Browse Exhibits (15 total)
Rightfully Hers: An Archival History of The National Association of Women and the Law
This year, in partnership with The National Association of Women and the Law (NAWL), The University of Ottawa Archives and Special Collections celebrates NAWL’s 50th anniversary by delving into the organization’s history through a 5-part digital exhibit, including their landmark achievements, legal interventions, organizational challenges, and their undeniable impact on Canadian society. Click the following exhibit links to learn aboutthe Founding of NAWL, and their work on various cases and issues including Women and Work, Violence Against Women, Reproductive Justice, and Marriage Equality.
Part 1 –March 1974: NAWL is Born
Part 2- The Action Stage: NAWL, Women, and Work
Part 3- Testing the Charter: NAWL fights Violence Against Women
Women & Politics: 1960-2000, Political Activism for Gender Equality
Using multimedia archives from the University of Ottawa Archives and Special Collections, this exhibit highlights just a few of women's many individual and collective political acts of courage and organizing that took place in the latter half of the 20th century in Canada. From the radical tactics of the abortion caravan to ad hoc organizing for gender equality in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the exhibit touches on political acts that improved women's status, also highlighting relevant contemporary legislation and legal cases through feminist documentary heritage.
Women and the Constitution: Drafting Equality
This exhibit examines how women came to the forefront during Canada’s patriation of the Constitution to enshrine one facet of citizen rights within the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
The Forgotten Struggle: Feminist Perspectives on Aging
When picturing activist movements, one often imagines young students climbing over barricades and investing all their energy into the cause. Elders are left behind to act as wise advisers seated safely on the boards of committees. This belief applies to feminism as well. From the mid-1970s, however, as female concern about aging grew, activists of all ages began to speak up and take action. Meet the women who fought age- and gender- based discrimination within this virtual exploration from the University of Ottawa’s women’s archives.
The Montreal Health Press' First Birth Control Handbooks
Explore the founding of a women's publishing collective and its creation of one of the first accessible books on birth control and contraception.
Exhibit URL: https://express.adobe.com/page/iTD8CGv28excW
Women’s Archives: Explore our Collections
This exhibit invites you to discover key events in the Canadian women's movement, from 1960-2000, using archival documents from the University of Ottawa Archives and Special Collections.
This exhibit explores several themes, through timelines of events, actions and achievements that attest to the dynamism of second wave feminism in Canada.
These timelines are not an exhaustive chronology of the history of the women’s movement in Canada, but rather serves as a tool for exploring related archival documents, some of which have never been published!
(For an optimal display of the timelines, use the Chrome or Microsoft Edge browsers)
Exhibition : Marie Noël.
English translation : Mary Catherine Shea.