The Women – Women’s Programs within the Federal Government subseries contains 5 files discussing the status of women in society. Files are arranged by material type. This subseries contains a variety of document types including fact sheets and background information, correspondence, reports, presentations, newspaper clippings, press releases, and government publications. The specific topics this subseries covers are the status of women in the labour force, political and social equality of women, childcare for working mothers, and biographical information on Sylva Gelber, Director of the Women's Bureau of the Canada Department of Labour.
The Women – Women’s Organizations subseries contains 49 files discussing women’s organizations from across Canada and their work for women’s rights. Files are arranged by organization, type, and chronology. This subseries contains a variety of document types including journals, correspondence, magazines, memorandum, newspaper clippings, newsletters, press releases, reports, presentations, and conference materials. The specific topics this subseries covers are the status of women, employment equality, childcare, status rights of aboriginal women, women in government, divorce and maintenance payments, sex work, maternity leave, education for women, women’s roles, status rights of married women, communism and the cold war, women’s representation, Persons Case II, abortion, racism, and gender discrimination.
The Women – Women’s Struggles with the Federal Government subseries contains 32 files discussing members of the Advisory Council on the Status of Women, the work members are focused on, and Council documents. Files are arranged by person or type. This subseries contains a variety of document types including correspondence, memorandum, newspaper clippings, press releases, reports, legislation, transcripts, speeches, meeting minutes, biographies, House of Commons debates, Senate debates, policies, fact sheets, and background information. The specific topics this subseries covers are the Persons Case, the Famous Five, support for Persons Case II, the Royal Commission on the Status of Women and a follow-up 20 years later, legal rights of women, immigration, the Human Rights Act and Human Rights Commission, abortion, pay equality, violence against women, discrimination against women, United Nations conferences on discrimination against women, gender based policy analysis, funding for research into women’s rights and issues, maternity leave, labour equality, women in politics, and the advancement of women in developing nations.
The Women – Sexual Harassment – Bonnie Robichaud’s Case subseries contains 19 files discussing the sexual harassment lawsuit of Bonnie Robichaud, a cleaner for the Department of National Defense base in North Bay, Ontario, against her supervising foreman and the resulting Supreme Court of Canada landmark decision holding employers responsible for ending sexual harassment in the workplace. Files are arranged chronologically or by type. This subseries contains a variety of document types including correspondence, court documents, newspaper clippings, informational pamphlets, newsletters, press releases, affidavits, memorandum, legislation, and case reports. The specific topics this subseries covers are Bonnie Robichaud’s sexual harassment lawsuit, narratives of the events, tracking of the process of the court case, affidavits from Marguerite Ritchie on workplace sexual harassment submitted for the case, informational booklets written by Bonnie Robichaud about workplace sexual harassment, comparisons of workplace harassment and discrimination laws before and after this case, and case studies of sexual harassment and workplace harassment in Canada. This case was appealed several times, including to the Human Rights Tribunal and the Supreme Court of Canada before resolving in favour of Bonnie Robichaud.
The Women’s Legal Research Materials subseries contains 100 files of legal research pertaining to women’s rights and issues that affect women. This subseries contains legal research materials including Supreme Court decisions, provincial and federal legislation, legal dictionary entries, House of Commons and Senate debates, legal articles, and constitutional law research materials. The specific topics this subseries covers are divorce, women’s education, the Canadian labour code, jury duty, status of women, pay equality, gender discrimination, offshore mineral rights, female Senators, child custody, maintenance payments, child abuse and seduction laws, welfare, the justice system, professional ethics, human trafficking, the Indian Act, pensions, civil servants, historical divorce cases, segregation and civil rights, representation of women, women’s roles, gendered language in law, rights of married women and widows, veterans, appointment of judges, constitutional law, illegitimate children, immigration, and genocide. Date ranges refer to publication dates of historical legislation, though files contain copies only.
