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BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETINGS

Meeting documents and supporting documentation from the Annual Board of Directors meeting of the Human Rights Institute of Canada, including meeting minutes, financial statements, board member list, elections, press releases, promotional materials, and activity reports.

Meeting documents and supporting documentation from the Annual Board of Directors meeting and a conference held by the Human Rights Institute of Canada, including meeting minutes, auditors reports, transcripts, conference planning, and agendas. Conference entitled "Towards Justice in Canada: Politics as a Barrier."

Meeting documents and supporting documentation from the Annual Board of Directors meeting and a conference held by the Human Rights Institute of Canada, including meeting minutes, financial statements, conference planning, promotional materials, copies of newspaper clippings, and a panel on the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples on the high arctic relocations of Inuit peoples. Conference entitled "Towards Justice in Canada: Politics as a Barrier."

Meeting documents and supporting documentation from the Annual Board of Directors meeting and a conference held by the Human Rights Institute of Canada, including conference planning, invitations, promotional materials, and agendas. Conference entitled "Towards Justice in Canada: Politics as a Barrier."

File · 1994 - 2010
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Correspondence, memorandum, copies of newspaper clippings, encyclopedia entries, and House of Commons debates regarding Member of Parliament Bob Ringma, bilingualism, the expropriation of Nanoose Bay, and the New Brunswick constitutional amendment.

BONNIE ROBICHAUD'S CASE

Correspondence, memorandum, notes, and court documents regarding the Bonnie Robichaud sexual harassment case against the Treasury Board. Also includes "Employer Attitude Towards Sexial Harassment: A Comparison Study Between 1977 and 1987" by Bonnie Robichaud.

BONNIE ROBICHAUD'S CASE

Correspondence, case summary, notes, memorandum, and agreements regarding the Bonnie Robichaud sexual harassment case against the Treasury Board and the National Defence Forces policies on sick leave and maternity leave.

BONNIE ROBICHAUD'S CASE
File · 1980 - 1984
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Newsletters, court documents, and press releases regarding the Bonnie Robichaud sexual harassment case against the Treasury Board. Also includes a narrative of Bonnie Robichaud's experiences and "A Guide to Fighting Sexual Workplace Sexual Hassment/Assault [sic]" by Bonnie Robichaud.

BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS
File · 1979 - 1980
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Copies of book chapters, magazines, and journal articles celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Persons Case and various biographies of the Famous Five. Also includes the 1924 booklet "Legal Status of Women in Canada" published by The Department of Labour Canada at the request of the National Council of Women of Canada.

File · 1955 - 1972
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

The Journal of Social Issues volume 28, number 2 "New Perspectives on Women"; "Sex Roles and Female Oppression: A collection of articles" by Dana Densmore; "Females and Liberation: A collection of articles" by Dana Densmore, reprinted from A Journal of Female Liberation; "The Effect Use of Womanpower: Report of the Conference" published by the Women's Bureau of the United States Department of Labour; "Today's Women in Tomorrow's World: A Conference Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Women's Bureau" published by the Women's Bureau.

File · 1936 - 1965
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

"First Report of the Private International Law Committee" published in London; "Women in Britain" prepared for British Information Services, "Report of the Departmental Committee on Matrimonial Proceedings in Magistrates' Courts" and "Documents relating to the Admission of Women to the Diplomatic and Consular Services" published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London; "Learning and Living: A feminine viewpoint," results of a questionnaire compiled by the Bolton School Old Girls' Association; Divorce Reform Bill: Official report of Standing Committee C, Parliamentary Debates House of Commons, London.

File · 1974 - 2000
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

National Conference on the Law and Women conference papers, newsletters from CUPE, McGill University Faculty of Law, The Leader by Canadian Union of Public Employees, and "A Cappella: A Report on the Realities, Concerns, Expectayions, and Barriers Experiences by Adolescent Women in Canada" by the Canadian Teachers' Federation.

File · 1974 - 1977
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Alberta Law Review, volumes XII, number 3 and volume XV, number 1. Including the articles "The Legal Problems of Sex Determination" by Donna Lea Hawley, "Women on Juries" by W.G. Morrow, and "Legal Problems Involved in Prescription of Contraceptives to Unmarried Minors in Alberta" by Richard Gilborn.

