214 10 13079 https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/16/2642/1973_Issue_I-VII_CV01.pdf 1076548c827d21ed4eeb638c67b28493 PDF Text Text NORTHERN WOMEN'S CENTRE NORTHERN WOMAN JOURNAL CREATION 1973 (Wesley United Church) Northern Women's Centre Newsletter April 12 First General Meeting April 25 Second General Meeting Third General Meeting May 10 The Northern Woman [Issue 1&2?] Progress report: meetings of May 28 & June 8, 1973 [Issue 3?] Issue IV Issue V Issue VI Issue VII July 19, 1973 (includes Committee reports) September October November December Other documents Northern Women's Conference April 1973 - news of the Northern Women's Conference - information sheet - welcoming remarks - workshops Northern Women's Centre: Who Are We? Information sheet Why Thunder Bay Needs a City Wide Maintenance & Occupancy Bylaw: info sheet PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor �Fart William Y..C.q. Archibald Street 1.14one: (?nd Floor) THE IORTHER1 4TIE9'S CElTP7 - wH/ r21-3117 A!'F. WE' of race, relinion, creed, ace, colour, ... a "lace for all women, reoardless marital status or class. tonether for various reasons-- sunnnrt, discussion, ... a nroun of women who net Because of the way things are strunnle, strennth-vou name it and it's hAnnenino. structured, what nets done and how we on about it are decided in a democratic free and the nroun as a whole - -no formal structure, no executive --only a manner Various cnmmittees handle vario's asnects of the informal exchange of ideas. Flea 9arket Group's functioning (a finance committee, a housing cnmmittee, a committee). why would I Be Interested? with those interests. whatever your interest is you'll find other women wan', small interest nrnuns have nrown, and are (wowing, meetings-worPinn women, day care, consciousness raising nut of our lamer Centre Information, to grouns, The 9orthern woman (our newsletter) and Birth Control to talk on various issues-nave lust a few. 9e also have sneakers every Thursday tonics. emnlovment onnortunities, birth control, abortion and other woman-related where is the women's Centre? nrevinuslv, we met at weslev United Church. we inhabit the second floor of the Fort william low We meet ever" Thursday Put if family or other cnmmitments conflict with this time, to fill you in. you can .loin us at a later time and ask someone after the meetinn oneninn we are presently decoration our new nremises and plan to have a orand evenino at 8:10 P.1. soon. The lorthern women's Centre is really noinn nlaces ane doing thinos. from gow that we have a nlace at the 'PICA, ve nlan to have the Centre onen to 11:11 P.", each and ever, day. Throunhout the day, we hone to 11:11 nlace have nmgrans such as crafts, a library, information, referral or just a The Future: to drop in for a can of coffee and conversation. Wnnefully, a elavrnom for your children will make it possible for you to jot, in free from worry or interuntions. for The evening can he used in the same way,--as well as providing a meeting 'lace And last, the smaller erouns to net tonether to elan, discuss and socialize. but not least, we clan to have public hi-monthly meetinns featuring nuest would like sneakers, panel discussions, films, video-tanes, or whatever else you to see hannen. sn, IJHY '!OT OM" A9P rk CHAT. HAVE A CUP OF COFFEE IT COULD RE THE START of STIETHING MEAT. PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor �WHY THUNDER BAY NEEDS A CITY WIDE MAINTAINANCE & OCCUPANCY BYLAW In 1969 the government of Ontario felt that the maintainance This of property was of sufficient concern to warrant a study. study, commonly known as the "Lawson Report", takes a strong stand for the importance of encouraging all municipalities to enact maintainance and occupancy bylaws. The arguments used are so cogent The following paragraph, that it is worthwhile repeating them. therefore, consists entirely of quotations or paraphrases from the report. We live in an environment of our own creation. The importance of doing a good job both in creating and looking after this envirWhen property is neglected, deterioration onment is obvious often leads to it becoming a public liability, not just a private misfortune, since blight causes a weakening of the community's ability to operate productively and effectively. The tax base becomes weaker, costs climb higher, the economy declines, and the people suffer. This situation can largely be prevented from developing if effective maintenance measures are carried out