Family Policy

This subsection contains material on organizing around social, economic, and political policies that reinforced the patriarchal family model and, through it, male power and the subordination of women. Areas of interest include family law, child custody, parental leave, family immigration law, and family property rights.

Archival Materials

Buttons
Call me Ms., not Mrs. Him

  • Year created:

    --

  • Language:

    English

Documents
Creating Family Friendly Workplaces: What Unions Can Do

  • Year created:

    1993

  • Region:

    Ontario

  • Language:

    English
Letter – Dental Plan for Dependants of Military Service Personnel (August 1985)

  • Year created:

    1985

  • Author(s):

    Erik Nielsen

  • Region:

    Ontario

  • Language:

    English
Letter – Dental Plan for Dependants of Military Service Personnel (July 1985)

  • Year created:

    1985

  • Author(s):

    J.I Morrice

  • Region:

    Alberta

  • Language:

    English
Letter – Military Inquiries (1985)

  • Year created:

    1985

  • Author(s):

    Lucie Richardson

  • Region:

    Alberta

  • Language:

    English
Letter – Pensions Benefits Division Act & Regulations (1994)

  • Year created:

    1994

  • Author(s):

    Allan Kaufman

  • Region:

    National (all of Canada)

  • Language:

    English
Letters – Currie Community Centre (1986)

  • Year created:

    1986

  • Author(s):

    Leslie Taylor, Marnie Draper

  • Region:

    Alberta

  • Language:

    English
NDP Recommendations on Childcare

  • Year created:

    1987

  • Region:

    National (all of Canada)

  • Language:

    English
Nova Scotia Task Force on the Status of Women – Information Sheet

  • Year created:

    1975

  • Region:

    Nova Scotia

  • Language:

    English
Parental Leave Policies, Monica Townson 1985

  • Year created:

    1985

  • Author(s):

    Monica Townson

  • Region:

    National (all of Canada)

  • Language:

    English
The Child Custody Deal Isn’t Fit For Us

  • Year created:

    --

  • Region:

    Ontario

  • Language:

    English
Tying the Knot, June Callwood and Martin Zuker, 1972

  • Year created:

    1972

  • Language:

    English

Photos

Action Daycare and other childcare activists join the 1983 International Women's Day March in Toronto. Signs call for universal quality daycare and paid maternity leave.
International Women’s Day 1983 (Toronto) – Action Day Care

  • Year created:

    1983

  • Photographer:

    Judy Blankenship

  • Region:

    Ontario
The Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) contingent march at the 1983 International Women's Day March in Toronto carry placards carry calling for equal pay, paid maternity leave, ending sexual harassment, and social service cuts.
International Women’s Day 1983 (Toronto) – Ontario Public Service Employees Union

  • Year created:

    1983

  • Photographer:

    Judy Blankenship

  • Region:

    Ontario
Members of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) join the 1983 International Women's Day March in Toronto. Their placards highlight paid maternity leave, equal pay, and stopping sexual harassment, as well as the right to strike and social service cutbacks.
International Women’s Day 1983 (Toronto) – Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU)

  • Year created:

    1983

  • Photographer:

    Judy Blankenship

  • Region:

    Ontario
Sheila Mackay, CUPE 1582 member of the bargaining committee during the 1984 Metro Library Strike wore this sign most days on the picket line during the 6th and 7th months of her pregnancy. The union was trying to ensure that women returning from maternity leave were guaranteed their own jobs back. They were also looking for adoption leave accessible to both partners, which they won and paid maternity leave, which they did not.
Metro Library Strike – Picketer Protests Punishment of Pregnant Workers

  • Year created:

    1984

  • Photographer:

    Rob Laycock

  • Region:

    Ontario
This is an undated photo of welfare rights protest at Queen's Park features banner of Sole Support Moms.
Sole Support Moms Demand Welfare Rights

  • Year created:

    1982

  • Region:

    Ontario