More about Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter

The following description is taken from The Alberta Women’s Memory Project

“The Alberta Status of Women Action Committee (ASWAC) was a feminist organization concerned with advancing the status of women in Alberta by providing a forum for women’s voices, raising awareness, and sharing resources to effect change. Based in Edmonton, Alberta, the group emerged out of a series of four regional workshops offered throughout Alberta in 1975. The workshops were titled Strategies for Change and were organized by an Edmonton group called Options for Women. Women from urban and rural Alberta participated in these workshops where it was decided that a structure needed to be developed to effect change within the Government of Alberta. Using the information gathered at these sessions a brief was written called Joint Initiatives, which was presented to the Government of Alberta on October 6, 1976. Although the Government denied all of the recommendations in the brief, this became the first conference of ASWAC.

In 1979 ASWAC ratified its by-laws and hired a coordinator. A year later the organization applied for funding to hire an Administrative Assistant/Researcher and registered as a Non-Profit Society. The objectives of ASWAC were to promote awareness of issues concerning the social and economic factors affecting the status of women, and to make women aware of choices available to them with regard to health, welfare, education, and law. ASWAC helped women in Alberta to acquire the understanding and skills necessary to participate in all areas of society. They promoted increased involvement in all areas of the community and provided resources to support this aim. ASWAC developed and maintained an effective organization with a communication network throughout Alberta, and facilitated communication and interaction between individuals and groups concerned with improving the status of women. The organization was managed and controlled by a Board, which was made up of a maximum of fifteen full members in good standing. ASWAC also contained five standing committees to look after personnel, budget, membership, assembly, and fundraising. In the late 1990s there was a marked decline in the number of women joining ASWAC. The decline in membership, combined with a lack of funding contributed to the demise of ASWAC. In August 1996 the Board of ASWAC resigned, and the organization officially closed in 1997.”

Issues of Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter

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Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – August 1996

  • Year created:

    1996
  • Author(s):

    Dorothy Mandy
  • Region:

    Alberta
thumbnail of Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – December 1995

Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – December 1995

  • Year created:

    1995
  • Author(s):

    Janet Walker, Pam Krause
  • Region:

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

Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – February 1996

  • Year created:

    1996
  • Author(s):

    Sharon Reiner
  • Region:

    Alberta
thumbnail of Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – January 1991

Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – January 1991

  • Year created:

    1991
  • Author(s):

    unknown
  • Region:

    Alberta
thumbnail of Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 10, No. 1 – January/February 1989

Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 10, No. 1 – January/February 1989

  • Year created:

    1989
  • Author(s):

    Jane Haslett , Jackie Preyde, Barb Marshall, Shelley Scott, Joan White Calf , Sheryl Ackerman, Helen Greaves, Lois Soderstrom, Aleksandra Vlnogradov
  • Region:

    Alberta
thumbnail of Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 10, No. 2 – March 1989

Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 10, No. 2 – March 1989

  • Year created:

    1989
  • Author(s):

    Shelley Scott, N. Sophie Sticate, Rita J. Kolpak , Jane Haslett , Lori Crocker , Jackie Preyde, Anne McGrath
  • Region:

    Alberta
thumbnail of Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 10, No. 3 – April/May 1989

Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 10, No. 3 – April/May 1989

  • Year created:

    1989
  • Author(s):

    Jane Haslett, Anne McGrath , Mary Anne King, Diane Shaver Wazny , Sue Matus, Korrie Bokalo , Violet Benwell , Diane Rach, Elin Bartem , Gall Prestash, Lori Crocker , Julie Anne Le Gras , Merrill Cooper , Liane Zimmerman, Lois Soderstrom , Tanis Doe
  • Region:

    Alberta
thumbnail of Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 10, No. 4 – June/July 1989

Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 10, No. 4 – June/July 1989

  • Year created:

    1989
  • Author(s):

    Anne McGrath , Noreen Bell-Geekle, Rita J. Kolpak, Marg Johnson, Diane Shaver Wazny , Jackie Preyde , Anna Pellatt , Trish Brayne
  • Region:

    Alberta
thumbnail of Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 11, No. 1 – December 1989

Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 11, No. 1 – December 1989

  • Year created:

    1989
  • Author(s):

    Jane Haslett , Helen Greaves, Annette Aarbo
  • Region:

    Alberta

Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 2, No. 6 – December/January 1991

  • Year created:

    1991
  • Author(s):

    Laurie MacFayden, Christine Leonard
  • Region:

    Alberta

Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 3, No. 1 – February/March 1992

