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What Was Said: (Quotations, speeches, interviews, hearings, in Parliament)
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Speeches. By Flora MacDonald. Ottawa: s.n., 1962-1988.
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The Library of Parliament has this collection of Flora MacDonald's speeches as well as several sound recordings of radio and television interviews. Search AMICUS and the Library and Archives Canada Archives Search page to find more published and unpublished collections of speeches.
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Gifts of Speech: Women's Speeches from Around the World. By Liz Kent, Sweet Briar College. http://gos.sbc.edu/
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This is a keyword searchable database of speeches by women intended for secondary and university students. It includes a speech by Audrey McLaughlin and a few other Canadian women, but is an ongoing project and may include more Canadian women politicians in the future.
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See also Recorded Images for interviews and speeches on film and tape.
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Debates in Parliament.
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Use the Index to the Debates (see the main
Part 5: Selected Primary Sources for details) to find the discussions related to women. Most references will be indexed under "Women", but depending on your topic you may need to search under other terms as well.
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Equality First: The Royal Commission on the Status of Women. CBC Archives. http://archives.cbc.ca/IDD-1-73-86/politics_economy/status_women/
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Included in this web site are radio and television clips of the Prime Minister calling for the Royal Commission on the Status of Women and interviews of prominent women. There are also radio clips from the hearings the Royal Commission, and related information.
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Speeches, Statements, Press Releases by federal and provincial Ministers responsible for the Status of Women and by Advisory Councils.
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Search library catalogues for years predating the material available on their web sites. See Women - Finding & Evaluating - Government Information for links to their web sites.
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What Was Written: (Political party publications, government publications)
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Political Party Publications: (Campaign literature, special collections)
Campaign Literature for Conservative Leadership Convention, February 19-22, 1976. By Flora MacDonald. Ottawa: s.n., 1976. (1 box of material held at the Library of Parliament.)
Initiatives: A Strategic Plan Towards 1990. National Progressive Conservative Women's Federation. Ottawa: NPCWF, 1989.
The Pink Book: A Policy Framework for Canada's Future. Liberal Women's Caucus. 2006. 28 p. http://www.liberal.ca/pdf/docs/PinkBook_ENG.pdf
Report of the Leader's Task Force on Women in the Progressive Conservative Party. Toronto: Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, 1986. 47 p.
The Canadian Women's Movement, 1960-1990: A Guide to Archival Resources. Edited by Margaret Fulford. Toronto: ECW Press, 1992. 380 p.
This guide describes the information held by archives and women's groups across the country, including the records of political parties' women's committees, the Feminist Party of Canada, Women for Political Action, etc. Use the subject index in the back to look up an organization name or general subject terms like "politics", "political parties", etc.
Government Publications: (Royal Commission reports, task force reports, government department and agency reports, policy papers, Parliamentary documents, law and court reports)
Royal Commissions and Related Reports:
Report of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada. Florence Bird, Chair. Ottawa: Information Canada, 1970. 488 p.
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Among many other things, this important Royal Commission looked at the number of women elected to federal and provincial Parliaments. It helped to reenergize the women's movement in Canada and demands for policy changes in the following decades by providing statistics and a framework for action with its 167 recommendations. See Chapter 7: "Participation of Women in Public Life".
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Briefs and Transcripts of Public Hearings: Royal Commission on the Status of Women. Toronto: Micromedia Ltd. (microfilm)
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Briefs are filmed in order by their brief number.
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Index to Briefs and Transcripts of Public Hearings. Toronto: Micromedia Ltd., 1972. 15 leaves.
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This is the index for the microfilmed edition of the briefs and transcripts of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women.
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Unpublished Studies of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada. Ottawa: Public Archives of Canada, 1972. 12 reels? microfilm.
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These are all the unpublished documents of the Royal Commission; includes an index.
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Women in Canadian Politics: Toward Equity in Representation. Ed. by Kathy Megyery. Vol. 6 of the Research Studies, Canada. Royal Commission on Electoral Reform and Party Financing. Pierre Lortie, Chair. Ottawa: Dundurn Press Ltd. and Canada Communication Group–Publishing, Supply and Services Canada, 1991, 182 p.
(Also published in French under the title: Les Femmes et la politique canadienne: pour une représentation équitable.)
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Many of the same findings of the 1970 Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada are listed here as still being an issue, 20 years later.
