Charlottetown and the Power of Women

Judy Rebick talks about the NAC campaign during the 1992 referendum on the Charlottetown Accord.

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Federal Leaders’ Debate on Women’s Issues

Chaviva Hošek talks about the 1984 federal election debate on women's issues.

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Women’s Equality & the Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Canadian women began mobilizing in anticipation of constitutional reform in 1980.  After a series of mass actions, conferences and...

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History Repeats: Undermining Child Care in Ontario

In June 1974, Margaret Birch—Ontario’s then-Provincial Secretary for Social Development—delivered a proposal to the legislature to slash the costs...

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50th Anniversary Royal Commission on the Status of Women

The Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada was established in February 1967.

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The (Re)Dress Code

The passage of Bill 21 in the Assemblée nationale du Québec in June 2019 has meant a range of...
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Feminist Organizing in Federal Elections

by Alana Cattapan The newsletters, communiqués, and other documents in the Rise Up archive include materials reflecting how feminists...

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