and supported by clear public policies. Moreover, the results of enforcing these by-laws where they exist, has generally been good and compliance achieved. Most buildings should be expected to stand for about 200 years and maintenance should be accepted and encouraged as a normal, continuous process. The confidence the owner has in the future of his property and the surrounding area affects the efforts (s)he makes to maintain it, and public policy can play a vital part in creating or destroying that Money spent on maintenance would in most cases be more confidence. than repaid by the value sustained, and by the prevention of the costs of decay, though it is recognized that some owners may need The prospects seem good for a continuing program financial help. of maintenance and improvement as a normal way of looking after property. . The Lawson report is chiefly concerned with the public effect of property maintenance. There is also the effect that this maintenance, or the lack of it, has on the lives of tenants. Thunder Bay has a growing number of families who do not own their We own home. Many of these because they cannot afford to do so. also have one of the lowest apartment vacancy rates in Canada. The result is that we have a large number of families who dare not do otherwise than remain in whatever accommodation they have been The Public able to find, regardless of how substandard it may be. Health Act is not designed to protect people against anything more than the grossest inadequacies of water and sewage systems- a fact which leaves some of our most vlunerable families a prey to health hazards as well as inconveniences. It has been stated by the Hellyer Task Force and by many others that Canadians should be entitled, as a right, to safe clean warm shelter. Without adequate maintenance and occupancy by-laws, it is hard to see how they can obtain it. Since the present city by-law concerning maintenance and occupancy only covers the Port Arthur ward, it is evident that half the city does not enjoy the advantages and protection it could Not only is this situation inherently unsatisfactory, it afford. also tends to perpetuate the Port Arthur/Fort William dichotomy. Moreover, nearly 60% of the housing stock was built before 1945, which sugrests that in both halves of the city there should be concern for maintenance standards. Sources 1 son, Matthew Ontario. 1970. 2. 3. The Maintenance of Property - A Programme for Department of Municipal Affairs, Government of Ontario: . Source 1966 and 1971 Census. Ontario Welfare Council Study of Housing Policies in Ontario, Community Study No. 4: Thunder Bay, March 1973. PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor �FIRST GENERAL MEETING THREE COMMITTEES WERE STRUCTURED The Financial Committee was to come up with ideas on how to raise Capital for the Women's Centre. The Facility or Building Committee was to find out what buildings or houses were This also available to rent. included the price range we could expect to pay on a monthly basis for the Women's Centre. The Newsletter Committee was formed to keep everyone up-to-date on the current affairs; and what is proposed (short-term and longterm plans); also to provide encouragement, and hints, etc. SECOND GENERAL FINANCIAL COMMITTEES SUGGESTIONS The suggestions which were made in order to raise Capital for the Women's Centre were the following: * Sell handicrafts made by Women of the Centre * Have a Farmers Market * Garage sale/Rummage sale * Furniture refinishing 1HE FACILITY OR BUILDING CCMMITTEE REPORT The Facility Committee stated that there were no houses to rent at the present time. Five Real Estate Agents took down the Women's Centre's request for rental and said that they would keep us in mind if any houses go up for rent. Signs were posted in both Confederation College and Lakehead University requesting rental and an advertisement was put into the Shoppers Swopper. SUGGESTIONS WOULD BE APPRECIATED AS TO THE NAMING OF THE NEWSLETTER - SYMBOLS, NAMES - APRIL 12TH, 1973 GENERAL AIMS OF THE WOMEN'S CENTRE WAS TO PROVIDE THE WOMEN OF NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO WITH THE FOLLOWING: * Drop-in Centre * Library - pertaining expecially to Women, also containing unbiased Children's books. * Day-care Centre * Newsletter * General Meeting Place - for C.R. Sessions and various other Committees * Darkroom THERE WAS GENERAL AGREEMENT WITH THE WOMEN TO HAVE A GENERAL MEETING WITH ALL GROUPS ONCE EVERY TWO WEEKS. MEETING - APRIL 