Childcare & Family

This section contains material on feminist research and organizing around the impact of patriarchal notions of family, marriage, and gendered roles – including responsibility for the care of children – on women’s lives and choices. Campaigns around childcare and family policies often intersected with organizing efforts around anti-racism, pay equity, LGBTQ+ issues, and more.

More about Childcare & Family

Key themes include:

  • The relationship between the patriarchal family and women’s subordination
  • Legal and political frameworks surrounding family and childcare
  • Intersection of childcare and family policy campaigns with other movements for justice

 

Sub-Issues

Family Policy
Childcare
Non-traditional households

Archival Materials

Buttons

This is an undated humorous button on motherhood.
Motherhood self-destructs in 20 years

  • Year created:

    --

  • Region:

    National (all of Canada)

  • Language:

    English
Wages For Housework button
Wages for Housework

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  • Region:

    National (all of Canada)

  • Language:

    English

Documents
Background Information on Family Benefits and Childbirth Leave

  • Year created:

    1983

  • Region:

    Ontario

  • Language:

    English
International Women’s Day Celebration

  • Year created:

    1974

  • Region:

    Ontario

  • Language:

    English
Juggling a Family and a Job

  • Year created:

    1985

  • Author(s):

    Beth Symes, Colleen Sheppard

  • Region:

    National (all of Canada)

  • Language:

    English
thumbnail of Just Like Me – Description of Toronto Anti-Racist Child Care Project (1989)
Just Like Me – Description of Toronto Anti-Racist Child Care Project (1989)

  • Year created:

    1989

  • Region:

    Ontario

  • Language:

    English
Mail and Female (Forum) – October/November 1981

  • Year created:

    1981

  • Author(s):

    Ferne Sinkins

  • Region:

    Ontario

  • Language:

    English
Negotiating Towards Equality – Paid Maternity Leave

  • Year created:

    --

  • Region:

    Ontario

  • Language:

    English
thumbnail of Ontario Federation of Labour Convention Statement on Women (1975)
Ontario Federation of Labour Convention Statement on Women (1975)

  • Year created:

    1975

  • Region:

    Ontario

  • Language:

    English
thumbnail of Ontario Federation of Labour Parental Rights & Day Care Bargaining Guide (1982)
Ontario Federation of Labour Parental Rights & Day Care Bargaining Guide (1982)

  • Year created:

    1982

  • Author(s):

    Shelley Acheson, Catherine Macleod

  • Region:

    Ontario

  • Language:

    English
thumbnail of Parent Views on Race Relations in Childcare Programs – 1992 Study
Parent Views on Race Relations in Childcare Programs – 1992 Study

  • Year created:

    1992

  • Author(s):

    Tracy Williams Shreve

  • Region:

    Ontario

  • Language:

    English
thumbnail of Study of Children in Childcare and Race-related Issues
Study of Children in Childcare and Race-related Issues

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    --

  • Author(s):

    Carl James, Hafeezah Muhammad

  • Region:

    Ontario

  • Language:

    English
Teachers And Maternity Leave

  • Year created:

    1977

  • Region:

    Ontario

  • Language:

    English
The Manitoba Native Indian Mother and Child: Discussion Paper on a High Risk Population

  • Year created:

    1981

  • Author(s):

    Jocelyn Bruyere

  • Region:

    Manitoba

  • Language:

    English
The Mayor’s Task Force on Women’s Issues (1988)

  • Year created:

    1988

  • Author(s):

    Doreen Hamilton, Larry Schneider

  • Region:

    Saskatchewan

  • Language:

    English
thumbnail of The Only Parent in the Neighbourhood: Mothering and Women with Disabilities
The Only Parent in the Neighbourhood: Mothering and Women with Disabilities

  • Year created:

    1989

  • Author(s):

    Jillian Ridington

  • Region:

    National (all of Canada)

  • Language:

    English
thumbnail of Toronto Proposal to Sponsor Anti-Racist Child Care Project (1988)
Toronto Proposal to Sponsor Anti-Racist Child Care Project (1988)

  • Year created:

    1988

  • Author(s):

    Sandra Young, Angela King

  • Region:

    Ontario

  • Language:

    English
thumbnail of Update on Toronto Anti-Racist Child Care Project (1989)
Update on Toronto Anti-Racist Child Care Project (1989)

  • Year created:

    1989

  • Author(s):

    Angela King

  • Region:

    Ontario

  • Language:

    English
What OSSTF Members Need to Know About Negotiating Child-Related Emergency Leave

  • Year created:

    --

  • Author(s):

    Shelagh Luka

  • Region:

    Ontario

  • Language:

    English
Women with Disabilities and Parenting (1994)

  • Year created:

    1994

  • Region:

    Ontario

  • Language:

    English
Work and Family – The Crucial Balance

  • Year created:

    --

  • Region:

    Ontario

  • Language:

    English

Films

Still from the film "Motherland: Tales of Wonder" featuring Florence Clark, a biracial woman who is one of the subjects of the film, hugging her mother.
Motherland: Tales of Wonder

  • Year created:

    1994

  • Filmmaker(s):

    Helene Klodawsky

  • Language:

    English

  • Region:

    National (all of Canada)

Periodicals

Newfoundland Status of Women Newsletter/St. John's Status of Women Council Newsletter

St. John’s Status of Women Council Newsletter – January 1985

  • Year created:

    1985

  • Publisher:

    St. John's Status of Women Council

  • Author(s):

    Roberta Buchanan, Pamela Hodgson, Dorothy Inglis, Jane Matthews, P.J. Robinson , Bawnie Oulton, Marian A. White, Betty Jardine, Yvette B. Rousseau , Dr. Marguerite E. Ritchie

  • Language:

    English