Clippings

Printed material, Clippings.

Clippings

Clippings.

Series consists of newsletters, histories, regulations, clippings, and material from the Vancouver W.R.C.N.S. Association such as membership lists and
correspondence.

Files in this subseries reflect the activities of the Women’s Rights Committee of the BC NDP, including its various subcommittees, committee liaisons, and coordination with the federal NDP Participation of Women Committee.

According to a 1992 document prepared by Anne Frost, past WRC Chair, and Charley Bersford, WRC Chair (“Women’s Rights Committee: Herstory”, 1992, in file 450-12), the Women’s Rights Committee was officially made a standing committee of the New Democratic Party of BC by a motion passed at Convention in 1971, building on previous women’s councils and federal women’s committees in the BC NDP and the CCF. The Committee’s mission statement in 1992 was “To guarantee fairness and equality for women in British Columbia; to address the roots of systemic discrimination and initiate legislation, services and programs to ensure women equal participation in all aspects of society; and to ensure access for all women to social justice” (“Mission Statement & Goals for Women’s Equality in a New Democratic Government,” WRC, spring 1992; in file 455-04). The Committee sought to achieve these goals through a variety of activities reflected in the files contained within this subseries, including authoring white papers on women’s issues, producing handbooks (such as the “Winning Nominations” handbook, created to assist women seeking to run for and win nominations in provincial elections; found in files 449-17 and 449-20), organizing workshops, producing and distributing a publication focused on women’s issues (entitled “Priorities” and launched in 1972; see for example file 450-05), introducing motions on gender-related issues at Convention, and more.

The Committee has its own executive structure, including Table Officers (Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary, and Treasurer), Past-Chair, Priorities Coordinator, Democrat Page, POW Representative (the federal NDP women’s committee, known as Participation of Women), a Women’s Rights Organizer (WRC paid staff position), as well as regional representatives for the electoral constituencies, members at large, and representatives from and to other committees, such as the Young New Democrats, the Policy Review Committee, etc. Further, the WRC also formed its own subcommittees to engage with particular issues, such as the Nomination Support Committee, or the Committee on Sexist Behaviour. Like the BC NDP itself, these positions were generally elected at Convention, and “all women who are members in good standing of the B.C. New Democratic Party are eligible to attend Women’s Rights Committee Steering Committee meetings and have both voice and vote, except on money matters.” (“Women’s Rights Committee – Membership & Structure,” June 24, 1992; in file 450-07).

File 449-18 contains a copy of the “WRC Objectives -1992/93,” which gives a general sense of the goals and strategies of the WRC at the time, while file 456-05 contains the most recent draft constitution of the WRC included in this accrual (January 2003). Other materials in this subseries include meeting minutes and agenda, handwritten notes, correspondence, financial documents, reports, convention materials, memoranda and public communications, clippings, and other related materials.

Contains meeting minutes and agenda, memos and correspondence, handwritten notes, financial and budget documents, resolutions, reports, discussion about the creation of a Women's Organizer for the NDP, and other related materials.

Series consists of minutes, correspondence, reports, building plans, and printed materials.

Series consists of published and unpublished material created and used by the Women's Research Centre. The publications are the result of research conducted by the Women's Research Centre throughout its existence. The Women's Research Centre is the author of all publications. Series consists of various pamphlets, brochures, vast numbers of papers, action research kits, reports, briefs, published materials, and a sizeable hand-painted canvass banner which reads: "Restore Funding for Feminist Research." An inventory of publications may be found in the Women's Research Centre file list.

The Women's Research Centre fonds consists of eleven series. The records deal with various aspects of women's lives and focus on racial, class, and gendered issues such as pay equity, women in the labour force, sexual harassment, immigration and the gendered effects of cultural transition, isolation, women's health and the Tobacco Industry, wife battering, sexual assault, and the strengths and weaknesses of women's shelters, women and the law, political responses to women's situation, and the development of strategies for changing women's lives. In addition, the Women's Research Centre fonds contains administrative records of the organization. Multiple-media records were created and used by the Women's Research Centre in the course of their research such as textual records, canvass banners, publications, maps, newspapers and newspaper clippings. Records created and used by the Women's Research Centre include the Women's Research Centre and BC Women's Studies Association constitution and mission statement, contracts, grant applications, project proposals, various research guides, surveys, statistics, various outlines, budgets, address lists, handwritten and typed notes, correspondence, facsimiles, discussion papers, extensive interdisciplinary manuscripts and abstracts created by members of the BC Women's Studies Association, extensive questionnaires and interview transcripts, drafts, reports, agendas, memos, briefs, meeting minutes, bulletins, press releases, various financial materials such as bills, receipts, expense claim forms, cheque stubs, invoices, and income and expense sheets, workshop registration and evaluation forms, membership application forms, newspapers, pamphlets, brochures, newsletters, articles, books, log books, bibliographies, purchase orders, literature reviews, and maps.