25-N, 1973 FINANCIAL PROBLEM OF THE NEWSLETTER The Group of Women attending the meeting generally agreed to put a request in the Newsletter, asking that everyone send $1.00 or more to. the 7inancial Committee Room 19 415 Victoria Avenue THUNDER BAY F, Ontario This money would then enable us tc raise Capital for the Newsletter and the Women's Centre. The Financial Committee will be keeping the account Everyone at the general meeting books. donated $41.22 towards the amount needed to establish the first Newsletter. POSSIBILITIES OF THE WOMEN'S CENTRE The Women at the General Meeting agreed for the Facility Committee to look into the possibility of buildings or houses which we may purchase. Discussions was made into the possibility of incorporating the Women's Centre. ANYONE INTERESTED IN THE STARTING OF A STUDY GROUP FOR THE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN'S REPORT IS ASKED TO EXPRESS THEIR INTEREST BY CALLING: 622-3'931, AT THE END OF THE MEETING IT WAS AGREED THAT THE WOMEN'S CENTRE WOULD THEN PERHAPS LOOK BE SELF-SUPPORTIVE UNTIL IT IS FIRMLY ESTABLISHED. INTO-THE POSSIBILITY OF OBTAINING OTHER SUPPORT TO KEEP IT GOING. PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor �GENERAL t g cGc163(,21514) TDIA119 3 EXTRA CRT TLX TORONTO ONT 12'339P EST 3 CD ca 1.4 NORTHERN >400 WOMEN'S CONFERENCE era ROOM 19'415 vcroRIkAye THUNDER BAY ONT. e? 14 0 c0sr a PLANS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF WOMEN IN SENIOR JOBS IN HIS MINISTRY J ON HIS a I REGRET THAT YOU FOUND THE PROVINCIAL TREASURER'S COMMENTS = OBJECTIONABLE. I CAN .SSURE YOU THAT THERE WAS NO INTENTION ON MIS H o-1 z O 0PART TO DENIGRATE THE SKILLS AND INTELLIGENCE Or WOMEN. ON THE 11) 1.4 tt W z CONTRARY. THE TREASURER WAS PUBLICLY RECOGNIZING THE FACT THAT THERE 0 M ARE TOO FEW WOMEN IN SENIOR POSITIONS IN HIS MINISTRY. HE ALSO WAS W z0 H 0 RECOGNIZING C V) C.) AND MAKING PUBLIC HIS INTENTION TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. O z I 0 BELIEVE HIS STATEMENT TO BE FULLY IN ACCORD WITH YOUR OBJECIVES ori 01 2 a2.1 AND.I WOULD MOPE THAT YOU WILL SEE HIS INITIATIVE IN THIS LIGAT AND WILL SUPPORT IT. IT IS OUR INTENTION TO ENSURE THAT QUALIFIED WOMEN c4' - <7) ARE SOUGHT OUT AND ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE IN OPEN COMPETITIONS. U) .. WILLIAM G DAVIS PREMIER OF ONTARIO. 0 4-) b0 0 0 GENERAL W 0 C.) MEETING - MAY 10TH, 1973 ri 4 M W MMITTEES REPORT W a l Committee decided 44 0 t0 a bank account. aised rl0 00 through would P M automatically 0 n0 the Women's 0 Lt. ) gar COMMITTEE co was anvas for a $1.00 tion to "the people on our t. COMMITTEE was ans were discussed ryone collect books, and comics and hold sale. it CTING NOW taine, recommended lay from the f States Office, ote the Women's was wanting names o would be interested ting Northern Ontario N FOR POLITICAL ERENCE to be held 5th - 17th in eadline for submitting y 24th, 1973. Please g Phillips at 622-3931 IE KREPS BOOK IS IN. HE WOMEN'S MOVEMENT IF YOU WANT IT MAILED YOU: PLEASE ENCLOSED 25 cents for mailing. r letter to: m 19 Victoria Avenue NDER BAY F, Ontario DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS it has been planned to have a booth at the Farmers Market. Women have been asked to donate an item to put on sale, for example: plants, handicrafts, art, knitting, crocheting, etc. It was suggested that at the up-and-coming meeting that We should bring one item or have a plan in mind. This would enable one another to exhange m Ci v.) AD e. ideas. Helen Halet has offered space to store crafts. Please call 623-3224. H 00 (.0 8 HOUSING COMMITTEE A show of hands favoured that the Women's Centre should proceed in the Incorporating issue of Incorporation. the Women's Centre would #enable us to approach the Real Estate Agents and the Community in general in purchasing a house, centrally located in Thunder Bay. An example of a Constitution was brought to the meeting so we could have an idea Four women offered to what it involved. draft a Constitution which will be presented at the next meeting. DON'T MISS IT. BOO - "Babs" on the recent program _ .:BRAVO 'Under Attack' May 23rd, 1973 who supports a movement called 'Females Opposed to Equality'(F.O.E.) said on the program "The Women who support :Women's Liberation are Communists, Socialists, and Sex Perverts." To the Great .Secretarial Staff at the Human & Welfare Rights Office who have assisted the Women's Centre until we have our own office. MEETING WAS WELL ORGANIZED AND WE ACCOMPLISHED