File · 1959 - 1979
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

The Viking Ship Finds by Anders Hagen, Swedish Women -- Swedish Men by Anna-Greta Leijon, Sweden Today's report to the United Nations 1968 "The Status of Women in Sweden," a brochure on domestic violence, The Canadian Bar Journal volume 9, number 6, and "Facts about Women in Norway" published by the Norwegian Joint Committee on International Social Policy, annotated with a list of the kings of Norway.

File · 1948 - 1971
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

A Journal of Female Liberation issues 2-5, and the "Legal Status of Women in the United States of America" reports for Georgia, West Virginia, Connecticut, New Mexico, Massachusetts, District of Columbia, and Colorado, published by the Women's Bureau Bulletin and the United States Department of Labour.

File · 1965 - 1990
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

"Thumbs Down: A Classroom Response to Violence Towards Women" by the Canadian Teachers' Federation, "The French Woman: The Picture in the 1960s" by the French Embassey, "The Senate Task Force on the Status of Women: Report on Academic Women" by the University of Alberta Senate, and "Society and Prostitution To-Day: Rome Congress" by the International Abolitionist Federation.

File · 1974 - 1997
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Article from ForesTalk quarterly, Women's Rights Law Reporter journal, Canadian Women Studies journal "Bridging North and South: Patterns of Transformation," National Men's Conference proceedings for "Ending Violence Towards Women, Children and Ourselves," Humanist magazine, and Rights & Freedoms newsletter.

File · 1961 - 1967
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Coronet magazine, "So you're thinking of returning to office work: a look at the whys and hows of temporary work" by Dr. Joyce Brothers, "Laws of Interest to Women of Alberta" by the Women's Cultural and Information Bureau, and "Journal of the International Commission of Jurists Special Issue: International Year for Human Rights" by the International Commission of Jurists - Geneva.

File · 1958 - 2002
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

"Three Women of B.C. and the A.C.W.W: A project of Shirley Women's Institute Historical Research Group" by Jean Robinson regarding British Columbia and the Associated Country of Women of the World (A.C.W.W); "Women's and Children's Rights in Saskatchewan;" brochures "Notes on Common-law Relationships" and "Battered Women" from the Law Made Easy series; Canadian Welfare volume 37, number 2 "Special: Women's Lives and Welfare" and number 3; Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children newsletters number 8, 22, 24, and 30; "A History of the Faculty of Law" of the University of Alberta; "Legal Status of Married Women: Reports submitted by the Secretary General" published by the United Nations; "Women in Law in Canada" by Cameron Harvey; the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Campaign '98 Program of Activities.

File · 1918 - 1980
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Ms. Magazine volume VII, number 7 and 8; "Women and the World of Work: Issues in the '80s: A Selective Bibliography 1980-1982" by Marian Dworaczek, part of the Public Administration Series: Bibliography P-1243; Law and Contemporary Problems volume 18, number 1 "Divorce: A Re-examination of Basic Concepts" published by the School of Law at Duke University; "Supplementary Report on Women's University Education" published by the British Educational Mission to the United States"; Radcliffe Quarterly volume 51, number 4 and volume 52, number 2 (with an additional copy of the article "Separate but equal is not enough for women" by Deborah Gilman and Hulda Flynn).

File · 1958 - 1995
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

"Marriage by Chinese Law and Custom in Hong Kong" by D.E. Greenfield, "International Alliance of Women Digest," Czechoslovak Women magazine, programme for " Luben Vichey presents Ballets Africains," "Women in Management" newsletter published by National Centre for Management Research and Development's Women in Management Program, and "Vis-a-vis" newsletter volume 10, number 2 and 3, volume 11, number 2, and volume 12, number 1 and 4, published by the Canadian Council on Social Development.

File · 1962 - 1986
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

"The Emancipation of the Turkish Women" by Dr. A. Afetinan and published by the United Nations Education, Science, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), as well as the Canadian Women's Calendar for 1982 and 1986 and The Canadian Engagement Diary 1985.

