and 2007, she was Professor of Sociology and Equity Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. She was also involved with the Centre for Women’s Studies in Education (CWSE) at the University, mostly with the subcommittee that she coordinated, which investigated a free-standing women’s studies program.

Helen is currently Professor Emerita of Sociology and Equity Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. Since the 1970s, she has been involved in several community activist groups, including the Feminist Party of Canada (F.P.C.). She continues to work as a researcher, writer, public speaker and community activist. She has published books and numerous book chapters, journal and magazine articles on women, sport, sexuality, and the Olympic industry.
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Helen Jefferson Lenskyj est née à Sydeny, en Australie, et s'est installée à Toronto, au Canada, en 1966. De 1972 à 1983, elle a obtenu sa licence, sa maîtrise et son doctorat à l'université de Toronto. En 1986, elle a commencé à enseigner à temps partiel à l'université de Toronto. En 1990, elle est nommée professeur associé à l'Institut d'études pédagogiques de l'Ontario (O.I.S.E.), à l'Université de Toronto. Entre 1986 et 2007, elle a été professeur de sociologie et d'études sur l'équité en éducation à l'université de Toronto. Elle a également participé aux activités du Centre for Women's Studies in Education (CWSE) de l'université, notamment au sein du sous-comité qu'elle a coordonné et qui s'est penché sur la création d'un programme autonome d'études féminines.

Helen est actuellement professeur émérite de sociologie et d'études sur l'équité en éducation à l'université de Toronto. Depuis les années 1970, elle s'est impliquée dans plusieurs groupes d'activistes communautaires, dont le Parti féministe du Canada (F.P.C.). Elle continue à travailler en tant que chercheuse, écrivain, conférencière et activiste communautaire. Elle a publié des livres et de nombreux chapitres de livres, des articles de revues et de magazines sur les femmes, le sport, la sexualité et l'industrie olympique.

Committee Against Street Harassment (CASH)

  • Instelling
  • 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.

Matisko family

  • Familie
  • 1902-
Ján (John) Matisko was born in 1902 in Slovakia. According to a letter written by one of his former students, he was a teacher in Prešov, a city in eastern Slovakia. He and his wife Martha had a son named Barney. According to his correspondence, he may have arrived in the United States in 1949 and settled in New Kensington, Pennsylvania. He passed away in 1974.

Billings, Rosemary

  • Persoon
Rosemary Billings was an activist and lobbyist who worked as an executive member of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women and the Ad Hoc Committee of Canadian Women on the Constitution, which fought for inclusion of Section 28 in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms – ensuring the recognition of the equality of women and men. Rosemary Billings was also a Federal Government employee, retiring in 2003. She lives in Ottawa, Ontario.
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Rosemary Billings était une militante et une lobbyiste qui a travaillé en tant que membre exécutif du Comité national d'action sur le statut de la femme et du Comité ad hoc des femmes canadiennes sur la Constitution, qui s'est battu pour l'inclusion de l'article 28 dans la Charte canadienne des droits et libertés - garantissant la reconnaissance de l'égalité des femmes et des hommes. Rosemary Billings a également été fonctionnaire fédérale et a pris sa retraite en 2003. Elle vit à Ottawa, en Ontario.

Women Working with Immigrant Women

  • Instelling
  • 1974-?

Women Working with Immigrant Women (WWIW) was established in 1974, incorporated in 1985, with the goal of organizing workshops and sharing information to understand the problems and needs of Canada's growing immigrant population. WWIW sponsored workshops, courses, events, and programs, produced information kits, published books and articles, and produced a film. WWIW has also worked with other organizations to lobby the government for rights of immigrant women and women of colour, and to spread awareness about the issues encountered by immigrant communities in Canada.

