Vol. 9, No. 2 (August 1985) Title: Northern Woman Journal Topics include: Northern women Immigrant Women’s Employment Place opening in Thunder Bay Women’s Centre opening on Lakehead campus Feminist counselling workshop Ear Falls Mother’s Action Committee Lesbian Archives and Resource Centre, Kenora Canadian Women’s Festival Farm Women’s Conference Women’s health in Northwestern Ontario Employment equity Decade of Women in Nairobi International Feminist Network Against Sexual Slavery Abortion access & legislation Feminist book list Domestic Abuse Intervention Program Northwestern Ontario Women’s Health Education Project Daycare access Daycare crisis Coalition for Better Daycare Daycare funding Daycare advocacy Feminist Periodicals Conference, Marc-Sur-Richlieu Women & pharmaceuticals Women's Health Interaction network Confederation College programs for women Authors/Contributors: Joan Baril Margaret Phillips Ann-Ida Beck Anna McColl Kim Erickson Elaine Goodwin Noreen Lavoie Karen Maki Donna Phoenix Sara Williamson Kathryn Brule
Vol. 9, No. 1 (June 1985) Title: The Northern Woman: The Strength of Women Topics include: Women’s Centre news Funding cut to Women’s Centre Separated/divorced women’s group Sexual violence Anti-poverty project Greenham Nuclear war Poetry Kam Theatre, Thunder Bay Summer solstice Women & pensions Pornography Family violence Feminist book list Authors/Contributors: B. Lindsay Working Group on Sexual Violence Iris Johnson Janis Aylward Josie Wallenius Gert Beadle Arja Liz Martin Fiona Karlstedt Elaine Goodwin Noreen Lavoie Anna McColl Margaret Phillips Donna Phoenix Deborah Ratelle Alma Teravenen Sara Williamson
Vol. 8, no. 6 (December 1984) Title: Northern Woman Journal: Poetry Issue Topics include: Women’s Theatre Collective Pornography Action Group Midwifery Northwestern Ontario Women’s Forum with the Ontario Advisory Council on the Status of Women Poetry Art Gender roles Battering Women’s conference, Dryden Education for women Women in Focus Society, Vancouver Confederation College programs for women Authors/Contributors: Carolyn Campbell Margaret Phillips Carol Ponchet Gert Beadle Joyce Michalchuk Viola Nikkila Geraldine Van Cram Mallory Irma Johnson Bev Pudas Susan Collins Hawkins Nancy J. Zabirka Sammi Kakeeway Rosalyn Taylor Perrett Sharyl Thompson Kate Parkkari Pam Wilson Eve Pykerman Noreen Lavoie Teresa Legowski Anna McColl Donna Phoenix Sara Williamson
Vol. 8, No. 5 (1984) Title: Northern Woman Journal Topics include: 12th anniversary issue of the journal Reprinted articles from first 10 years of journal Women’s liberation Heritage of the Northern Woman Journal Birth control Women in transition project (1978) Women & health Menopause Midwifery Rural living for women Marital rape Canadian Women’s Music & Cultural Festival Mail order service for feminist books Lesbian Archives of Manitoba Fireweed journal, Toronto, call for papers from Native women Peace caravan campaign against nuclear war Women & affirmative action Sole-support mothers Women in the trades Sexual harassment Women against violence against women Social work Labour striking Confederation College programs for women Authors/Contributors: Teresa Legowski Kathie Louise Nichols Gert Beadle Donna Phoenix Melissa Teffi Joan Baril D. Winko Penni Burrell
Vol. 8, no. 4 (1984) Title: Northern Woman Journal Topics include: Government cutbacks to women’s centre funding Canada wide Economic recession & women Wife-battering & municipal policy Thunder Bay Multicultural Association International Women’s Day event Preventative mastectomies No fault divorce Midwifery Immigrant women in Canada Dr. Henry Morgentaler Pornography magazines Abortion in Romania Women vote in Georgia Norfolk, Virginia abortion clinic bombing Violence against women Pornagraphy availability in local shops Poetry Women & war in El Salvador Childcare in Ontario Victim blaming & incarceration of sexual assault survivors Feminist book reviews Year of the Women Women & pensions Dryden women’s conference National campaign to release Claudina Calderon, El Salvador Womanspace potluck events Canadian Women’s Movement Archives, Toronto Thunder Bay women’s resources Authors/contributors: Joan Baril Anna McColl Rosalyn Taylor Perrett Judy McMartin Teresa Legowski Joyce Michalchuk Miriam Ketonen Noreen Lavoie Margaret Phillips Sara Williamson Kristin Richards Siobhan Farrell Wendy Anthony
Vol. 8, No. 3 (1984) Title: Northern Woman Journal Topics include: Armed intervention by Guatemala, Honduras, and US against rebels in El Salvador Violence against women Reopening of Toronto women’s bookstore after fire Women & technology workshop Confederation College free courses for women entering the trades Dr. Henry Morgentaler Ontario Native Women’s Association Women and Pensions Committee Thunder Bay United Nations World Conference on Women, Nairobi Political cartoon Feminist book store opening Thunder Bay Sudbury Homemakers Conference Nipissing Transition House Daycare Conference Dryden women’s conference Women’s interagency meeting Poetry Women’s relationships & power Rape Women & pensions Womenspace events Women & Therapy Conference, Toronto Nuclear war Confederation College programs for women Authors/Contributors: Joan Baril Dale Mansfield Nancy Bishop Diane Parise Jeannie Mascotto Rosalyn Taylor Perrett Joyce Michalchuk Lal Sarson Joyce Thierry Susan Collins Hawkins Diane Stein Judy McMartin Teresa Legowski A. Rapper Geraldine Van Cram Margaret Phillips Noreen Lavoie Anna McColl Donna Phoenix Sara Williamson