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Task Force Reports:
Equality for Women: Beyond the Illusion. Final Report of the Expert Panel on Accountability Mechanisms for Gender Equality. Dec. 2005. 63 p. http://www.swc-cfc.gc.ca/resources/panel/report/report_5_e.html
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Beneath the Veneer: The Report of the Task Force on Barriers to Women in the Public Service. Pat Carney, Chair. Ottawa: The Task Force, 1990. 4 vols. (v.1: Report and recommendations, v. 2: What the Numbers Told Us, v.3: What the People Told Us, v.4: Annotated bibliography)
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Responding to Beneath the Veneer: How Departments and Agencies are Addressing the Recommendations of the Task Force on Barriers to Women. Ottawa: Treasury Board of Canada, 1991. 65 p.
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Government Department and Agency Reports:
Status of Women Canada Publications. http://www.swc-cfc.gc.ca/pubs/index_e.html
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Status of Women Canada is the federal department mandated since 1976 to promote gender equality and the full participation of women in, among other things, the political life of the country. Available on their web site are many of their recent publications including the latest Departmental Performance Reports and Report on Plans and Priorities. Search library catalogues for older documents. Some examples:
Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement and Women. Ottawa: Status of Women Canada, 1988. 52 p.
First Nations Women, Governance and the Indian Act: A Collection of Policy Research Documents. By Judith F. Sayers et al. Ottawa: Status of Women Canada, 2001. 166 p.
Nairobi Forward-Looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women: Issues and the Canadian Situation: Fact Sheets. Ottawa: Status of Women Canada, 1986. 95 p. and "Fact Sheet Updates": 1988, 1990, 1992, 1995. (Prepared for the Canadian delegation to the UN World Conference on Women.)
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Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women (CACSW) Publications:
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The Advisory Council (1973 - 1995) was an autonomous agency that advised the federal government and provided information for the public. In its time it published a great deal of influential research on women. Some sample documents:
Electoral Systems and Representative Legislatures. By Lisa Young. Ottawa: CACSW, 1994. 54 p.
The Equality Game: Women in the Federal Public Service (1908-1987). By Nicole Morgan. Ottawa: CACSW, 1988. 70 p.
Every Voice Counts: A Guide to Personal and Political Action. Ottawa: CACSW, 1989. 69 p.
A Feminist Guide to the Canadian Constitution. By Lynn Smith and Eleanor Wachtel. Ottawa: CACSW, 1992. 80 p.
Primed for Power: Women in Canadian Politics. By Chantal Maille. Background Paper. Ottawa: CACSW, 1990. 50 p.
Shocking Pink Paper 1988: Women Want More Than Promises. Ottawa: CACSW, 1988. 15 p. (A lobbying tool for women in the federal election.)
Shocking Pink Paper 1993: Promises are Not Enough... Women Want Action!. Ottawa: CACSW, 1993. 31 p.
Ten Years Later: An Assessment of the Federal Government's Implementation of the Recommendations Made by the Royal Commission on the Status of Women. Ottawa: CACSW, 1979. 75 p.
Women, Human Rights and the Constitution: Submission of the Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women to the Special Joint Committee on the Constitution, November 18, 1980. Ottawa: CACSW, 1980. 34 p.
Women in Politics: Becoming Full Partners. Background Paper. Ottawa: CACSW, 1987, Revised ed. 1988. 26 p.
Women in the Public Service: Barriers to Equal Opportunity. Ottawa: CACSW, 1979. 80p.
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Provincial / Territorial Equivalents. Each province and territory has a Minister responsible for women's issues and most have at one time had, and some still do have an Advisory Council. See Women - Finding & Evaluating for links to their web sites and tips to finding the documents they published. Some sample publications:
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Report on Female Participation on Boards, Commissions, Committees and Crown Corporations in Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan Advisory Council on the Status of Women, 1981. Partners for the Future. SACSW, 1992. (on the same topic.)
Submission to the Electoral Reform Commission. Prince Edward Island Advisory Council on the Status of Women. July 2003. 9 p. http://www.gov.pe.ca/photos/original/acsw_ele_reform.pdf
Untapped Resources: Women and Municipal Government in Nova Scotia. Final Report of the Women in Local Government Project. By Elizabeth Haggart and Kristel vom Scheidt. Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women. Oct. 2005. 50 p. http://women.gov.ns.ca/pubs2005_06/UntappedFinal_Report.pdf
Women and Electoral Reform in New Brunswick. Brief Present to the New Brunswick Commission on Legislative Democracy. New Brunswick Advisory Council on the Status of Women. July 2004. 47 p. http://www.acswcccf.nb.ca/english/documents/Commission_on_LegDemocracyENG_final.pdf
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Policy Papers:
(Note: Policy statements can appear in many forms: government press releases, speeches, and various kinds of documents.)