File · 1975 - 1985
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Ontario History: The Quarterly Journal of the Ontario Historical Society volume LXVII, number 1, including the article "Arguments over the Education of Girls -- Their Admission to Grammar Schools in this Province" by Marion Royce; Canadian Journal of Women and the Law volume 1, number 1 "Women and Equality/La femme et l'egalite."

File · 1953 - 1997
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

"History of Swedish Women" compiled by the Swedish Federation of Business and Professional Women, brochure "Women on the Swedish Labour Market: Some facts" published by the National Labour Market Board, "The Status of Women in Norway To-day: A survey" published by the Norwegian Joint Committee on International Social Policy (annotated with the paper "The Women of Norway" by Harriet Clayhills and a letter from Sven Oftedal of the Royal Norwegian Embassy to M.E. Ritchie), a brochure on the University of Alberta's Women's Studies Program 1996-97, a program from Women Celebrate Women in Calgary, 1979 (annotated with a letter from Hilda Cryderman to M.E. Ritchie and program changes, and including National Action Committee on the Status of Women 50th anniversary of the Persons Case commemorative stamps), The McGill Law Journal volume 5, number 3 and volume 20, number 2.

File · 1954 - 1968
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

How Fare American Women?" prepared by Althea Hottel, director of the Commission on the Education of Women of the American Council of Education; The Education of Women: Signs of the Future, a report of a conference on the present status and prospective trends of research on the education of women, edited by Opal David; "Women are people...", a selection from essays submitted to the Committee of Correspondence, compiled by Marion Bijur; brochure "You're in the fight against prostitution" by Robert Thornton, reprinted from the Journal of Social Hygiene; "Women around the World," volume 375 of the Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, with special editor Althea Hottel, President of the International Federation of University Women.

File · 1967 - 1971
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Valparaiso University Law Review volume 5, number 2, Symposium Issue -- Women and the Law; "Matrimonial and Related Proceedings -- Financial Relief" Published Working Paper number 9, publishd by the Law Commission, London.

File · 1980 - 1996
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

"A Feasibility Study of the Assignment of Women to DD-963 (Spruance) Class Destroyers," a thesis by Stephen Deuterman of the Naval Postgraduate School; Savvy: The magazine for executive women volume 1, number 11; Graduate Woman magazine, published by the American Association of University Women, volume 75, number 4; Z Magazine volume 9, number 11.

File · 1972 - 2002
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

"List of Women in Public Life in Canada" by the Canadian Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, "Index of Resolutions Adopted at Conventions from 1930" by the Canadian Federation iof Business and Professional Women's Clubs, and the UBC Press and Agencies Complete Catalogue Spring Summer 2002.

File · 1906 - 1997
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Historical research including British Parliamentary debates, British Report by the Select Committee, correspondence, Canadian Human Rights Commission casebook, and booklets regarding equal pay, the nationality of married women, women's roles, and women and girls in legislation. Also includes Ms. magazine, the Common Law Bulletin, and femspeak newsletter

BOUNDARIES
File · 1971 - 2011
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Copies of newspaper clippings, correspondence, and background information regarding redefining Quebec boundaries if Quebec separated from Canada and Quebec territory and boundaries from French settlement up to the 1927 boundary dispute between Quebec and Labrador.

BRIAN DICKSON
File · 1985 - 1998
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Copies of newspaper clippings, correspondence, encyclopedia entries, memorandum, and notes regarding Brian Dickson's legacy, bilingualism, Persons Case II, national unity and Quebec as a distinct society, and the Meech Lake Accord.

File · 1984 - 2006
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Correspondence, encyclopedia entries, legislation, speeches, and supporting documents regarding the implementation of GST, relations between Canada and the United Nations, the rights of children, the Meech Lake Accord, relations between Quebec and Ottawa, and Brian Mulroney's term as Prime Minister.

File · 1990 - 1992
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Speeches, reports, submissions, and background papers regarding the Meech Lake Accord and the Special Joint Committee of the Senate and the House of Commons on the Constitutional Accord. Also includes a copy of the 1982 constitution and "A Companion Resolution to the Meech Lake Accord" from the Federal-Provincial Relations Office.