Vol. 8, No. 2 (Sept 1983) Title: Northern Woman Journal: Women Unite Topics include: Family resource centres government initiative Women’s bookstore Toronto burned down Anti-abortion protesting Premenstrual syndrome Pornography legislation (Sweden) Women and words conference University of British Columbia Women and orgasms Nuclear war Pharmaceutical marketing towards women Pro-choice movement Pornography Womenspace events Northwestern Ontario Women’s Health Education Project Health workshops for women Poetry Childcare conference Feminist book review Breast self-examination International women’s day Canadian Abortion Rights Action League Take Back the Night March Authors/Contributors: Joan Baril Margaret Phillips Betsy Getaz Carol Ehrlich Josie Wallenius Joyce Michalchuk Heather Woodbeck Norma Scarborough Marjorie Owen Susan Collins Hawkins Violet Winegarden Kathryn Brule Noreen Lavoie Teresa Legowski Anna McColl Donna Phoenix Sara Williamson
Vol. 8, No. 1 (June 1983) Title: Northern Woman Journal Topics include: Affirmative Action Board Vs. Collective at the Northern Women’s Centre Critique of Capitalism and Economic Valuation of Labour Women & Economics Art & Culture Women and the Economy Conference Confederation College Backstreet Abortions Female Infanticide in China North Bay Transition House Self Healing Workshops North Bay Teen Conference Lay-offs and Their Effects International Women’s Day Women & Words Conference, Vancouver Trades, Technology & Women Gender Wage Gap Poetry Closure of National Film Board Thunder Bay Confederation College Women’s Programs Authors/Contributors: Joyce Michalchuk Joan Baril Dr. Margaret Fulton Jenny Van Cram Luan Wall Nora Wintour Marilyn Thompson Valerie Adams Arja Lane Kathryn Brule Joy Fedorick Gert Beadle Susan Collins Hawkins Noreen Lavoie Teresa Legowski Anna McColl Donna Phoenix Sara Williamson
Vol. 7, No. 6 (March 1983) Title: Northern Woman Journal Topics include: Incarcerated women Poverty & Welfare for Women Northern Women Networking New Transition Home Thunder Bay Faye Peterson Transition House Solidarity Action from Egyptian Prisoners of Conscience Womanspace Thunder Bay Adrienne Rich Of Woman Born Institution of Motherhood Bonnie Fox Women’s Domestic Labour Under Capitalism Socialist Feminism The Emotion of Love Health as Political Commodification of Food Illness Industry Processed Food & Health Reintegration into Society After Prison Inaccuracy of Court & Police Reports of Incarcerated Women Motherhood & Incarceration Inefficacy of Prisons Amnesty International Sexual Harassment in Prisons Sexual Torture Ontario Coalition for Abortion Clinics Free Standing Abortion Clinics Access to Safe Abortion Lack of Abortion Access Play Review Miss Mandragola Tax Deductions for Dependent Spouses Poetry Betty Dodson’s Liberating Masturbation Masturbation Celibacy as an Alternate Lifestyle Family Violence Wife Battering & Alcoholism Spousal Abuse & Economic Hardship Intergenerational Patterns of Family Violence Feminism & Heterosexuality Women’s Rights & the Charter Pornography & Violence Cabin Fever & Depression Amnesty with Egyptian Prisoners of Conscience Womanspace Thunder Bay Feminist Booklist International Women’s Day Women’s University Mt. St. Vincent, Halifax Authors/Contributors: Joan Baril Margaret Phillips Kathryn Brule Arja Lane Anna McColl Line Jolicoeur Ontario Coalition for Abortion Clinics Luan Wall Joyce Michalchuk Viola Nikkila Violet Winegarden Donna Dowly Susan Collins Hawkins Victoria Powell Jenifer Svendse Joan Le Feuvre Sara Williamson Elaine Lynch Rosalynn Taylor Perrett Noreen Lavoie Teresa Legowski Donna Phoenix
Vol. 7, No. 5 (November 1982) Title: Northern Woman Journal Topics include: Violence Against Women Battered Wives Reclaim the Night Woodswomen Northern Minnesota Cesaerean Sections Northwestern Ontario Women’s Health Education Project Canadian Abortion Rights Action League Fibrocystic Breast Disease & Caffeine Cabin Fever Day Northern Women Solidarity Building Comic Anthropological Study Finds Rape Not Inherent in Society Northwestern Ontario Women & Pensions Conference Pensions & Old Age Pensions for Single Women Poetry Theatre Review Thunder Bay Understanding Money & Interest Equal Pay for Work of Equal Value Justice for Homemakers Compensation for Housewives Christmas Coffee House Event Welfare Policy & Mothers on Welfare Northwestern Ontario Women’s Decade Council Women & Labour in Developing Countries Confederation College Women’s Programs Authors/Contributors: Janet Howard Teresa Legowski Joan Baril Joyce Michalchuk Roxanne Merits Irma Johnson Carol Barry Merle Donald Sara Williamson Luan Wall Anna McColl Noreen Lavoie Danalyn MacKinnon Donna Phoenix Margaret Phillips Arja Lane