Setting the Stage for the Next Century: The Federal Plan for Gender Equality. Ottawa: Status of Women Canada, 1995. 83 p. http://www.swc-cfc.gc.ca/pubs/066261951X/199508_066261951X_1_e.html
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Presented at the 4th United Nations World Conference on Women as Canada's National Action Plan to advance the situation of women under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.
For other documents related to this Convention: Canada's Response to the Secretary-General's Questionnaire to Governments Implementing the Beijing Platform for Action, Country Report (note Part II, Article 7 lists measures adopted by the Government of Canada on women in politics and public life), and tables comparing the compliance of all signatory countries, see http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/country/
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Towards Equality for Women. Ottawa: Supply and Services Canada, 1979, 42 p.
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This is the federal government's commitment and plan of action to equalize opportunities for women in 1979. It includes specific changes planned to legislation, policies and programs.
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Parliamentary Documents:
Committee Reports: Standing parliamentary committees exist on important topics of ongoing concern such as the environment, aboriginal affairs, finance, etc. They are independent of the related ministries and include members of both the governing party and others. Their studies and reports can be very useful research material.
A standing committee existed in the early 1990's on women's issues (among other things) but has since been disbanded: Standing Committee on Health and Welfare, Social Affairs, Seniors and the Status of Women. Some sub-committees have also tackled specific issues. For example: Parliamentary Sub-Committee on Equality Rights, 1985 and the Sub-Committee on Indian Women and the Indian Act of the Standing Committee on Indian Affairs and Northern Development, 1982.
In the fall of 2004 a new Standing Committee on the Status of Women was created. The committee's web site http://www.parl.gc.ca/FEWO-e includes information on the committee, its members, meeting schedule, contact information, its studies, reports, news releases, a list of the witnesses who appeared before the committee, and the transcripts of the meetings, called "Evidence". You can also sign up for email notification of any new committee information to appear on the site.
Check the House of Commons and Senate Journals and Debates Indexes for the time period relevant to your research to see what, if any, parliamentary committees examined women's issues at that time.
NOTE: Women's groups and government bodies submit briefs to many committees informing them of the impact of proposed legislation on women. These may be found as part of the committee Evidence, on the group's or committee's web site, or in library catalogues by authoring body.
Other Parliamentary Documents: Use the main Part 4: Finding & Evaluating Government Information and Part 5: Selected Primary Sources to see how to search the Debates, Parliamentary Journals, etc. for bills, questions asked in Parliament, etc. For example:
Dear Mr. Minister, Equal Opportunities - Why Not? By a group of concerned Canadian women. Ottawa: s.n., 1978. 18 p.
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This is an example of a petition presented to the House of Commons by an M.P., Mr. David MacDonald, on behalf of the petitioners. Note: The government response must also be tabled, see below:
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Information and Statistical Data Regarding Equal Opportunities for Women in the Public Service of Canada. Ottawa: Public Service Commission, Information Services Directorate, 1978. 13 leaves.
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This is in response to "Dear Mr. Minister, Equal Opportunities - Why Not?, tabled in the House of Commons Feb. 17, 1978.
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Law & Legislation and Court Reports:
Supreme Court Justice Bertha Wilson (1982-1991), the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada, was responsible for many important decisions especially with regard to the new Charter of Rights and Freedoms. See Part 5: Selected Primary Sources for access to some of these decisions. See also the Fifth Report of Canada (below) Part II: Article 2(c): Protection of Women's Legal Rights for a summary listing of important Supreme Court of Canada cases relating to women's equality for the period April 1994 to March 1998. (Updated in subsequent reports.)
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Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. Adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, 1979. Ratified by Canada December 1981. http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/
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Considered a bill of rights for women, this convention commits countries to ensuring that women are not discriminated against in any field, including politics and government. Countries that have ratified this convention are legally bound to put its provisions into practice. They must also submit a national report at least every four years detailing the measures taken to comply with the treaty obligations:
Fifth Report of Canada: Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. Ottawa: Human Rights Program, Dept. of Canadian Heritage, 2002. http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/reports.htm (Select Canada) and http://www.pch.gc.ca/progs/pdp-hrp/docs/cedaw5/index_e.cfm". Covering April 1994 to March 1998, Canada's 5th official report on measures taken as required under the Convention. See Part II: Article 2(c): Protection of Women's Legal Rights for a summary listing of important Supreme Court of Canada cases relating to women's equality for that period.