The Women – Research – Books, Booklets, and Pamphlets subseries contains 52 files of published materials discussing women’s rights. Some files are arranged by source. This subseries contains a variety of document types including brochures, facts sheets, recommendations, reports, analyses, reviews, booklets, press releases, discussion papers, conference reports, briefing notes for the House of Commons, legislation, books, pamphlets, journals, magazines, and Parliamentary debates from Britain. The specific topics this subseries covers are sexual abuse, violence against women, divorce, women’s employment, family and criminal law, the Women’s Bureau of the Department of Labour Canada, equal pay, labour laws and gender discrimination, immigration, citizenship, welfare and social services, education of girls and women, birth control, socialization, women's equality in Sweden and the USA, legal status of women, and women in prison.
The Women – Research subseries contains 7 files of publications from government departments and unions on women’s rights. Files are arranged by material type. This subseries contains a variety of document types including government publications, House of Commons debates, union publications, minutes of Proceedings and Evidence of the Sub-Committee on Equality Rights of the Standing Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, The Facts magazine, and government reports. The specific topics this subseries covers are affirmative action, equality in public service, gender based analysis, health and welfare, gender based violence, and sexual assault.
The Women – Prominent Feminists subseries contains 16 files discussing feminists, women’s organizations, and submissions of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women. Files are arranged chronologically by person. This subseries contains a variety of document types including speeches, recommendations, correspondence, newspaper clippings, memorandum, transcripts, reports, analysis, conference planning documents, press releases, brochures, briefs, and submissions to the Royal Commission on the Status of Women. The specific topics this subseries covers are labour equality, education, childcare, marriage, abortion, gender roles, women in the work force, discrimination against women, women in the armed forces, women’s groups, women in law, aboriginal women, and the Royal Commission on the Status of Women, including the final report published in 1970 with 127 recommendations to promote gender equality and equal opportunity.
The Women – Newspaper Articles subseries contains 106 files of newspaper articles written on women’s rights and women’s issues. Files are arranged by topic. This subseries contains predominately newspaper clippings as well as some reports, newsletters, magazines, transcripts, and correspondence. The specific topics this subseries covers are women in politics, equal pay, women’s potential, working mothers, labour laws, women’s employment, women’s education, pensions, representation of women in politics and the media, fertility and menopause, sexual mores, sexual assault, religion, rape, divorce, crime, gender stereotypes, women in sports, infanticide, motherhood, sex work, juvenile delinquents, beauty standards, class discrimination, prison, birth control, abortion, sex education, the Royal Commission on the Status of Women, the women’s liberation movement and feminism, civil rights and the challenges faced by black women, integration, women’s unions, desertion, gendered language, French-English relations in Canada, aboriginal life, representation of women and minorities in textbooks, women in politics and women’s rights in foreign countries, the Indian Act, women’s suffrage, Sharia law and the rights of Muslim women, maternity leave, segregation in South Africa, women in the USSR, aboriginal language rights, legalization of homosexual behaviour, female criminals, the Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan, the exclusion of women, and marriage name changes.
The Women – Challenges to Injustice – Sexual Harassment subseries contains 5 files discussing the workplace sexual harassment law suit of Rachelle Labelle. Files are arranged chronologically. This subseries contains a variety of document types including correspondence, court documents, memorandum, tribunal decisions report, police reports, witness statements, House of Commons debates, transcripts, conference agendas, and administrative documents. The specific topics this subseries covers are sexual harassment in the workplace, discrimination based on gender and marital status within the federal government, and the Rachelle Labelle sexual harassment suit. Rachelle Labelle was terminated from her post as Administrative Assistant for the Treasury Board of Canada secretariat’s Task Force on Informatics. This subseries documents the Labelle case in the Supreme Court of Canada and contains supporting materials from similar sexual harassment cases, such as the Bonnie Robichaud case.
The Women – Challenges to Injustice - Research subseries contains 11 files of research on women in crisis. Files are arranged chronologically. This subseries contains a variety of document types including press releases, conference papers, briefs, United Nations reports, information sheets, speeches, magazines, correspondence, law reviews, newsletters, book chapters, court documents, and legislation. The specific topics this subseries covers are discrimination against women, women in politics, violence against women, the status of women, women judges, women’s studies at universities, the future of feminism, sexual assault, abortion, domestic workers, women’s education and employment, women in medicine, gendered language, suffrage, equality, sex work, equal rights amendments, public morals, and women in the justice system.
