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Published in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Northern Woman Journal (originally called Northern Woman) started in 1973 following the first annual Northern Women’s Conference in order to keep the conference attendees connected. Initially serving as a newsletter of events, local issues, and women’s resources, the Northern Woman Journal quickly became a diverse publication reaching national and international readers. Not only did it serve as a newsletter to keep local women up to date on feminist issues in Northwestern Ontario, but also as a safe space to discuss women’s resources, law, politics, economics, health, racism, sexism, homophobia, feminist organizing and activism, transnational feminist issues, poetry, feminist reading, feminist art, and women’s diverse lived experiences. One of the longest-running feminist periodicals in North America, the Northern Woman Journal reached its end in 1995.
Throughout its 22 years, the Northern Woman Journal was produced by its many collective members, with membership evolving year to year. For many years, the journal worked closely alongside, and shared space with, the Northern Women’s Centre and the Northern Women’s Bookstore. With the exception of a year-long government grant in the 1970s, the journal relied entirely on subscription fees and donations in order to maintain publishing, which presented challenges throughout its entire existence.
As stated in an early version of the editorial policy, “only by a free and open exchange of views and opinions will we develop a basis for unity which can be used as a basis for action.”
Sarah Somerville
List of Conferences Covered by NWJ
Women And Politics 1975
National Women’s Centres 1975
Where Do We Go From Here 1976
Working Women 1977
Regional Child Care 1977
Dryden Conference For Women 1978
Women And Stress
Life Begins At Forty
Women Against Violence Against Women 1979
50 Year A Person Celebration
Women In Single Industry Towns Workshop
Women’s Health 1981
Women And Stress 1982
Women And Economy 1983
Dryden Conference 1984
Forum On Women And The North 1984
Women And Disabilities 1985
North Shore Women’s Conference 1985
Young Women 1986
Geraldton Women’s Conference 1986
Kenora Conference 1989
NOTE: Rise Up! is now in the process of uploading issues of Northern Woman Journal directly to this website. While this is underway, you can still find the publication at Northern Women’s Bookstore http://www.northern-womans-bookstore.ca/index.php?pid=26