In 1983, WWIW joined forces with the Coalition of Visible Minority Women to form the Ontario Immigrant and Visible Minority Women's Network. WWIW was also affiliated with the National Action Committee on the Status of Women and the National Organization of Immigrant and Visible Minority Women. In the 1990s, funding cuts caused WWIW to lose its core membership. By 1995, due to federal and provincial cutbacks, WWIW had lost so much of its funding that it could no longer support its staff. Although WWIW is no longer as active, it remains present in the Canadian women's movement, and was last seen in 2015 protesting discrimination against women wearing niqab.
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L'association Women Working with Immigrant Women (WWIW) a été créée en 1974 et constituée en société en 1985, dans le but d'organiser des ateliers et de partager des informations afin de comprendre les problèmes et les besoins de la population immigrée croissante du Canada. WWIW a parrainé des ateliers, des cours, des événements et des programmes, produit des kits d'information, publié des livres et des articles, et produit un film. WWIW a également travaillé avec d'autres organisations pour faire pression sur le gouvernement en faveur des droits des femmes immigrées et des femmes de couleur, et pour faire connaître les problèmes rencontrés par les communautés immigrées au Canada.

En 1983, WWIW a uni ses forces à celles de la Coalition of Visible Minority Women pour former l'Ontario Immigrant and Visible Minority Women's Network (Réseau des femmes immigrantes et des minorités visibles de l'Ontario). WWIW est également affilié au Comité national d'action sur le statut de la femme et à l'Organisation nationale des femmes immigrantes et des femmes appartenant à une minorité visible. Dans les années 1990, les coupes budgétaires ont fait perdre à WWIW son noyau de membres. En 1995, en raison des coupes budgétaires fédérales et provinciales, WWIW a perdu une si grande partie de son financement qu'il n'est plus en mesure de subvenir aux besoins de son personnel. Bien que WWIW ne soit plus aussi actif, il reste présent dans le mouvement des femmes canadiennes et a été vu pour la dernière fois en 2015 en train de protester contre la discrimination à l'égard des femmes portant le niqab.

Kučera, Andrej

  • Persoon
  • 1899-1974
Andrej (Ondrej) Kučera was born in Radošovce, Trnava (Slovakia) on October 25, 1899. In 1926, he moved from Slovakia to Canada, eventually settling in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (Canada). Afterwards, Andrej Kučera worked for Canadian Pacific Railroad, first as a second stationman and then, as a foreman.
In December 1932, Andrej Kučera with Juraj Rošo and Pavol Sabo founded the Canadian Slovak League (CSL) in Winnipeg. This organization was to focus on the needs of Slovak Canadians. Andrej Kučera was the president of the CSL for 25 years. In 1957, he was named Honourable President for Life.
On December 26, 1974, Andrej Kučera passed away, leaving behind his wife Maria. They had two sons and a daughter: Karol, Kamil and Valerie Hačko (née Kučera). He also had a daughter and a son-in-law named Mary and Tony and two grandchildren: Mary Ann Doucette (née Hačko) and Anthony (Tony) J. Hačko. At his funeral, J. Metchler was a pallbearer.

Slovak Studies Association (SSA)

  • Instelling
  • 1977-

The Slovak Studies Association (SSA) was founded in 1977 in Washington, D.C. during the National Conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS). Attending this first meeting were Thaddeus Gromeda, Richard Liba, Thomas Marzik, Jozef and Renee Mikuš, Mark Stolárik, Anthony X. Sutherland and Edward Tuleya. The purpose of this first meeting was to discuss a tentative constitution, enabling the secretary-treasurer, Mark Stolárik, to write its first draft, and to elaborate the procedures for the election of SSA’s officers. Procedures pertaining to the election of SSA officers were also elaborated during this reunion.

The SSA promotes interdisciplinary research, publications and teaching relating to worldwide Slovak experience. This scholarly organization assists scholars interested in Slovak studies, sponsors panels on Slovak history and themes (i.e. “14 March and the Slovak State“ and “Slovak Literature as a Mirror of National Awakening“), and issues a bi-annual newsletter. In addition, the SSA “conducts all of its activities in accordance with academic freedom and completely devoid of partiality to any philosophical, political, or religious orientation“. The SSA is affiliated to the Association for Slovak, East European and Eurasian Studies (ASEES) (formerly the Association for Advancement of Slovak Studies). In 1983, the SSA was incorporated to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a non-profit scholarly organization.

Gleiman family

  • Familie
  • 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.

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