The Women – Challenges to Injustice - Projects subseries contains 10 files discussing cases of legal injustice contributed to by the Human Rights Institute. Files are arranged by project and include some general information about refugees. This subseries contains a variety of document types including correspondence, newspaper clippings, memorandum, CVs and resumes, papers, reports, medical reports, articles, transcripts, applications and work histories for refugee status, affidavit, policies, speeches, statistics, and United Nations treaties. The specific topics this subseries covers are refugee status, refugees admitted into Canada, adaptation of immigrants to life in Canada, Marguerite Ritchie and the Human Rights Institute of Canada’s involvement in the cases of refugee status claimants, Marguerite Ritchie and the Human Rights Institute of Canada’s involvement in getting medical treatment of veterans, and Marguerite Ritchie and the Human Rights Institute of Canada’s involvement with specific cases of discrimination, including religious discrimination against a scientologist.
The Women – Challenges to Injustice - Abortion subseries contains 15 files discussing abortion law and the Henry Morgentaller case. Files are arranged by material type. This subseries contains a variety of document types including correspondence, memorandum, newspaper clippings, interview transcripts, House of Commons debates, court documents, press releases, briefs, Senate debates, newsletters, magazines, studies, booklets, posters, law reviews, historical research, and documents for the Morgentaller case. The specific topics this subseries covers are specific cases charging people with performing abortions, reports on abortion laws worldwide, historical research on abortion laws and practices in the 19th and 20th century, legislation restricting performances of abortion to medical doctors, a presentation from the Human Rights Institute of Canada to a legislative committee studying a bill on abortion, public opinion surveys on Canadians’ opinion on abortion, landmark Supreme Court case that held that the father could not stop a woman from having an abortion, and working papers with arguments against abortion.
The Women – Challenges to Injustice subseries contains 54 files discussing issues of inequality that affect women. Files are arranged by topic. This subseries contains a variety of document types including correspondence, brochures, newspaper clippings, transcripts, memorandum, historical research, reports, legislation, court documents, submissions to parliamentary committees, Senate debates, resolutions, House of Commons debates, speeches, CVs and resumes, press releases, magazines, newsletters, legal research, chronologies of events, directories, glossary of terms, information sheet, surveys, and papers. The specific topics this subseries covers are women’s studies programs at universities, anti-discrimination bills and discrimination against women, child sexual abuse, women and religion, women’s suffrage, women’s education and employment, women’s roles, women in government and politics, the equal rights amendment, equal pay, personhood of women, status of women around the world, United Nations conventions and celebration years for women and human rights, violence against women, the Montreal Massacre, Persons Case II, equality for visible minorities, divorce and financial issues, the merit principle, spousal support, provincial health insurance, human trafficking, Sharia Law, polygamy, rape law, abortion laws, child support, taxes and pensions, legal double standards, citizenship of married persons, gendered language, race relations, property law, female circumcision, women’s health, jury duty for women, and termination based on discrimination.
The Women & Misc. – Newspaper Articles subseries contains 6 files of miscellaneous newspaper clippings on social issues. Files are arranged by topic. This subseries contains newspaper clippings. The specific topics this subseries covers are women’s achievements, the Human Rights Commission, the RCMP and police, refugees, capital punishment in Canada, the Quebec separation referendums, and Quebec language laws.
The Whistleblowers subseries contains 2 files discussing whistleblowers exposing government corruption. Files are arranged chronologically. This subseries contains newspaper clippings and correspondence. The specific topics this subseries covers are legislation to protect whistleblowers and the scandals exposed by whistleblowing, including scandals on science research, foreign affairs, and health care.
Sub-series consists of production and promotion records for Studio Theatre's performance of Whiskey Six.
Studio TheatreSub-series consists of production and promotion records for Studio Theatre's performance of When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?
Studio TheatreSub-series consists of production and promotion records for Studio Theatre's performance of What the Butler Saw.
Studio TheatreSub-series consists of production and promotion records for Studio Theatre's performance of Waiting for Godot.
