Workplace Harassment

This subsection contains material on advocacy around various forms of workplace harassment. Key themes include naming workplace harassment and identifying patterns of behaviour, securing protections and supports for women in workplaces (including legal strategies), and providing education and training around workplace harassment.

Archival Materials

Buttons

The button calls for justice for Pauline Au and an end to sexual harassment. After experiencing sexual harassment that started in the early 1990s, Pauline brought a charge against the hospital where she worked to the Ontario Labour Relations Board in 1997.
Justice for Pauline Au – Stop Sexual Harassment

  • Year created:

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  • Region:

    National (all of Canada)

  • Language:

    English

Documents
A Guide to Fighting Workplace Sexual Harassment/Assault

  • Year created:

    1988

  • Author(s):

    Bonnie Robichaud

  • Region:

    National (all of Canada)

  • Language:

    English
British Columbia Federation of Labour – Report on Sexual Harassment in the Workplace

  • Year created:

    1980

  • Region:

    British Columbia

  • Language:

    English
British Columbia Federation of Labour – Sexual Harassment in the Workplace: A Discussion Paper

  • Year created:

    1980

  • Author(s):

    B. Gene Errington

  • Region:

    British Columbia

  • Language:

    English
CACSW Fact Sheet – Sexual Harassment/Feuillet Documentaire du CCCSF – Le Harcèlement Sexuel

  • Year created:

    1993

  • Region:

    National (all of Canada)

  • Language:

    English and French
Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) – Sexual Harassment: Why It’s Important to Negotiate Clauses on this Issue

  • Year created:

    1982

  • Author(s):

    Jane Stinson

  • Region:

    National (all of Canada)

  • Language:

    English
National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE) – Sexual Harassment at Work

  • Year created:

    1981

  • Author(s):

    Susan Attenborough

  • Region:

    National (all of Canada)

  • Language:

    English
thumbnail of Ontario Federation of Labour Convention Document (1991) – Challenging Harassment
Ontario Federation of Labour Convention Document (1991) – Challenging Harassment

  • Year created:

    1991

  • Region:

    Ontario

  • Language:

    English and French
Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) – Sexual Harassment Fact Sheet

  • Year created:

    1986

  • Region:

    National (all of Canada)

  • Language:

    English
Public Service Alliance of Canada – Sexual Harassment At Work

  • Year created:

    1985

  • Region:

    National (all of Canada)

  • Language:

    English
Racial and Sexual Harassment, and Violence against Women: Policy And Prevention

  • Year created:

    1999

  • Region:

    National (all of Canada)

  • Language:

    English
Sexual Harassment

  • Year created:

    --

  • Region:

    Ontario

  • Language:

    English
Sexual Harassment – Harcèlement sexuel

  • Year created:

    --

  • Region:

    National (all of Canada)

  • Language:

    English and French
Sexual Harassment Conference: Agenda

  • Year created:

    1981

  • Region:

    Nova Scotia

  • Language:

    English
Statement on sexual harassment

  • Year created:

    --

  • Region:

    Ontario

  • Language:

    English
Stop Harassment – A Guide for CUPE Locals

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    --

  • Region:

    National (all of Canada)

  • Language:

    English

Films

Don’t Call Me Baby

  • Year created:

    1975

  • Filmmaker(s):

    Margot Trevelyan

  • Language:

    English

  • Region:

    National (all of Canada)

Photos

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
This photo was taken in 1980 of UAW activist Roxie Baker (right) with Karen Malcho of Local 1325. Roxie Baker was president of the Canadian Auto Workers Local 1325 for 23 years. In that time she led the way for protections of particular significance to women including protections from sexual harassment. She also raised issues of equal pay and maternity and adoption leave benefits. Roxie was a longstanding member of the UAW, later CAW, Women's Committee.
Roxie Baker: CAW Activist

  • Year created:

    --

  • Region:

    National (all of Canada)

Posters
Confronting Harassment in the Workplace

  • Year created:

    1988

  • Region:

    National (all of Canada)

  • Language:

    English