ALOT: NGED TO HAVE A ROTATING CHAIRPERSON FOR EACH MEETING, WE HAVE NOW PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor �:7 cti C6) 0 PROGRESS REPORT: EDITORIAL: MEETIloS OF MAY 24th AND JUNE 8th 1Y TIE Jcw1E :4's LIB SYVBOLT A NUMBER OF WOMEN ON THE NEWSLETTER COMMITTEE FELT THAT THE SYMBOL OF WOMEN STRUGGLING FOR THEIR LIBERATION, FOR A HEIGHTENING OF 'HEIR MARENESS IN SOCIETY WOULD BE APPROPRIATE. IT SHOULD PROVIDE A POWERFUL REMINDER, AND ACT AS A STIMULUS TO FURTHER THE STRUGGLE WE ARE WAGING AND MUST CONTINUE TO WAGE IF WOMEN ARE TO ATTAIN THEIR JUST POSITION IN SOCI7Y. FURTHER, IT WAS FELT THAT IT WAS TIME TO REVIEW THE PURPOSE BEHIND WHY WOMEN ARE COMING TOGETHER AND MERE WE mail- BE GOING, HOPEFULLY, THIS EDITORIAL SECTION WILL SPARK FURTHER WRITTEN CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE FORM OF LETTERS TO THE EDITORS, IDEAS PRESENTED IN AN AT OF turINL RESPECT AND TRUST FREE FROM EMOTIONAL, DEFENSIVE REACTIONS CAN ONLY LEAT1 TO A HEIGHTENING OF THE AWARENESS OF THE WOMEN INVOLVED, THIS FORUM ASPIRES TO BECCM A PLACE FOR THE EXPANSION, EDUCATION, GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE NORTHERN wcAN. ME IT! INCORPORATICfl NEWSLETTER COMMITTEE A name for the centre has been selected -subject to the approval of the Minister of Financial and Commercial Affairs - the name is "NORTHERN WOMEN'S CENTRE". WU IAN" A Board of Directors is being set up. Persons wishing to be on this Board may do so by submitting their names at the next General Meeting. Then a quorum will be established and this number will be included in the charter for incorporation. Membership will be open to any woman. Anyone wishing to insert notices or submit material such as book reviews, poetry, short articles, suggested readings, or any information of interest to women, may contact Lynn Silvonen at 623-0907 or Pat Graver at 623-2837 or Linda Angus at 623-1904. The Newsletter Committee has filed for a grant from the Community Development Branch under the name of JTHE NORTHERN TAE NEWSLETTER WILL BE PUBLISHED OA A =TM BASIS, NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF WOMEN III POLITICS A NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF WOMEN IN POLITICS IS TO DE HELD IN TORONTO JUNE 15th, 16th, and 17th, 1973. THE CONFERENCE, MICH 0,6S RECEIVED A GRANT FROM THE FEDERAL SECRETARY OF STATE, IS BEING ORGANIZED BY THE WOMEN FOR POLITICAL ACTION GROUP, DELEGATES FROM THUNDER BA'? 11-10 TILL BE ATTENDING THE CONFERENCE ARE; SHIRLEY CHAPMAN, FLORENCE KOSS, MARGARET PHILLIPS, BEVERLY SABOURIN, LYNNE TOO:BURG. THE PURPOSE OF THE CONFERENCE IS TO GIVE WOVEN WHO ARE POLITICALLY INVOLVED THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET EACH OTHER, AHD FOR THEM TO EXPLORE MECHANISMS FOR SOLVING THE PRO-LEMS WHICH WOMEN HAVE AS WOMEN, IN THIS SOCIETY. SOME OF THE TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED AT THE CONFERENCE INCLUDE: DETERRENTS TO WOMEN OBTAINING POLITICAL POWER, AND HOW TO OVERCOME THESE; PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF RUNNING A POLITICAL CAMPAIGN; ANALYSING PARTY PLATFORMS, 1=E: STATUS OF WOMEN LITERATURE; USING PARLIAMENTARY PROCESSES; USE OFTIE MEDIA: ISSUES OF COMMON CONCERN TO 'WOMEN ACROSS THE COUNTRY. A REPORT OF THE RESULTS OF THE CONFERENCE WILL APPEAR IN FUTURE NEWSLETTERS, PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor �HORTHERII !CLAM PAGE 2 NOTICES [1] THOSE INTERESTED IN HAVING DAY CARE FACILITIES AT THE GENERAL MEETINGS PLEASE CONTACT THE HUMAN AND WELFARE RIGHTS OFFICE AT: 622-3931. [2] ANYONE INTERESTED IN ETABLICHING A WIDOWS GROUP PLEASE CONTACT THE HUMAN AND WE7fARE RIGHTS OFFICE AT: 622-3931. [3] THERE ARE TV PROGRI*IS FEGARDING WOMEN COMING UP. PHONE CHFD AND ASK FOR THE NEWSMAKERS PROGRAM ON WOMEN TO BE REPEATED. IT WAS SHOWN ON MAY 19th and 26th. [4] THOSE INTERESTED IN COMPILING A LIST OF NON-SEXIST CHILDREN'S BOOKS PLEASE CONTACT HELEN HALET AT: 623-3224. [5] IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT THE NORTHERN WOMEN'S CENTRE YOU MAY STILL SEND A DONATION TO THE: HUMAN AND WELFARE RIGHTS OFFICE, SUITE 19, 415 VICTORIA AVENUE, THUNDER BAY F, ONTARIO. [6] GET BUSY AND M!YE LOTS OF CRAFTS TO SELL AT THE FARMER*S MARKET. SOON AS WE GET ENOUGH WE FILL SET MEd UP. [7] CANVAS BOARDS (vcr2ioll shepas and sizes) .are available for free from HELEN HALET for an7one who wishes to donate their talent in oils and acrylics to tl.o. Women's Centre Craft Program. Crafts in General: So far only one donation has been received. PLEASE! [8] A