  • Year created:

    1992
  • Author(s):

    Sharon Reiner , Christine Leonard , Sheryl Mcinnis, Yvonne Stanford
  • Region:

    Alberta

Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 3, No. 2 – June/July 1992

  • Year created:

    1992
  • Author(s):

    Dorothy Mandy , Sheryl Mcinnes
  • Region:

    Alberta

Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 3, No. 4 – February/March 1993

  • Year created:

    1993
  • Author(s):

    Nicole Balmer , Pauline Caskanette
  • Region:

    Alberta
thumbnail of Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 5, No. 4 – May 1984

Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 5, No. 4 – May 1984

  • Year created:

    1984
  • Author(s):

    Mair Smith , Sara Berger, Ardelle Dudley , Meaghan Dean, Laurie Ankenman, Frances Adams, Marilyn Guille
  • Region:

    Alberta
thumbnail of Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 5, No. 5 – August 1984

Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 5, No. 5 – August 1984

  • Year created:

    1984
  • Author(s):

    Frances Adams , Meaghan Dean, Marilyn Guille, Minnie Aodla Freeman, Debra Carnat , Marilyn Assheton-Smith, Mair Smith, Lisa Walter , Julie Anne Le Gras, Martha
  • Region:

    Alberta
thumbnail of Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 6, No. 2 – March 1985

Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 6, No. 2 – March 1985

  • Year created:

    1985
  • Author(s):

    Marty WhiteSun , Mair Smith, Kim Service, Marilyn Guille, Judy Moynihan, Dorothy Livesay, Sheila MacDonald
  • Region:

    Alberta
thumbnail of Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 7, No. 1 – January 1986

Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 7, No. 1 – January 1986

  • Year created:

    1986
  • Author(s):

    Joan White Calf , Cathy Bray, Lisa Freedman, Sheila Bailen, Rebecca Coulter
  • Region:

    Alberta
thumbnail of Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 8, No. 2 – February 1987

Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 8, No. 2 – February 1987

  • Year created:

    1987
  • Author(s):

    Isa Bakker , Anna Pellatt , Marg Bail , Anna Mioduchowska , Luanne Armstrong
  • Region:

    Alberta
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Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 8, No. 3 – March 1987

  • Year created:

    1987
  • Author(s):

    Lorraine Mitchell , Jane Wiley, Kathi Ayers , Luanne Armstrong , Terri-Ann Marco, Shelley Scott , Marnie McCall
  • Region:

thumbnail of Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 8, No. 7 – September 1987

Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 8, No. 7 – September 1987

  • Year created:

    1987
  • Author(s):

    Shelley Scott Fran Innes , Anne McGrath, Fran Innes, Luanne Armstrong
  • Region:

    Alberta
thumbnail of Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 9, No. 1 – January 1988

Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 9, No. 1 – January 1988

  • Year created:

    1988
  • Author(s):

    Luanne Armstrong , Deborah Hollins , Lyn Morelli , Jane Wiley , Nancy Leavitt, Lois Taylor , Mufty Mathewson
  • Region:

    Alberta
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Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 9, No. 3 – March 1988

  • Year created:

    1988
  • Author(s):

    Shelley Scott , Anne McGrath, Elin Barlem
  • Region:

thumbnail of Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 9, No. 4 – May-June 1988

Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 9, No. 4 – May/June 1988

  • Year created:

    1988
  • Author(s):

    Luanne Armstrong
  • Region:

    Alberta
thumbnail of Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 9, No. 5 – July/August 1988

Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 9, No. 5 – July/August 1988

  • Year created:

    1988
  • Author(s):

    Marilyn Seelye , Liane Zimmerman, Luanne Armstrong , Elin Harlev Barlem, Donna Baines
  • Region:

    Alberta
thumbnail of Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 9, No. 6 – October-November 1988

Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 9, No. 6 – October/November 1988

  • Year created:

    1988
  • Author(s):

    Lois Soderstrom , Jude Major
  • Region:

    Alberta
thumbnail of Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 10, No. 5 – August 1989

Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 10, No. 5 – August 1989

  • Year created:

    1989
  • Author(s):

    Helen Greaves , Judy Rebick , Anne McGrath, Lois Soderstrom, Shelley Scott , Rita J. Kolpak, Gerry Balley
  • Region:

    Alberta
thumbnail of Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 10, No. 6 – March 1990

Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 10, No. 6 – March 1990

  • Year created:

    1990
  • Author(s):