NOTE: The United Nations Divison for the Advancement of Women web site above has the latest reports from all signatory countries. The Canadian Heritage, Human Rights Program CEDAW site has several of Canada's most recent reports (including 6th and 7th for the period 1999-2006) and related documents, such as the concluding observations of the UN Committee and a link to Decisions of International Bodies which lists any Canadian cases before the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women.
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Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/Charter/index.html
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Superior Court of Ontario Case Against Canada's Election Law. University of Toronto Test Case Centre. http://www.law-lib.utoronto.ca/testcase/
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This web site details the constitutional challenge launched against the Canada Elections Act by Joan Rusow and the Green Party of Canada, claiming Canada's winner-take-all system (as opposed to proportional representation) violates Canada's constitution and results in systematic underrepresentation of women. (A request to refer the case directly to the Supreme Court of Canada was declined, so it has to be argued in the Ontario Superior Court, then the Ontario Court of Appeal, then the SCC.)
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Instruments of International Law Concerning Women. Inter-Parliamentary Union. http://www.ipu.org/wmn-e/law.htm
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This page links to the text of international conventions, declarations, covenants and other legal instruments specifically relevant to women's rights, including full participation in politics and government. The IPU encourages Parliaments to ensure their legislation conforms to the provisions of these legal instruments.
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Personal Papers:
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Bird, Florence. Anne Francis: An Autobiography. Toronto: Clarke, Irwin, 1974. 324 p.
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Brown, Rosemary. Being Brown: A Very Public Life. Toronto: Ballantine Books, 1990. 246 p.
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Campbell, Kim. Time and Chance: The Political Memoirs of Canada's First Woman Prime Minister. Toronto: Doubleday, 1996. 434 p.
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Carney, Patricia. Trade Secrets: A Memoir. Toronto: Key Porter, 2002. 382 p.
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Casgrain, Therese. A Woman in a Man's World. Translated by Joyce Marshall. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1972. 192 p.
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Fairclough, Ellen Louks. Saturday's Child: Memoirs of Canada's First Female Cabinet Minister. Ed. & intro. by Margaret Conrad. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1995. 179 p.
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LaMarsh, Judy. Memoirs of a Bird in a Gilded Cage. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1969. 367 p.
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McLaughlin, Audrey. A Woman's Place: My Life in Politics. Toronto: McFarlane Walter & Ross, 1992. 223 p.
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Pennington, Doris, ed. A Brave and Glorious Adventure: The Letters and Speeches of Agnes Macphail. Toronto: Simon & Pierre, 1989.
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Unpublished
Florence Bird Fonds. National Archives. (Includes personal papers, speeches, articles, broadcasts, manuscripts, awards, records and correspondence relating to the Royal Commission on the Status of Women, etc.)
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Flora MacDonald Fonds, 1926-1993. National Archives. (Includes many records from her political carreer including speeches, correspondence, clippings, audiocassettes, video, film, cartoons, prints, photographs and more.)
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Dorothy Zaborsky Fonds, 1979-1990. J. N. Desmarais Library, Laurentian University. (An active member of the Feminist Party of Canada and researcher in the field of women and politics, this fonds includes DZ's notes, articles, speeches, correspondence and printed materials.)
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Use the Library and Archives Canada Archives Search page to see the descriptions of these and other unpublished collections.
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Recorded Images (Film and video footage, photographs):
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Film, video footage:
Audrey McLaughlin: A Leadership Convention. Toronto: CBC Educational Sales, 1993. Focus North Series. 1 videocassette (28 min., 50 sec.).
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Shows the 1989-1990 leadership race in which A.M. was the first woman and the first northerner to lead a major national political party.
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Flora: Scenes From a Leadership Convention. People and Power Series. Montreal: National Film Board of Canada, 1977. 1 videocassette (58 min. 33 sec.)
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This film focuses on Flora MacDonald's campaign at the 1976 Progressive Conservative Party leadership convention.
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Jeanne Sauvé, a Woman of Firsts. CBC Archives. 9 TV clips, 7 radio clips.
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A selection of short TV and radio clips include interviews and public appearances.
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Kim Campbell: Through the Looking Glass. Ed. by Greg West. Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, c2000. 1 videocassette (71 min.).