FEMINIST THEATRE GROUP JS FEING SET UP, AND IS LOOKING FOR PERFORMERS, STAGE PERSONNEL, MATERIAL, ETC. CONTACT LYNNE THORNBURG AT: 623-3224. [9] KEEP SAVING ToKs IN PREPARATION FOR A GI"if BOOK SALE IN THE FUTURE TO SUPPORT THE NORTHE7di WOMEN'S CENIRE. [10] THE WOMAN'S FILM FESTIVAL HAS TEEN CANCELLED, AS SORRY! **** JE:T (ELIA. 16 OF T iE NORTHERN WOMq!.,S CEATRE 'ALL BE HELD ** * * IESLEY UNITED CHURCi, THURSDAY, JUNE 21ST, 1)),,, AT :'1 * * * * AT :** GUERILLA TACTICS P1,,O*ESTTHE ADDITION OF A SECOND LIVESTOCK DISPLAY AT THE UP AND COMING CLE (MISS CLE CONTEST) TELEPHONE 622 -6473 EXPRESSING YOUR OBJECTIONS OR WRITE TNE CLE OFFICE, 300: EXERPT FROM TIME :AGAZINE, CALLED "THE GRAND SLAW. Sir/ Upon viewing the Margeret Court-Bobby Riggs match [May 28], one could not help noticing the inadequacy of one player and the total brilliance of the other. It did my heart good to see women slammed back into reality. Mike Quass, Elkhorn, Wisconsin. Sir/ From now on, as far as I am concerned, any feminist who wishes to state her caso should take it directly to Court. Only an emasculated magazine ccuM de.cy thet Bcbl-nr R;gcrs is the Man of the Year. -MVO: WOMEN'S RIGHTS PROJECT - United States of America The Americ&r. Civil Liberties Union sued on behalf of Mr. Wiesenfeld saying he is a father End widow and is being deprived of equal rights in collecting Widow's Insurance. Th case has not been solved yet. DID YOU mal THAT? - the law does not neuilo a women to change her mane when she marries. - a married woman's income is not considered a dependable source of income when applying for a 7..:)...gaza or loan. But at the same time they still require your signature when y-)11r h,?-3ond - illegitimate children in Canada do not h--e any legal rights. Magazine. Read in Weekend FARCE OF THE MONTH ANARD GOES TO TriE: "DINGALING SISTERS" SINGING "I AM WOMAN". BOOK REVIEWS: CHILDREN'S DOOK: "JUST LIKE FUMY - JUST LIKE DADDY" Vr:_l-c:1 in 1032, this stirring piece of sexism is still found on classroom shelves, E2d :practically required reading for kindergarten children. Just think, your chi 1.d can_ho in6Jetrinated in r,ne easy lesson. How to be Just like Mommy - clean, cool:, and wait for daddy to come home. Better still how to be Just like Daddy (if your a boy; - paint the house, go fishing and eat what Mommy cooks. wy. "of PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor �( t , , tin r- S5&,L-lk \ ; 1-7 WOMEN'S LIB SYMBOL 1 THOUGHT ITARITEANDTHRON; A YEA VOTE IN THE POT FOR THE WOMEN'S LIE SYMBOL ON 'THE NORTHERN WOMAN'-: ; AGn I'DTNAVESAII,In FnRGET THE CLENCHED- PIST IN :THE D TOO RAIICAL. I FIGURED IT MIGHT SCARE TOFF A -FEW WOMEN, OUGHT A 'MIDDLE OF THE ROAD ATTITUDE.MIGHT-BE,JBEST. AS FELT A FEW WEEKS AGO. HEN THAT THERE IS NO MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AS FAR AS THE ERNED. EITHER YOU ARE FOR WOMEN'S' LIBERATION OR YOU'RE CONSIDER 'YOURSELF A RADICAL, YOU GET A LIBBERILABEL IKE IT np irT. No AMOUNT OF EXPLAINING CHANGES IT AS ' PEOPLE I KNOW DISCOVERED THAT I WAS FOR WOMEN'S LIBERAPECT ME WITH THEIR EYES' AS WELL AS THEIR NoRDS. ONE MAN'_ ) *TIIER WHAT HE WAS LOnYING FOR?) AND SAID, NYOtil'ALK AS A HUSRANI OR KIPS.!' ANOTHER 4.104.N OFFERED ME A DRINK, AN!) FAST I'D !SINK WHEN I DIDN'T GULP IT'RIGHTDqWN, HE AIR AND BELLONEn, "IP YOU WANT TO FIGHT WITH THE ?BEN E THE EN." TO THESE PEOPLE I HAD) SUDDENLY BECIMEITTHAT ENOMENON LIBBER. MY PEELINGS HADN'T CHANGEAND I DICAL THAN I BEFORE THEIR DISCOVERY IF MY. PEELINGS. HEIR EYES AN!) IN THEIR MINDS. QUICK AS A BLINK, I WAS OTE CHANGED TOA YEA VOTE. WOMEN'S LIBERATION; THEREFORE WE ARE. wmpm LIBBERS. DEFENCE IS,OEPENSE - ANn WE'RE OFFENSIVE BECAUSE WE'RE H WOMEN! Deanna Kappel REPn1T ON GENERAL MEETINGS ee ttee is being set Uri in Thunder Ray to provide "emergency distress. This committee is made up, of representatives Rights, Cumberland Street nronrin CenfitEthnic Rethern WoMe4N'Centre. The renresentatives on this'cor, Women''s'C'entre are Pat Graver, Estelle Freedlander and hfttee'will alSO beapplying for a grant. roun"; on Groun meets every second Monday in the Jewett Room at corner of Erodie & miles. The next meeting will be July speakers have included a-local lawyer and in the future d psychologist as Any-person needing the informais-groun is welcome. s an interview show which is shown three times per week anyone is interested in doing'a show with her, call ve a message , ' . ow-up from the conference. However, a great deal of liiled by Mary Rakowski for the