    Annette Aarbo , Jane Haslett , Noreen Bell, Heather Moss , Loretta L. St. Jean, Lori Crocker , Wink Barron, Margaret-Ann Armour
  • Region:

    Alberta
thumbnail of Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 10, No. 7 – May 1990

Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 10, No. 7 – May 1990

  • Year created:

    1990
  • Author(s):

    Eisert Hall , Janet Walter, Sheila Pattison, Meg Dean, Rosemary Brown
  • Region:

    Alberta
thumbnail of Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 10, No. 8 – September 1990

Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 10, No. 8 – September 1990

  • Year created:

    1990
  • Author(s):

    Nancy Miller , Susan Belcher
  • Region:

    Alberta

Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 4, No 4 – April/May 1994

  • Year created:

    1994
  • Author(s):

    Laurie Anderson
  • Region:

    Alberta

Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 4, No. 6 – September 1983

  • Year created:

    1983
  • Author(s):

    Michele Barber , Anne Runyan, Bernadette Swan, Frances Adams, Jan Marshall, Marilyn Assheton-Smith, Marilyn Guille, Meaghan Dean, Judy Moynihan, Suzn Morgan, Carol Burnett, Marlene (Marty) Whitesun, Barbara J. Hill, Christine Bennet-Clark, Mair Smith
  • Region:

    Alberta

Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 4, No. 6 – September/October 1994

  • Year created:

    1994
  • Author(s):

    Lenore LeMay , Marie Laing, Sharon Reiner, Moyra Lang, Francine Wilson , Debbie Bruckner
  • Region:

    Alberta

Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 4, No. 7 – December 1983

  • Year created:

    1983
  • Author(s):

    Frances Adams , Mair Smith
  • Region:

    Alberta

Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 5, No. 1 – January 1984

  • Year created:

    1984
  • Author(s):

    Julie Walker , Debra Carnat , Theresa Zyp, Amanda LeRougetel
  • Region:

    Alberta

Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 5, No. 1 – November/December/January 1994/1995

  • Year created:

    1994
  • Author(s):

    Moyra Lang , Del Marlow , Liz Wetheral , Pam Krause
  • Region:

    Alberta

Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 5, No. 2 – February/March 1995

  • Year created:

    1995
  • Author(s):

    Moyra Lang , Pam Krause
  • Region:

    Alberta

Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 5, No. 2 – March 1984

  • Year created:

    1984
  • Author(s):

    Suzn Morgan , Frances Adams, Mary-Ann Warunkiw, Anne Runyan , Jeni Ellman , Neelam Jolly , Marilyn Guille
  • Region:

    Alberta

Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 5, No. 3 – April 1984

  • Year created:

    1984
  • Author(s):

    Amanda LeRougetel , Meaghan Dean, Marilyn Guille, Kathleen Palm, Jeni Ellman, Mair Smith, Lee Aitken, Monica Albanese , Almira Nicol, Jill Seldon, Frances Adams
  • Region:

Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 5, No. 3 – April/May/June/July/August 1995

  • Year created:

    1995
  • Author(s):

    Christine Leonard , Moira Lang , Sherry Gettis, Nancy Miller
  • Region:

    Alberta

Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 5, No. 6 – October 1984

  • Year created:

    1984
  • Author(s):

    Frances Adams , Julie Anne Le Gras, Suzn Morgan , Sara Berger, Tanya Lester , Linda Goldston
  • Region:

    Alberta

Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 5, No. 7 – December 1984

  • Year created:

    1984
  • Author(s):

    Sheila MacDonald , Frances Adams , Lisa Walter, Anita Allsopp , Sara Berger, June Wilson, Mair Smith, Marilyn Guillle
  • Region:

    Alberta

Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 6, No. 1 – January 1985

  • Year created:

    1985
  • Author(s):

    Amanda Le Rougetel , Sheila MacDonald, Meagan Dean, Sally Wisden , Carol McKenzie, Marlene WhiteSun , Juliette Trudeau, Janet Beebe
  • Region:

    Alberta

Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 6, No. 3 – April 1985

  • Year created:

    1985
  • Author(s):

    Meaghan Dean , Mair Smith, Patty White, Susan Jackel , Janet Beebe, Jeni Ellman
  • Region:

    Alberta

Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 6, No. 4 – June 1985

  • Year created:

    1985
  • Author(s):

    Sandi Kirby , Sheila MacDonald, Amanda LeRougetel, Lisa Walter
  • Region:

    Alberta

Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 6, No. 5 – August 1985

  • Year created:

    1985
  • Author(s):

