Poster in blue titled "Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Leaves in Federal and Provincial Jurisdictions, 1983". Each row represents a province or territory in Canada, while the columns contain information relating to the legal status of parental leave in the country in 1983. The columns include the following for maternity leave: notice, maximum basic length of leave, extension of leave, seniority benefits, reinstatement, rights of employer to require leave, pregnancy-related illness ; as well as one column for paternity leave ; and finally, one column for adoption leave.
This file contains copies of the work "Safe and Secure: Eliminating Violence Against Women and Girls in Muslim Societies", produced by the Sisterhood is Global Institute (SIGI) in multiple languages. [Only the English and French copies have been retained.]
This file contains copies of the work "Claiming our Rights: A Manual for Women's Human Rights Education in Muslim Societies", produced by the Sisterhood is Global Institute (SIGI). Written by Mahnaz Afkhami and Haleh Vaziri, the manual was used during workshops beginning in 1996. It is intended "as an important catalyst for discussion an debate among women about their human rights priorities." The work was produced in multiple languages, including English, Arabic, Bengali, Russian, Hindi, Malay, Uzbek, Azerbaijani, and Urdu. [Only the English copy has been retained.]
This file consists of a poster by the Power of Women Collective, with a black and white image and the text: "None so fit / to break the / chains as as those / who wear them" / Connolly / in solidarity with Irish Women/power of women collective
This file consists of a poster for International Women's Day, produced by the Congress of Canadian Women and printed by Press Gang, a feminist, worker controlled collective. The poster includes a quote by James Oppenheim, 1912.
This fonds consists of records produced and received by Greta Hofmann Nemiroff in her capacity as an educator, feminist, and writer in the various positions she held, as well as committees and projects in which she was involved. It contains mostly textual records, including both professional and personal correspondence, project reports, conference, workshop notes and programs, news clippings, resource materials, as well as copies of her written works. This fonds offers an insight into her involvement in women’s liberation movement in the 1980s and 1990s, generally in the research fields of feminist education theory and practice, gender-fair education and the development of workable pedagogy of diversity. Included are administrative records from her position at the Simone de Beauvoir Institute, Sir George Williams University [Concordia University], the New School at Dawson College and as the joint chair in Women’s Studies program at the University of Ottawa and Carleton University. Additionally, records produced during the various projects, grants, and committees, including as project manager of the CCLOW, president-elect at CWSA and president of SIGI. -- Ce fonds est constitué de documents produits et reçus par Greta Hofmann Nemiroff en sa qualité d'éducatrice, de féministe et d'écrivaine dans le cadre de divers postes, comités et projets auxquels elle a participé. Il contient principalement des documents textuels, dont de la correspondance professionnelle et personnelle, des rapports de projets, des notes et des programmes de conférences et d'ateliers, des coupures de presse, des documents de référence et des copies de ses œuvres écrites. Le fonds donne un aperçu de son engagement dans le mouvement de libération des femmes dans les années 1980 et 1990, généralement dans les domaines de recherche de la théorie et de la pratique de l'éducation féministe, de l'éducation sur le genre et du développement d'une pédagogie viable de la diversité. On y trouve également les dossiers administratifs des postes qu'elle a occupés à l'Institut Simone de Beauvoir, à l'Université Sir George Williams [Université Concordia], à la New School du Collège Dawson, ainsi que des documents liés à son poste de coprésidente du Programme d'études des femmes à l'Université d'Ottawa et à l'Université Carleton. Enfin, elle a produit des documents pour divers projets, subventions et comités, notamment en tant que gestionnaire du projet CCLOW, présidente élue de l'ACSF et présidente du SIGI.
This series consists of resources material on various subjects such as health, reproduction, adoption, education and training, violence against women, and other issues. This series includes two Canadian Women's directories. | Cette série est constituée de documents de référence portant sur divers sujets tels que la santé, la reproduction, l'adoption, l'éducation et la formation, la violence faite aux femmes et d'autres questions. Cette série comprend deux répertoires de femmes canadiennes.