Studio TheatreSub-series consists of production and promotion records for Studio Theatre's performance of Waiting for Godot
Studio TheatreThe Volunteers in the Human Rights Institute of Canada subseries contains 48 files discussing volunteers at the Human Rights Institute of Canada, the projects volunteers contributed to, and their experiences at the Institute. Files are arranged by volunteer. This subseries contains a variety of document types including correspondence, memorandum, summaries, background documents, contracts, surveys, reports, newspaper clippings, newsletters, programs, briefs, press releases, meeting minutes, fundraising, directories, financial statements, articles, telephone questionnaires, CVs and resumes, volunteer forms, letters of recommendation from Marguerite Ritchie for volunteers, school assignments, legislation, and membership records. The specific topics this subseries covers are Trudeau’s promises to Quebec, the Meech Lake Accord, French language rights, language rights in Quebec, Persons Case II, aboriginal rights, the roles of the Prime Minister and Senators, royal commissions, resettlement of Newfoundlanders in 1954-1973, discrimination against women in the armed forces, and political corruption.
Contains text regarding retirement system, course planning, correspondence, travel grants, dismissal of professors, medals, etc.
Sub-series consists of records created in the production and promotion of Studio Theatre's performance of Under Milkwood.
Studio TheatreSub-series consists of production and promotion records for Studio Theatre's performance of Uncle Vanya
Studio TheatreSub-series consists of production and promotion records for Studio Theatre's performance of Saturday, Sunday, Monday.
Studio TheatreSub-series consists of production and promotion records for Studio Theatre's performance of Twelfth Night
Studio TheatreSub-series consists of production and promotion records for Studio Theatre's performance of Translations.
Studio TheatreSub-series consists of production and promotion records for Studio Theatre's performance of Tonight at 8:30
Studio TheatreSub-series consists of production and promotion records for Studio Theatre's performance of The Games of Tom Jones Slept Here.
Studio TheatreSub-series consists of records created in the production and promotion of Studio Theatre's performance of Time Remembered.
Studio TheatreSub-series consists of production and promotion records for Studio Theatre's performance of Time of the Lilacs.
Studio TheatreSub-series consists of production and promotion records for Studio Theatre's performance of Thieves' Carnival.
Studio TheatreSub-series consists of production and promotion records for Studio Theatre's performance of The Wild Duck
Studio TheatreSub-series consists of production and promotion records for Studio Theatre's performance of The White Geese
Studio TheatreSub-series consists of production and promotion records for Studio Theatre's performance of The Visit. Also includes one program from the 1963 Yale production of the play.
Studio TheatreSub-series consists of production and promotion records for Studio Theatre's performance of The Unknown Soldier and his Wife.
Studio TheatreSub-series consists of production and promotion records for Studio Theatre's performance of The Trojan Women.
Studio TheatreSub-series consists of production and promotion records for Studio Theatre's performance of The Ticket of Leave Man
Studio TheatreSub-series consists of production and promotion records for Studio Theatre's performance of The Threepenny Opera.
Studio TheatreSub-series consists of production and promotion records for Studio Theatre's performance of The Three Sisters.
Studio TheatreSub-series consists of production and promotion records for Studio Theatre's performance of The Tender Trap
Studio TheatreSub-series consists of production and promotion records for Studio Theatre's performance of The Tempest.
Studio TheatreSub-series consists of production and promotion records for Studio Theatre's performance of The Suicide.
Studio TheatreSub-series consists of production and promotion records for Studio Theatre's performance of The Skin of Our Teeth.
Studio TheatreSub-series consists of production and promotion records for Studio Theatre's performance of The Shipbuilder.
Studio TheatreSub-series consists of production and promotion records for Studio Theatre's performance of The Seagull.
Studio TheatreSub-series consists of production and promotion records for Studio Theatre's performance of The Rivals.
Studio TheatreSub-series consists of production and promotion records for Studio Theatre's performance of The Rimers of Eldritch.
Studio TheatreSub-series consists of production and promotion records for Studio Theatre's performance of The Plough and the Stars
Studio TheatreSub-series consists of production and promotion records for Studio Theatre's performance of The Persecution and Assasination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Assylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade.
Studio TheatreSub-series consists of production and promotion records for Studio Theatre's performance of The Murder of August Dupin.