    Doris Wilson , Joanne Kolmes , Sandra Kirby
  • Region:

    Alberta

Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 6, No. 6 – October 1985

  • Year created:

    1985
  • Author(s):

    Linda Stein , Janet Beebe, Rene Radacz , Frances Adams, Sandi Kirby
  • Region:

    Alberta

Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 6, No. 7 – November 1985

  • Year created:

    1985
  • Author(s):

    Frances Adams , Janet Beebe, Lisa Walter, Suzn Morgan, Judy Elliot
  • Region:

    Alberta
thumbnail of Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 7, No. 2 – March 1986

Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 7, No. 2 – March 1986

  • Year created:

    1986
  • Author(s):

    Sheryl Ackerman
  • Region:

    Alberta
thumbnail of Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 7, No. 3 – April 1986

Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 7, No. 3 – April 1986

  • Year created:

    1986
  • Author(s):

    Dawn Blaeser , Erin Graham , Nancy Oloman, Linda Richardson, Amanda LeRougetel, Leslie Stewart
  • Region:

    Alberta
thumbnail of Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 7, No. 4 – May 1986

Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 7, No. 4 – May 1986

  • Year created:

    1986
  • Author(s):

    Erin Graham , Frances Adams, Janet Beebe, Aura Rose
  • Region:

    Alberta
thumbnail of Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 7, No. 5 – June 1986

Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 7, No. 5 – June 1986

  • Year created:

    1986
  • Author(s):

    Patricia Tucker , Adrienne Lauby, Bonnie McEwen , Mariette Tremblay, Frances Adams, Lisa Walter , Amanda LeRougetel , Anna Pellatt, Janet Beebe
  • Region:

    Alberta
thumbnail of Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 7, No. 6 – August 1986

Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 7, No. 6 – August 1986

  • Year created:

    1986
  • Author(s):

    Frances Adams , Julie Anne Le Gras, Amanda Le Rougetel, Terri Ann Marco
  • Region:

    Alberta
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
  • Author(s):

    Luanne Armstrong , Jane Wiley , Lorraine Mitchell , Erin Graham
  • Region:

    Alberta

Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 7, No. 8 – October 1986

  • Year created:

    1986
  • Author(s):

    Lavera Creasy , Cathy Bray , Amanda Le Rougetel , Luanne Armstrong , Suzn Morgan, Terri Ann Marco, Aura Rose , Frances Adams , Dianne Desrochers, Janet Beebe
  • Region:

    Alberta
thumbnail of Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 8, No. 1 – December 1986

Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 8, No. 1 – December 1986

  • Year created:

    1986
  • Author(s):

    Lorraine Mitchell , Luanne Armstrong, Erin Graham
  • Region:

    Alberta
thumbnail of Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 8, No. 2 – January 1987

Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 8, No. 2 – January 1987

  • Year created:

    1987
  • Author(s):

    Shelley Scott , Luanne Annstrong , Elizabeth Massiah , Florence Ellis
  • Region:

    Alberta
thumbnail of Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 8, No. 4 – April 1987

Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 8, No. 4 – April 1987

  • Year created:

    1987
  • Author(s):

    Naomi Lis , Michele Butot , Sheryl Ackerman , Jane Wiley, Suzn Morgan , Valda Roberts , Barb Sykes , Donna Anthony, Joan Hollenberg , Cathy Bray, Sylvia Hamilton
  • Region:

    Alberta
thumbnail of Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 8, No. 5 – June 1987

Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 8, No. 5 – June 1987

  • Year created:

    1987
  • Author(s):

    Shelley Scott , Jane Wiley, Luanne Annstrong, Janet Beebe
  • Region:

    Alberta
thumbnail of Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 8, No. 6 – August 1987

Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 8, No. 6 – August 1987

  • Year created:

    1987
  • Author(s):

    Deborah Perret , Luanne Armstrong , Julie Esselmont, Jane Wiley, Shelley Scott
  • Region:

    Alberta
thumbnail of Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 8, No. 8 – October 1987

Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 8, No. 8 – October 1987

  • Year created:

    1987
  • Author(s):

    Karin Goldberg , Annette Aarbo , Sheryl Ackerman , Lyn Morelli, Joan White Calf , Deborah Perret , Shelley Scott, Terri Marco, Anne McGrath
  • Region:

    Alberta

Alberta Status of Women Action Committee Newsletter – Vol. 9, No. 4 – May-June 1988

  • Year created:

    1988
  • Author(s):

    Luanne Armstrong , Melinda Lang
  • Region:

    Alberta