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This film documents Ms. Campbell's campaign in the 1993 federal election. It includes never-before-seen interviews with her, her family, colleagues and members of the media.
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A Love Affair with Politics: A Portrait of Marion Dewar. Toronto: National Film Board of Canada, 1987. 1 16 mm. film reel (27 min.).
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Filmed while she was Mayor of Ottawa, Ms. Dewar speaks of her political career and broader issues of power, peace, leadership styles, women's roles, etc.
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Reflections on a Leadership Convention. People and Power Series. Montreal: National Film Board of Canada, 1978. 1 videocassette (21 min. 3 sec.)
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This film is a critical look at the 1976 Progressive Conservative leadership convention in which the first female candidate ran and questions whether she lost because she was a woman. Includes interviews of Flora MacDonald, Judy Lamarsh and others.
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The Right Candidate for Rosedale. Montreal: National Film Board of Canada, 1979. 1 videocassette (32 min.)
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This film records Anne Cools' nomination bid in 1978 in a large federal riding in Toronto and examines the nomination contest as a basic step in the electoral process.
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Why Women Run. Montreal: National Film Board of Canada, 1986. 1 videocassette (46 min. 6 sec.)
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A documentary following the campaign between Alexa McDonough and Mary Clancy in the 1997 federal election.
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Photographs:
Living Memory, Politics and Government Section. Ottawa: Library and Archives Canada. http://www.archives.ca/05/0509_e.html
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This website contains archival photographs and documents from an exhibition with more material to be added in the future. Women depicted include: Agnes MacPhail, Florence Bird, Jeanne Sauvé, and Thérèse Casgrain.
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What Is Happening Now (in political parties and government, contacting people, getting involved):
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Besides all the generic tools to keep up to date with political party and government information, to find contact information and to get involved (covered in the main part of this guide), the following are selected sources and resources specific to women in politics and government, organized by whether they are created by a political party, a government body or women's groups and others:
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Political Parties:
National Women's Liberal Commission. Liberal Party of Canada. http://www.nwlc-clfn.ca/ (Formerly Women's Liberal Federation, 1928-1973.)
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The mandate of the NWLC is to represent and promote the interests of women within the Liberal Party and to encourage the active participation of women at all levels of the Party. The web site includes details on how to form a club recognized by the Commission and how to send a delegate to a convention. You can also subscribe to receive their newsletter by e-mail.
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Government:
Status of Women Canada, Provincial and Territorial Ministries and Advisory Councils. See the link to their web sites in the Finding & Evaluating portion of this guide.
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See the "What's New" sections and read about the issues. Some have a newsletter that you can subscribe to and receive by e-mail (e.g. New Brunswick Advisory Council) and most also produce a voter's guide or questions to think about when evaluating parties and to ask candidates running for election (e.g. Votes for Women: A Political Guidebook. By Debi Forsyth-Smith. 2nd ed. Halifax: Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women, 2004. 68 p. http://women.gov.ns.ca/pubs2004_05/Votes_for_Women.pdf)
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Federal Government News Feeds Relating to Women. Government of Canada. http://news.gc.ca/web/view/en/index.jsp?categoryid=12
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This section of the Canada Site explains how RSS news feeds work and links to the different newsfeeds by organization, region or audience, including one for news and information relating to women.
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Women's Groups, etc.:
Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action (FAFIA). http://www.fafia-afai.org/
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FAFIA is an alliance of over 40 Canadian non-governmental women's groups seeking women's equality. It's aim is to achieve gender equality in Canada by getting Canadian governments at all levels to honour and implement international human rights agreements. The web site includes tips on how to get involved at the local, regional, national and international level. The "Call to Action" page has suggestions for ways in which you can get involved.
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Canadian Women Voters Congress. http://www.canadianwomenvoterscongress.org/
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This is a non-partisan organization dedicated to encouraging Canadian women to become involved in politics and government. They run the "Campaign School for Women" an annual training program that prepares women to participate in all levels of government, teaching campaign skills: fundraising, media strategy, etc.
Newsletter: Campaign
Email Discussion List: Women's Political Connection. For women who are, or wish to be involved in Canadian politics. To sign up send an e-mail to congress@telus.net.