workshop at the Northern f anyone is interested in using the material, please con- 4S. PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor �PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor 2 �... DID YOU KNOW THAT 3 ... - Dr. Bette Sten'ienson of Toronto newly elected president of the Canadian "ledical Association is the first woman ever to head a major national medical organization in the world. SUGGESTED READINGS -.Women Unite :v (Cahadian) - Voices from Women's.Liberation - Woman in Se'xist Society - Another item, further to the June g issue of the Newsletter: It is appall- Sisterhood is Powerful ing that in this "permissive" society there should be no relaxing of the law All of the abome are in Canada with regard to children born out of wedlock. Such children (statisavailable from)the tics show 1 out of 9) classed as illeBOOK SHOP CO-OP gitimate and with no legl status, are 182 S. ALGONA equal to getting and giving the same _THUNDER BAY 'P' love from their mother as the "legitimate" children. The Lord said "Suffer little children to come unto 'le" therefore all good mothers should get - Separated women can't get charge up a petition and forward same to accounts at some stores in Thunder Ottawa: let's get some justice for "the Divorced women can. Bay. children who aren't". BOO: To Playgirl :lagazine, a -'iagazi.ne of Entertainment for Women", published by Douglas, William, John, Bert, David, Norbert, Anthony, Hank. NO FURTHER COTTIENT. BRAVO: To local lawyer ;:ha Siimes for giving of his free time to the Divorce and Separation Group. To the Thunder Bay Direct Co-Op for not selling any Hare products. GUERILLA TACTICS REWARDED The Chronicle-Journal, in reportina on the Hiss CLE Contest, mentioned the "Local Women's Libbers objection to the second livestock exhibition ". It's nice to know that some of us phoned in protest. ******** NEXT GENERAL '4EETING WILL BE AT WESLEY CHURCH, TTIIINDER RAY SOUTH, THURSDAY, JULY 19th. IT'S NICE AND COOL nnWM THERE AEI') WE'RE SERVING COFFEE. ******** CAN SomPoNE BRING COFFEE, CnE/10 AND SUGAR?? THE GENERAL MEEPING AFTER THAT WILL BE AUGUST 2nd. THIS ONE. THINK ABOUT IT: DON'T FORGET Silence is not always golden Sometimes it is just plain yellow. SEE YOU JULY 19 AT WESLEY CHURCH ";';: PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor �SEPTEMBER 1973 - ISSUE IV c)111(INITME t_ri(Dt% EDITORIAL [318 S. Marks Street] [ BAY F, Ont.] POLICY The composition of the Northern Women's Centre group as a whole represents different ideological views and approaches to the emancipation of women i.e. political affiliation (or lack thereof), however, the unifying factor is the sentiment that women should be emancipated. The newsletter itself will serve as an open forum for expression of any and all viewpoints of the women of Northwestern Ontario. Up until now, the newsletter has served mainly as a bulletin board of events, with little discussion of pertinent issues. Only by a free and open exchange of views and opinions will we develop a basis for unity which can be used as a basis for action. GENERAL MEETING: AUGUST 16th, 1973. BRIEF COMMITTEE Presented the rough draft concerning the formal objectives of The Northern Women's Centre. Copies were then distributed and discussed among those in attendance. The budget established, for one year's operation was $23,493. LETTERS OF SUPPORT are still urgently needed. Individuals and groups please send your letters of support to: Women's Centre Committee 318 South Marks Street THUNDER BAY F, Ontario Cary will be drawing un a form letter which will be sent to local groups asking for their support. tge;Mq. ,W1;*gT414;*44;4464;11 INCORPORATION There are still a number of names which need signatures. If you volunteered or wish to have your name in favour of Incorporation of the Women's Centre, please come to the HUMAN AND WELFARE RIGHTS OFFI R ROOM 19, 415 VICTORIA AVENUE THUNDER BAY F, Ontario NEWSLETTER LET IT BE KNOWN THAT FROM THIS ISSUE FORTH THE NORTHERN WOMAN WILL CONTAIN AN EDITORIAL POLICY AS ILLUSTRATED ON THE COVER PAGE. UP-DATE MAILING LIST Due to lack of funds if you wish t keep receiving your issue of The Northern Woman be sure you indicate by mail our name and address lii)wwiting-the Newsletter Committee, 318 South Marks Street, Thunder Bay F, Ontario. A Donation of $1.00 if you can afford it would be most helpful. Thanks. [SEND IN YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS IN TODAY] THE FALL FLEA MARKET TO BE HELD AT THE FORT WILLIAM GARDENS ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22nd, 1973, from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. [continued] PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor �_tai, avlit:iati W01.1f4f1 SEPTEBER 1973 - ISSUE IV PAGE 2 THE FALL FLEA MARKET - continued IF YOU HAVE MADE OR SAVED ARTICLES YOU WISH TO DONATE TO THE WOMEN'S CENTRE BOOTH, THEY MAY BE PICKED UP AND STORED BY TELEPHONING THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE: HELEN HALET 623-3224 NOREEN LAVOIE - 622-4637. GENERAL MEETING: AUGUST 30th, 1973. Stickers have bee- ordered from Toronto and may be purchased at the @Flea Market. concerning GENERAL CRAFT INN SOME AND SHARE SKILLS AN alACRANE OR JUST =AT: WI LTHE CRAFT INN WILL BE HE .Y.12:00 p.m. TO 12:00 a.m. 0DAT 400 North Syndicate t P.S. ANYONE WHO HAS AN 7pRiNG THEM ALSO EMBRODERY THREAD, M rf.) THE. THUNDER BAY COALITION FOR tleo3i1Pi're the hot sticky we -Labour Centre on August 2 -e-,m 7,-,,rious organization for m rjuD o a)The meeting was ably the T.119Minutes. The Constitutio 0 since space does 0 , not perm monly a short summary is av 0 c;, The purpose of the Coaliti 2c!ecision-making for commun - -1 >among citizens' groups on .citizens' 5!) groups wishing t ,apply pressure for social r9 e) I PH w (-)eial. Pro L;Wdere vepl.erouted, the Wom Pct 1 uoto citizens' groups concer ,E1 represent the interests of m a m -1 .erespective groups. e) 0 Membership: Any organizat sx1 gTurpose is to initiate constructi ,9by any government department or a m Any group which meets the gibe 5. written application for members `,c3cflay be accepted or rejected by th 0 7:) .H zapplicatiens for membership are c m present. , rx f4 E- (2_, 0., 14 0 (f) i °Elected to the executive of the T Roy Nottingham - President Leona Cosgrove - 1st Vice'11 Marian Babcock - 2nd Vicerci :72 Grace Randle 5Ccmmunications Secretary Secretary a resol the would take the position. "-are: -- N.B. The Women's Centre unaminous Progress. We need two deleg interested, please indicate CAUTIO AHE HAVE YOU READ YOUR CHI PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor �THE NORTHERN WOMAN SEPTEMBER 19 73 - ISSUE IV PAGE 3 MOTHER'S ON BUDGETS REPORT On August 28th Mothers on Budgets presented a brief to City Council asking for an overall increase in General Welfare and Mothers Allowance Benefits. There have been small increases in 1967 and 1970, but with the inflationary conditions that exist to date, we felt the 5% increased offer, is not nearly sufficient to cover todays cost of living. A maximum budget for a family of 4 is $330.00 plus $15.00 for each additional person. The brief was deferred until September 10th to Policy Committee ff2. We will keep you informed of the outcome. SOCIALIST WOMEN'S MEETINGS At the past two meetings of the socialist women's group discussions centred around the political educficn of wcuen. The first article was a speech by Stalin which streeeed the need for crganization and education of working and peasant women who were not only an important part of the economy but also the mothers of the nation's youth. This led to an intense discussion of motherhood and feminism and how these concepts related to socialism. The second ae,ticle consi ::ted of excerpts from Clara Zetkin's recollections Lenin's main objective for women too, was political education. He attacked those women who attended "educational' meetings only to discuss sex and marriage problems. These, he said, are based on the deeper social problems in the class structure of a capitalist society. These problems must be discussed and analyzed employing class analysis in order for one's consciousness to be raised and solutions suggested. of Lenin. The article for the next meeting is Class?" by Evelyn Reed. Sex against Sex or Class against Copies can be nicked up at the Co-op Bookshop. The next meeting is at 324 Cowan Avenue, Thunder Bay P, on September 11th, 1973 at 8:00 p.m. sharp! Af388ta8nWi880 1-1 BRAVO: 2 to Marcus Burch who wrote the following: Editor The Times-News 177 Arthur Street THUNDER BAY, Ontario cc: Dear Sir: o < o 1-1 Re: tei (n 124 0 1 < El ;727, c) ce C.) Cl) Cl <. ta, m Cr 14 C P. Your issue of Thursday, 30 August, 1973 Front page photo of Debbie Ficek When, may I ask, are you people going to develop sufficient maturity to cease such adolescent sexist exercises as illustrating weather reports with female bodies? What possible relation does Ms Ficek's physique have to weather statistics save the puerile relationships created by your own sexist mentality? Sincerely Yours cr, o- m v. Original Signed by, Cf) H Ec\t E-BOO: 1-4 <C E-, Z C.) Cfl C G.4 H cn K! r=i 0 1.1 r::) M. A. Burch to Chronicle-Journal 0 Times News which rudely refused to print in the Town Talk column our request for letters of support for the Women's Centre. This was done on the grounds that it would appear as if the paper were supporting it.