…Defence Fund until mid-’85, until we sort of closed the group. Rachel: Thank you, Velvet. Velvet: Yeah, my name is Velvet Lacasse and I was one of the kids that…

The Toronto Women’s Caucus (TWC) published The Velvet Fist, a cross-country feminist paper, from 1970-1972, as an organizing and educational tool….

Topics include: Editorial Co-operative Daycare: Sussex Street Abortion Campaign Interview with Eleanor Pelrine Germaine Greer in Toronto Texpack Strike Miss Canada Pageant Isolation and Bringing Women Together Sugar’n spice: Sex…

Topics include: Editorial No Substitute Abortion Laws November 20: International Abortion Action Day Bertolt Brecht Poem Being a Feminist Mother Rita MacNeil on Finding Sisterhood Miss Canada Contest Bell Canada…

…TWC would become an important part of the growing women’s movement, calling for women to come together in collective mass struggle against their oppression. The TWC published The Velvet Fist,…

…Velvet felt joy, love and pride in being at LMDF events and remarks on how courageous her mother and other women were in the face of everyday discrimination.  With Velvet…

…out and supported lesbian mothers. Potlucks, meetings, media coverage, a newsletter, the LMDF engaged in a range of activities to support members and always seeking more.  Her daughter, Velvet speaks…

This undated button shows the clenched, raised fist combined with a Venus symbol representing Feminism. It is an iconic symbol of the women’s liberation movement….

This undated fabric patch uses the clenched, raised fist combined with a Venus symbol to represent feminism—an iconic symbol of the women’s liberation movement….

…the streets, giving us V’s, fists, and waves, and shouting encouragement for our ventures.” On the Saturday, hundreds joined the Caravan on a march through Ottawa to Parliament Hill. Angry…

Topics include: Multiculturalism and Women of Colour Cross-Cultural Encounters Poetry Education Fiction Book Reviews…

…an activist within LMDF, talks about her experience.  Her daughter, Velvet speaks about what it was like to be a kid who went to the meetings, the marches, and the…

Topics include: Editorial Short Stories Meditations Humour Diary Entries Artwork Interview with Sarah Murphy, Lynnette D’anna, and Camilla Gibb…

Topics include:  Lesbian Sexuality International News – Soweto, Switzerland, West Germany, USA National Lesbian Conference Healing, Witchcraft, and Alternative Medicine Hassle Free Clinic – Gynecological Self-Examinations Women Freedom Fighters in…

This undated button by Women Against the Occupation is a declaration of solidarity to end the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land. It shows a woman symbol and fist superimposed on…

This button marks the publication of Kay MacPherson’s memoir When in Doubt, Do Both. MacPherson is a respected feminist, pacifist, and political activist with a long history of working for…

Kay Macpherson, a well-known feminist, pacifist, and political activist, ran as a New Democratic Party candidate in several federal elections….

This is an undated button for women in trades that features the woman symbol with an upraised fist holding a wrench….

Topics include: The Art of Artis Lane Female Chinese Immigrants in Ontario Female Artists’ Activism in Chile Poetry, Short Stories, Book Reviews Women and Spanish Anarchism…

Topics include: Editorial First Canadian Women’s Press Conference in Saskatoon Sudanese Women Sister Sarah: News & Views Wages for Housework Peggy Reinhardt: Working Class Municipal Candidate On Not Voting: Organizing…

Undated button featuring a clenched fist inside a pink triangle with the slogan: “I support Gay And Lesbian Activists”….

This button was for the Toronto International Women’s Day march and celebrations in 1978 and features the woman’s symbol with a fist….

This undated LGBTQ+ solidarity button features a clenched raised fist along with two intertwined symbols of women and two intertwined symbols of men….

…and white greeting card designs produced by the Toronto Women’s Caucus in 1971 with the message “PEACE – SISTERHOOD”. The graphic is of the symbol for women with a fist….

Photo of the banner for the Saskatoon Lesbian Society. It features a woman symbol with a clenched fist inside the circle and a second woman symbol with the circle shaped…

…we can recall. In the Toronto Telegram there was apparently an article that there were fist fights that occurred at the Toronto conference, and none of us have any memory. …

Topics include: Editorial Violence Against Women and Girls Poetry Short Stories NFB Film: Goddess Remembered Greenpeace Guide to Toxics in the Home Mexican Women Defend Themselves Against Violence and Abuse…

Topics include: Letters Sexism in Advertising Calendar Wife Abuse Charges Increase Tenfold Fort Garry Women’s Center NDP Accused of Anti-Choice Tactics Catholics for Free Choice Native Agencies & Child Welfare…

Topics include: Native Storytelling Poetry, Short Stories, Book Review Inuit Autobiographical Story Misrepresentation of Third World Peoples in Western Cinema Fran Endicott: TDSB Trustee Task Force on Mental Health Issues/Needs…

Topics include: Introduction – Humour Issue Satire on Saheban, the Relentless Warrior Women Going Topless Satiric Review of Government-produced Guide for Immigrants Short Stories, Poetry, Cartoons, Short Humourous Pieces Personal…

Topics include: Nutrition Work, Workers, and Industrial Democracy Radical Feminism and New Age Politics Sculpture by Persimmon Elizabeth Bagshaw  Editorial Interview – Susan Musgrave 1976 B.C. Penitentiary Protest…

Topics include: The Other Woman Fundraising Event & Call for Volunteers Editorial: Reflections on Movement Strategy Letters Powerhouse: Canada’s First Women’s Art Gallery Feminist Credit Unions International News Canadian News…

Topics include: Women’s Testimonies on Racism, Sexism, and Abuse Interview on Sexual Assault Issues Rape Laws in Sri Lanka, India and Pakistan International Women’s Day Issues Resources on Sexual Assault…

Topics include: Women of Colour at the International Feminist Book Fair Take Back the Night South African Women’s Day International Lesbian and Gay People of Colour Conference National Action Committee…

Topics include: Gabriela Mistral: Chilean Poet Women of the Huron-Iroquois Tribes Poetry, Short Stories Latin American Women Writers Function of Dance in Caribbean Carnival Gender and Power in Mexican Teachers’…

This brief report updates the Toronto Chapter of the Congress of Black Women of Canada (CBWC) on developments in the organizing of a conference of Black teachers in Toronto….