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Coalition for Women's Equality (CWE). http://www.canadaelection.net
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The CWE is made up of representatives from nine major women's groups. The web site includes many press releases, research documents and information on and suggestions for ways to get involved. Also here is the publication known as the "pink paper", a follow-up to the former Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women's "Shocking Pink Papers" providing questions to ask election candidates on key issues related to women's equality: Still in Shock. Ottawa: CWE, 2004. 16 p. and Still in Shock 2006. 16 p. http://www.canadaelection.net/docs6/et.pdf
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Directory of Canadian Women's Resources. http://www.womennet.ca/directory.php
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Created by Womennet, the Canadian Women's Information Centre, this is a large directory of over 2,500 links to women's groups and resources online.
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Equal Voice: An Action Group for the Election of Women in Canada. http://www.equalvoice.ca/index.htm
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Equal Voice is a national, multipartisan, voluntary organization committed to achieving equal political representation of men and women in all parties and at all levels of government. The web site includes some interesting ideas on how to achieve this goal, a collection of reports and articles, a backgrounder explaining the main issues, and a free online course called "Getting to the Gate" for women interested in getting into politics.
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Fair Vote Canada. http://www.fairvotecanada.org
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This is a multi-partisan, citizen-based organization working to gain support for reforming Canada's voting system.
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Federation of Canadian Municipalities, Committee for Increasing Women's Participation in Municipal Government. http://www.fcm.ca/english/policy/women.html
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FCM is a national professional association of over 1,600 elected municipal officials. Its committee for increasing women's participation in municipal government has as its goals to encourage women to participate, and to analyze and reduce any obstacles. Their web site has the latest statistics on the number of female mayors, councillors and CAOs in Canadian municipalities, links to its scholarship fund for women, a questionnaire on how women-friendly your city is and documents such as:
"Getting to 30% by 2026" a 2007, 16-page document of strategies municipal councils can take to increase participation by women and
"Increasing Women's Participation in Municipal Decision Making: Strategies for More Inclusive Canadian Communites" Sept. 2004 68 p.
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Groupe femmes, politique et democratie. http://www.femmes-politique-et-democratie.com
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This is a non-profit, non-partisan educational organization whose goal is to encourage women to become more involved in political and democratic action.
Newsletter: "Tiens, v'la les femmes!"
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National Action Committee on the Status of Women (NAC). http://www.nac-cca.ca
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NAC is Canada's largest and most vocal feminist organization made up of a coalition of women's groups. It lobbies government, conducts and publishes research, organizes conferences, etc. For the 1993 and 1997 federal elections they published the NAC Voter's Guide, outlining the major parties' responses to questions raised by NAC policy committees. The 2004 election portion of their web site includes questions to ask candidates, news releases and links to the major party platforms.
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National Association of Women and the Law. http://www.nawl.ca
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A non-profit feminist organization that has been working since 1974 to promote women's equality through legal research, advocacy and public education. They have been active in examining the effects on women of existing laws and proposed legislation. Their web site features calls to action, news releases, briefs to government, research publications, their newsletter Jurisfemme, etc.
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One Woman One Vote. http://www.onewomanonevote.org
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This nonpartisan web site is by the YWCA of Edmonton providing information to encourage women in that area to vote and become more active in politics.
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PAR-L (Policy, Action, Research Email Discussion List). http://www.unb.ca/par-l/list.htm
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This bilingual discussion list, begun in 1995 by the Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women, now based at the University of New Brunswick, is intended to support the community of feminist researchers and activists by providing a tool for sharing information and responding to policy, legislation and other events concerning women. It has over 1,400 subscribers. Instructions for subscribing and searching the archives are on the web site which also has lots of information including tips on feminist research and links to feminist resources.
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Take That Seat!: A Guide for Women Who Want to be Appointed to Government Boards, Agencies and Commissions. By Alexa Campbell. Winnipeg: Junior League of Winnipeg and Manitoba Advisory Council on the Status of Women, 1992. 72 p.
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Votes for Women: A Political Guidebook. 2nd ed. Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women. 2004 69 p. http://wwomen.gov.ns.ca/pubs2004_05/Votes_for_Women.pdf
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This guidebook is intended to inspire and help Nova Scotia women to get more politically involved.
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Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO). http://www.wedo.org/
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WEDO is an international advocacy network working to increase the power of women in governments and policymaking institutions worldwide. Their 50/50 Campaign aims to get women equal representation in all governments. It was launched in 2000 during the UN Review of the Beijing Platform for Action and has been adopted by 154 organizations in 45 countries. The web site has fact sheets, a 50/50 campaign kit and lots more information to help people get involved.
Email mailing list: "Enews and Views" is available online.
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