Take Back the Night

Take Back the Night marches and vigils are organized by women in communities across Canada as a protest and form of direct action to end violence against women. This button was created by the Toronto Rape Crisis Centre is the Toronto event in September 1986.

Take Back the Night marches and vigils are organized by women in communities across Canada as a protest and form of direct action to end violence against women, particularly sexual and domestic violence. These marches began in the 1970s and have since grown into a worldwide movement. Feminist organizations, such as Women Against Violence Against Women, and services, such as the Sudbury Rape Crisis Centre and the Toronto Rape Crisis centre, were driving forces in initiating the marches in Canada.

Archival Materials

Buttons
Take Back the Night

  • Year created:

    --

  • Region:

    National (all of Canada)

  • Language:

    English
"Take Back the Night" Button created by the Sudbury Rape Crisis Centre in 1989.
Take Back the Night – Sudbury Rape Crisis Centre

  • Year created:

    1989

  • Region:

    Ontario

  • Language:

    English
Take Back the Night marches and vigils are organized by women in communities across Canada as a protest and form of direct action to end violence against women. This button was created by the Toronto Rape Crisis Centre is the Toronto event in September 1986.
Women Unite – Take Back the Night

  • Year created:

    1986

  • Region:

    Ontario

  • Language:

    English

Ephemera
Take Back the Night T-shirt

  • Year created:

    --

  • Region:

    Ontario

Periodicals

ACTION: Manitoba Action Committee on the Status of Women Newsletter

ACTION: Manitoba Action Committee on the Status of Women Newsletter – Vol. 18, No. 7 – September 1991

  • Year created:

    1991

  • Publisher:

    Manitoba Action Committee on the Status of Women

  • Region:

    Manitoba

  • Language:

    English

Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter

thumbnail of Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – August 1996
Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – August 1996

  • Year created:

    1996

  • Publisher:

    Alberta Status of Women Action Committee

  • Author(s):

    Dorothy Mandy

  • Region:

    Alberta

  • Language:

    English
thumbnail of Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 11, No. 4 – August/September 1991
Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 11, No. 4 – August/September 1991

  • Year created:

    1991

  • Publisher:

    Alberta Status of Women Action Committee

  • Region:

    Alberta

  • Language:

    English
Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 4, No. 1 – September/October 1993

  • Year created:

    1993

  • Publisher:

    Alberta Status of Women Action Committee

  • Region:

    Alberta

  • Language:

    English
thumbnail of Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 7, No. 7 – September 1986
Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 7, No. 7 – September 1986

  • Year created:

    1986

  • Publisher:

    Alberta Status of Women Action Committee

  • Author(s):

    Luanne Armstrong , Jane Wiley , Lorraine Mitchell , Erin Graham

  • Region:

    Alberta

  • Language:

    English

Photos

Photo from the 1990 International Women's Day March in Toronto shows demonstrator with Take Back the Night placard.
International Women’s Day 1990 (Toronto) – Take Back the Night

  • Year created:

    1990

  • Photographer:

    Amy Gottlieb

  • Region:

    Ontario

Posters
Take Back the Night (Sudbury)

  • Year created:

    --

  • Region:

    Ontario

  • Language:

    English