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Going Upstream: The Making of Ottawa’s Feminist Newspaper

1975—International Women’s Year, as designated by the United Nations—had just come to an end when a notice appeared at the Ottawa Women’s Centre, calling for a meeting of women interested in starting a locally-based women’s newspaper.

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Rise Up! is a digital archive of feminist activism in Canada from the 1970s to the 1990s. We were part of a worldwide wave of liberation and anti-oppression movements that won some victories, changed some attitudes, and radically altered the gendered and political landscape.

This site is dedicated to documenting and sharing these histories.

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