Studio TheatreSub-series consists of production and promotion records for Studio Theatre's performance of Waiting for Godot
Studio TheatreSub-series consists of production and promotion records for Studio Theatre's performance of The Merchant of Venice.
Studio TheatreSub-series consists of production and promotion records for Studio Theatre's performance of The Medium and the Telephone.
Studio TheatreSub-series consists of records created in the production and promotion of Studio Theatre's performance of The Matchmaker.
Studio TheatreSub-series consists of records created in the production and promotion of the special event titled, The Marionette Theatre of Peter Arnott.
Studio TheatreSub-series consists of records documenting the production of the University of Alberta Studio Theatre's production of The Male Animal.
Studio TheatreSub-series consists of production and promotion records for Studio Theatre's performance of The Lonely Road
Studio TheatreSub-series consists of production and promotion records for Studio Theatre's performance of The Little Foxes.
Studio TheatreSub-series consists of one program for Studio Theatre's performance of The Lesson.
Studio TheatreSub-series consists of records created in the production and promotion of Studio Theatre's performance of The Lark.
Studio TheatreSub-series consists of records created in the production and promotion of Studio Theatre's performance of The Inspector General.
Studio TheatreSub-series consists of production and promotion records for Studio Theatre's performance of The Injured.
Studio TheatreSub-series consists of production and promotion records for Studio Theatre's performance of The Hostage.
Studio TheatreSub-series consists of production and promotion records for Studio Theatre's performance of The Good Doctor.
Studio TheatreSub-series consists of production and promotion records for Studio Theatre's performance of The Games of Love and Chance.
Studio TheatreSub-series consists of production and promotion records for Studio Theatre's performance of The Firebugs.
Studio TheatreSub-series consists of production and promotion records for Studio Theatre's performance of The Firebugs.
Studio TheatreThe Failure of Justice – The Truth About Family Courts subseries contains 34 files discussing family court legislation and effectiveness and the family court cases of Marguerite Ritchie’s brother, Robert H. Ritchie. Files are arranged chronologically by case or research materials. This subseries contains a variety of document types including correspondence, memorandum, legal research, transcripts of telephone conversations and court proceedings, court documents, financial records, affidavits, and newspaper clippings. Specific topics in this subseries are the divorce, finances, family court, and child custody case Robert H. Ritchie and his wife Audrey Ritchie. A property dispute between Robert H. Ritchie and Patricia Bishop over a condominium and another against Huronia Trust for possible mishandling of investments is also included, as well as case studies of child custody and broader research about family court legislation and effectiveness, child support, adoption, domestic abuse, marriage counselling, capacity to marry, Ottawa Citizen articles on child custody, foster care, social services, and family court.
The Failure of Justice – Destruction of Family Businesses in Canada subseries contains six files discussing a law suit Marguerite Ritchie’s brother, Robert H. Ritchie, and father, Allan I. Ritchie, faced over trade mark registration. Files are arranged chronologically. This subseries includes a variety of document types including correspondence, memorandum, legal research, transcripts, and court documents. The Ritchie’s were sued over the trade mark registration for a product they sold called Perm-O-Seal. The years-long law suit forced them to stop using the product for the duration of legal proceedings. The case was settled in favour of the Ritchie’s, however the drawn out legal case damaged their business.
Sub-series consists of production and promotion records for Studio Theatre's performance of The Ecstacy of Rita Joe
Studio TheatreSub-series consists of production and promotion records for Studio Theatre's performance of The Deer and the Antelope Play.
Studio TheatreSub-series consists of production and promotion records for Studio Theatre's performance of The Curve (Die Kurve)
Studio TheatreSub-series consists of records created in the production and promotion of Studio Theatre's performance of The Country Girl.
Studio TheatreSub-series consists of production and promotion records for Studio Theatre's performance of The Country Wife.
Studio TheatreSub-series consists of production and promotion records for Studio Theatre's performance of The Cherry Orchard
Studio TheatreSub-series consists of production and promotion records for Studio Theatre's performance of The Cave Dwellers.
Studio TheatreSub-series consists of records created in the production and promotion of Studio Theatre's performance of The Browning Version.
Studio TheatreSub-series consists of production and promotion records for Studio Theatre's performance of The Birthday Party.
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