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This photograph shows women marching in the street holding a "Aboriginals united, the strength of the Nations" banner during the 1987 International Women’s Day (IWD) demonstration at Toronto.

A handbook prepared by various organizations to discuss racism, how to understand prejudices and stereotypes and effect change, The handbook includes definitions, activities, strategies, exercises and links to resources.

Round grey button with lettering in white, purple and pink. Grey round button with white, purple and pink lettering. The Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women created 100 000 of these buttons and circulated them in early April 1985. They…

Woman sitting with crossed legs on an audience chair. Balloons behind her with the female gender symbol and a sing on a column reads "Flag".

William Morris (1834-1896), product of an upper-middle class upbringing of the 19th century, was actually a socialist with a great reverence for the skilled craftsman whose output was a product of labour done by hand, rather than that of…

Sebastian Gryphius (1492-1556) was a German printer (born Greif, in Reutlingen), although he would establish himself in Lyon, France for the bulk of his career. Chiefly printing the works of classical Latin authors, Gyphius published the works of…

This work, published in Barcelona at the end of the 16th century, has two 20th century ex-libris labels affixed to its interior cover. These two ex-libris are associated with the same owner, namely Isodoro Fernandez, a Spanish collector and…

This speckled calf binding is created using a technique of depositing fine drops of acid on the binding’s leather to achieve the visual effect. A late 19th or early 20th century rebinding, this binding is executed in the “Cambridge” style. Very…

A memo addressing racism within the March 8 Coalition and around events related to the organization of an International Women's Day event.

The item consists of a blue poster with a graphic of two women, one carrying a baby and bundle, another leaning on a machine gun. The backdrop shows a woman's gender symbol encircling a raised fist. The poster may have been placed among WWCC notices…