The series contains records pertaining to Vancouver Status of Women’s (VSW’s) administrative and executive activities. These activities fall into several categories: financial administration, which included grant applications to governments and other organizations, budgeting, tax payments, bill payments, and resource distribution amongst staff; committee administration; volunteer administration; employment offers and employee management; correspondence with other organizations, particularly women centers in Vancouver; and strategic planning for the organization as a whole. Records in the series range in date from the early 1970s to 2016.

The physical order in which records were received has been maintained; original order has been re-constituted intellectually. Record types represented in the series include the following: grant applications, correspondence with funding agencies, budgets, cashflow statements, receipts, invoices, committee meeting minutes, volunteer training materials, employment offer letters, staff correspondence about internal issues, correspondence with other organizations, and annual reports.

Records in this series pertain to Vancouver Status of Women’s (VSW’s) advocacy function. These activities primarily included organizing and participating in committees and task forces set up by all levels of government, lobbying, preparing briefs on legislative documents and materials, creating and circulating petitions, corresponding with other organizations, event planning, planning and participating in social justice related events such as End legislated Poverty, and calling attention to issues facing women domestic and international by publishing op-eds in newspapers.

Record types in this series include: correspondence with the Ministry of Justice and different coalitions such as BC Coalition of Women Centres and the 52% Coalition; meeting agendas and minutes; information sheets and brochures; event invitations; forum materials; conference posters and presentations; protest posters and signs; briefs; petitions; attendance sheets; press releases; federal and provincial election fact sheets; and research materials on social justice related topics such as poverty, sex work, sexism, racism and classism.

The series contains records related to the production, publication, marketing, and distribution of Kinesis, Vancouver Status of Women’s most significant publication in BC.

Records in this series include design sketches and proofs, advertising, readers’ correspondences and surveys, volunteer training manuals, staff self evaluations, monthly activity reports, correspondence and events related to Canadian Magazine Publishers Association, BC Association of Magazine Publishers as well as Western Canadian Women's News, fundraising, editorial notes, administrative documents such as policy and structuring documents, hiring procedures, and meeting minutes, in addition to research materials on subjects and authors of texts published in Kinesis including newspaper clippings and periodicals samples. This series also includes selected copies of Kinesis from 1975 to 1986.

This series contains materials relating to the production of Kinesis and the activities of the Vancouver Status of Women.

Records in this series are from the production room of Kinesis and predominantly reflect the production cycle of the magazine and its records organization system for photographic and graphic materials that were used in or collected for future use in the magazine.

This is seen, for example, in the files that are labeled [Kinesis Photobank], which represent materials that were collected by the editors and filed alphabetically by subject so that they could be retrieved for relevant future articles that required use of visual media.

In addition to these subject-oriented files, this series also contains a significant collection of photographs, negatives, and contact sheets that depict events that were assigned to photographers for Kinesis articles. Documented events include International Women's Day (various years), Single Mom's Day in the Park (various years), Vancouver Pride (various years), Take Back the Night (various years), Women Rally for Action 1976, and the World March of Women 2000. There are also photos from international conferences such as the XI International AIDS Conference, which was held in Vancouver in 1996, and the World Summit for Social Development, which was held in Copenhagen in 1995. While the events captured in these materials took place across the existence of Kinesis (from 1974-2001), a large bulk of the photos are from the 1990s. In addition to materials that were produced by individuals on the Kinesis masthead for the journal, there are also photographs, cartoons, and press releases that were sent to the editors for their consideration or at their request.

Other materials within this series include photographs and ephemera that relate to the production of Kinesis and the activities of VSW--such as writer training retreat materials; photographs of events such as VSW's annual 'Recommending Women' event as well as candids from the office; commemorative materials that were produced during significant anniversary years such as postcards printed for the 20th anniversary of the magazine; and posters and signage that used to hang in the production office.

While the series is predominantly graphic materials, there is a small amount of textual materials that relate to the administrative needs of the magazine and its production.

The series contains records related to the projects and lobbying activities undertaken by Vancouver Status of Women (VSW) in BC from the early 1970s to 2015. Significant projects completed during this period include the publication of Kinesis, which was released ten times a year from 1974-2001, the Single Mother’s Resource Guide, which was released every two years beginning in 1991, reports on a range of topics, and the production of anti-gender role stereotyping kits for daycare and preschool workers. In addition, VSW offered a range of services to women, including research assistance, information gathering and dissemination, a library, a lawyer referral service, counselling referrals, community information and women’s movement referrals, endorsements and support letters, and advocacy on behalf of individuals. The organization put on a number of events: training on public speaking, assertiveness, financial management, and advocacy/organizing; workshops on useful tools for single mothers; panels and lectures; picnics; and annual parties. VSW also lobbied its municipal, provincial, and federal governments and other organizations about issues affecting women in Canada, encompassing such diverse topics as welfare, family law, sexual assault, and housing.

The physical order in which all records were received has been maintained; original order has been re-constituted intellectually. Record types in the series include the following: VSW briefs, press releases, submissions to governments, and research reports; correspondence with members of the public, members of governments, and other women centers; songs, stories, and photographs for anti-gender role stereotyping kits; copies of the Single Mother’s Resource Guide; Kinesis back issue indexes, editorial board correspondence, events' brochures and posters, reader surveys, volunteer training kits, and volunteer applications.

The series contains the resources that Vancouver Status of Women (VSW) collected to support its own research projects and the needs of its visitors. Additionally, it includes VSW briefs, press releases, and reports that were inter-filed with research and reference resources. Reference resources were gathered from a wide variety of local, provincial, national, and international sources from the 1970s to 2008. Sources from which resources originate include the National Action Committee for the Status of Women, the Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women, local women centers, and other organizations committed to anti-oppression work. Subjects that are addressed frequently in these resources include the following: childcare, gender discrimination in the public education system, community services for women, pensions for women, inadequate unemployment and welfare rates, pornography, prison, sex work, the anti-choice movement, pay equity, violence against women, corporate globalization, and anti-racism.

Subject files in the series were originally arranged in distinct, alphabetized sets spanning two accruals. This order has been maintained physically and intellectually. The physical order in which all other records were received has been maintained as well; original order has been re-constituted intellectually. Record types represented in the series include the following: subject files containing newspaper and magazine clippings, correspondence, and press releases and briefs from other organizations; VSW briefs, press releases, and reports; print copies of academic journals; books; magazines; reports, publications, and grey literature from other organizations; a “Women’s Kit” featuring educational aids that counter sexist stereotypes; and cassette tapes bearing audio recordings in honour of International Women’s Day.