Topics include: Stereotypes of Indian Women Play Script Poetry Book Review Documentary Review Shereen Denetto M J Kang Testimony of Childhood Abuse Poetry, Short Story Cahoots: Theatre Project Film Reviews…

Special issue on “Peace and the Politics of Peace” Topics include: Peace Odyssey ’86 Poetry Women in Politics in B.C. International Year of Peace: Update R.E.A.L. (Realistic Equal Active for…

This 1991 pamphlet by Women Plan Toronto provides sample questions that voters can ask Metro Council, City Council, and School Board Trustee candidates running in the 1991 Toronto municipal elections….

Topics include: Theatre Review – Nancy White at Nelson Civic Theatre Book Review Affirmative Action – NDP Empanelling Debates Eaton’s Strike Feminist Manifesto Welfare Mothers – Dehumanization and Demoralization Interview…

Topics include: ASWAC Organizing Racism in the Movement International Women’s Day Need for a Federal Lobby Abortion Rural Feminists…

Topics include: Coverage of the War Federal Budget Spicer Commission Black Heritage Month Cross-country International Women’s Day Events Reproductive Technologies Feminist Throne Speech Immigrant Women and AIDS Book Reviews…

Topics include: Woman as Revolutionary – Interview with Claire Culhane  Temp Work  How to Change a Tire  Poetry Vancouver Artists: Fiona Garrick, Anne Popperwell, Jeannine Mitchell, Natalie Novotny-Green Synergy Dance …

Topics include: Black Women Writers Mary Seacole: Autobiographical Essay Mary Shadd Cary: History and Accomplishments Poetry, Short Stories, Book Review Caribbean Carnival and Ritual Role of Language in Colonial Society…

Topics include: The First Montreal Feminist Therapists Conference/Seminar The Woman’s Place Winnipeg Daycare National Committee on Indian Rights for Indian Women An Independent Women’s Movement Farm Women CBC Women National…

Topics include: French Prostitutes Organize News Lesbians in Rome Indonesian Women Review: The Three Marias – New Portuguese Letters Dialogue with Immigrant Women International Women’s Day Note: This issue is…

This report offers an overview of key issues important to Aboriginal women and is designed to assist community-based organizations and government policy-makers to better serve the needs of Aboriginal women…

This training module was prepared by the Toronto Front Working Group on Women Refugee Claimants in January 1995. It provides guidelines for questioning on sensitive areas of gender-based refugee claims….

Topics include: Eating for Wellness Affordable Eating Vegetarianism and Women’s Health Pregnancy and Food Early Menopause Colds and Food Recipes Book Reviews…

This document includes materials about the Northern Women’s Centre as well as the first issues of The Northern Woman: 1. General Meetings Notes (Spring 1973) of the Northern Women’s Centre…

Topics Include: Editorial – on changes at Fireweed and this issue as an open forum of diverse women “speaking to their situations, resisting, taking pride in their strengths” Poetry Short…

Topics include:  Economic Value of Women’s Housework International Women’s Year National Conference in Houston International Women’s Day Festival in Toronto Lesbian Mothers’ Defense Fund Decriminalization of Prostitution – B.E.A.V.ER. Solidarity…

Topics include: Violence Against Women Techniques to Build Self-esteem Metro Educators Discuss Violence How One Clinic Helps Women Canadian Teachers’ Federation Project on Violence Child Sexual Abuse Violence Awareness Week…

Topics include: Sweet Honey in the Rock Concert Book Review: Blaze a Fire, Significant Contributions of Caribbean Women by Nesha Z. Haniff Excerpts from Blaze a Fire (1988) National Book…

Topics include: Coordinator’s Report The Bull of Heaven – How the Goddess Was Destroyed Boycott Nestle’s Poetry Sexism in the Media and in Rural Canada Book Review Calendar Resources…

This 1987 article by Laura Sabia was published in Volume 8, Number 2 of Canadian Women’s Studies/Les cahiers de la femme. It provides a first-person account of Laura Sabia’s experience…

This undated report by Women Plan Toronto summarizes the findings of discussion sessions with women from 25 Toronto-based groups representing employed women, full-time homemakers, women in transition, immigrant women, Native…

This 1996 report, produced for the Ministry of Women’s Equality by Richard Kerr and Janice Mclean, outlines some of the economic costs of violence against women in British Columbia, including…

Written by Lynn Kaye NOTE: The complete book has been digitally reproduced and can be downloaded. Given the size of the file, this may take a few minutes. In 1972,…

Topics include: Amandla – Student Solidarity Against Apartheid Great Black Women: Lois De Shield Intercede Firing of Black Counselor Wife Battering and the Black Community Racism and Education Book Reviews…

Topics include: Discrimination Against South Asian Workers Spousal Abuse Sex Selection Women and International Division of Labour Contemporary Feminist Literature (Peru) Lesbianism Sexual Equality in Islam Nordic Forum For Women…