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This exhibit examines women’s labour struggles and feminist opposition to free trade in the context of the current United States trade war with Canada and Mexico. It begins by exploring how feminists interpreted the sexual division of labour and accounted for women’s contribution to the global economy beginning in the early 1970s, including both waged and unwaged forms of “women’s work.” The second section examines women’s participation in union organizing, strike action, and other forms of working-class struggle in Canada, underscoring women as significant stakeholders in the restructuring of global economies which took place throughout the second half of the twentieth century.Following this historical context, the final sections analyze Canadian feminist opposition to free trade agreements including the FTA, NAFTA, and APEC. 

Exploring Feminist Resistance to War, Occupation, and Apartheid

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This exhibit examines records from organizations and individuals in our collections who have struggled against the encroachment of Western militarism and its historic violence against women and racialized people around the world. In addition to their analyses of imperialist violence, many feminists struggled against war, occupation, apartheid, racism, resource extraction, and the exploitation of Third World women’s labour, while promoting radical pathways for international peace, divestment, and disarmament. At the same time, Canadian women’s organizations have often suppressed anti-imperialist voices and critique. Ultimately, the records featured in this exhibit illustrate the feminist movement’s internal divide between those who wanted to focus solely on women’s issues in North America, and those who sought to act in solidarity with women’s struggles against Western military violence on other continents. They also show an internal divide among anti-war groups, between those who condemned all forms of violence and those who believed revolutionary violence was justified.

Also available is a downloadable course packet including citation guides, small group activities and discussion questions for use in the classroom.

This exhibit explores historical narratives relating to women and witchcraft. Highlighted by materials from the Archives and Special Collections, this history spans rare books to recently digitized audiovisual recordings, from the 15th to the 21st century. 

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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.