Women's Studies & Research

This subsection contains material on the activism that led to the creation of Women’s Studies courses and programs as well as incorporating feminist research and theory into all academic disciplines.

Archival Materials

Documents
Proposal for a Women’s Studies Program at Simon Fraser University (1974)

  • Year created:

    1974

  • Author(s):

    Benston, David, Eliot Hurst, Janssen, Ismail, Kilgore, Lebowitz, Newcombe, Rush, Webb

  • Region:

    British Columbia

  • Language:

    English
RFR: A Canadian Journal for Feminist Scholarship

  • Year created:

    1980

  • Region:

    Ontario

  • Language:

    English
Women Plan Toronto: Shared Experiences and Dreams

  • Year created:

    --

  • Region:

    Ontario

  • Language:

    English
Women’s Studies Programmes in Ontario Universities – COU Committee on the Status of Women

  • Year created:

    1989

  • Author(s):

    Barbara Crow

  • Region:

    Ontario

  • Language:

    English

Periodicals

Feminist Perspectives

Feminist Perspectives – Challenging Unions: Feminist Process and Democracy in the Labour Movement – No. 8 – 1987

  • Year created:

    1987

  • Publisher:

    Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women

  • Author(s):

    Miriam Edelson

  • Language:

    English
Feminist Perspectives – Feminist Pedagogy: Teaching and Learning Liberation – No. 19 – August 1990

  • Year created:

    1990

  • Publisher:

    Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women

  • Author(s):

    Linda Briskin

  • Language:

    English

Posters

Undated poster of Nellie McClung featuring quote "never retract, never explain, never apologize, get the thing done and let them howl!"
“never retract, never explain, never apologize, get the thing done and let them howl!”

  • Year created:

    --

  • Region:

    National (all of Canada)

  • Language:

    English
This is the English language version of a poster the for 1993's Women's History Month celebrating the Canadian herstory of women's work and contributions.
HERstory of work: Recognizing Women’s Contributions (Women’s History Month – 1993)

  • Year created:

    1993

  • Visual Artist:

    Pat Staton

  • Region:

    National (all of Canada)

  • Language:

    English