Series consists of records created and used by the Women's Research Centre in the process of researching family violence. The Women's Research Centre cooperated with the United Way Task Force on Family Violence. Data for the project on Family Violence was collected at symposiums, conferences, group meetings, and workshops Series consists of memorandums, cheque stubs, various photocopied materials, invoices, contracts, various outlines, brochures, Symposium on Family Violence announcement, conference papers, address lists, registration forms, typed and handwritten notes, evaluation forms, schedules, media coverage, project analyses, extensive original and photocopied newspaper articles, various drafts and completed copies of reports, press releases, project proposals, grant applications, multiple agendas, budgets, correspondence, programme objectives, extensive meeting minutes, draft flyers, and various newsletters.

Series consists, predominately, of administrative records created and used by the Women's Research Centre. There is extensive administrative material reflecting the structure and day-to-day functions of the Women's Research Centre. The majority of the records consist of government and non-government correspondence, contracts for various research projects and future publications, an extensive range of financial material, including grant proposals and requests, and detailed project proposals and project outlines. Series consists of records dealing with domestic violence, family violence, self-advocacy and the disabled, strategies for change and action plans, women, labour and unions, various issues concerning women's health, human rights, education, legislation, and community services and activism projects. The Women's Research Centre interacted with various government and non-government groups and organizations such as the Family Violence Prevention Division Health and Welfare Canada, Department of the Secretary of State of Canada, BC Association for Community Living - Self Advocacy Caucus, Summer Institute for Union Women, BC Federation of Canadian Labour, National Action Committee on the Status of Women, Law Foundation of BC, and Disabled Women's Network (DAWN). Series consists of correspondence, contracts, Microboard project evaluations, Microboard reviews, various drafts and completed copies of reports, meeting minutes, Microboard resource guides, interview guides, agendas, round-table discussion guides, invoices, various newsletters, definition of a Microboard and Microboard mission statement, outline of Microboard components, principles, functions and guidelines of Microboard, handwritten and typed notes, evaluation forms, facsimiles, list of Microboards, statement of philosophy concerning services to the handicapped, Women's Research Centre constitution, income and expense statements, grant application forms, appendixes, lists of publications, lists of Women's Research Centre Board of Directors, budgets, lists of Secretary of State programs, Secretary of State grant approval forms, address lists, cheque stubs, financial statements, self-evaluation forms, self-evaluation guidelines, brochures, copies of The Voice and BC Association for Community Living News newsletters, and Caucus history of the BC Association for Community Living - Self Advocacy Caucus, an organization dedicated to promoting self advocacy for the mentally handicapped. Series also consists of publication announcements, articles, photocopied news articles, research proposals addressed to the Family Violence Prevention Division Health and Welfare Canada, Department of the Secretary of State of Canada - Women's Program funding request, various magazines, memorandum, receipts, cheque stubs and photocopied cheque stubs, booklets, brochures, newspapers, list of national social services organizations, requests for advance payment, published copy of National Welfare Grants Rules, log book, bulletins, program plans, Civil Rights definitions, bibliographies, hard-copy presentations, list of recommendations, discussion papers, photocopied cheques, work statements, worksheets, surveys, various models, statement of royalties, extensive photocopied material, and a list of terms of reference.

Women's Naval Services (Commonwealth) 1951, Typescripts about the service in New Zealand,South Africa, and India.

Sub-series contains materials gathered or created by den Hertog on numerous issues of relevance to second wave feminists in the 1970s, including women's health care, family law, legislative issues, labour, immigration, etc. Records also document den Hertog's activism and advocacy for women's rights, such as her participation in planning the Women Rally for Action in 1976, and feminist study groups. Her research for a piece on the history of women's political activism in BC, and other articles, speeches and writing on women's issues are included here.

Records consist of newspaper clippings, notes, ephemera, diaries, calendars, reports, correspondence, minutes and the like.