- How strange for a supposed -community. newspaper to refuse support for a community project which represents 51, of the population of Thunder Bay. A communication problem appears to exist among the staff members of the Chronicle-Journal and within the space of two or three weeks one editor was refusing to print the above request for letters of support because he 'didn't know anything about this group", another was complaining that he wanted to do an editorial about the group and couldn't find anyone to interview and a third was interviewing women from the group who were involved in an out-of-town conference. n rk2 .z3NOTICE: FOR AND BY WOMEN The Shape of Things," the first comedy special ever produced by, for and about women, will be broadceet Friday, September 28 at 8:00 p.m. on channels 3 , 11. PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor �71-1E !TR-1'47M ,-10tW! - CO,ITU7.1) T / n, 7 7 This is a personal experience. When I separated, I had to apply for Welfare (Thunder Bay), not being able to work because of former illness. Since I have no dependents I could collect only the stipulated amount from Welfare for "single-no dependents", which amounts to $52.00 cash per month for groceries, and all other personal needs. At the time I was on Welfare the recipient was allowed $47.00 per month for rent. (The amount is now $57.00). The recipient has to find for herself a place to live on that amount of money. I looked at advertised places within that money range, usually a small room. When I found out what I would be forced to live in, I decided to answer an ad which stated rent-free in return for caring for a bed-ridden invalid. I was able to get the position, if it can be called that, hut, because it was rent-free for me, I received no rent money from Welfare. That eside the point. The point is although I looked after an invalid, I was also the housekeeper because I looked after the house in such work ways as doing the washing, ironing, cooking, cleaning, etc. For these services I received nc money from the invalid who is owner of the house and at the same time what I did was not considered "work" by the welfare authorities, because I was allowed the $52.00 per month suppel-t. This prevailing condition and circumstancc in my opinion, is similar to the conditions imposed on the indentured servant of days gone by. The only difference was that I was not bonded to stay - I could leave at any time. These are conditions I underwent because I was not well enough or strong enough to take a paying job in order to earn my living. by Constance. PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor �THE NORTHERN WOMAN EDITORIAL POLICY OCTOBER 1973 issue V 318 S. Marks St. Thunder Bay "F". The composition of the Northern Women's Centre group-as a whole represents different ideological views and approaches to the amancipation of women i.e. political affiliation (or lack thereof), however, the unifying factor is the sentiment that women should be emancipated. The newsletter itself will serve as an open forum for expression of any and all viewpoints of the women of Northwestern Ontario. Up until now, the newsletter has served mainly as a bulletin board of events, with little discussion of pertinent issues. develo Only by a free and open exchange of views and opinions will we a basis'for unity which can be used as a basis for action. Sorry for the delay in getting this issue out. Technical This is a subtle difficulties and a definite labour shortage was the cause. Call 622-3931. plea for HELP!!! *********** TO THE EDITOR: Although the suggested book list in the Northern Woman is important in making women more aware of literature available by and for women, I feel that singling out a privately owned bookstore where they are available is doing a diservice to the Co-Op Bookshop on Algoma Street. Not only is this bookshop totally owned by the membership, and staffed entirely by volunteers, but it has also carried a very comprehensive range of books on women for a long time. It is in the interest of all women to support co-operative endeavors. Joan Halonen. GENERAL MEETING, SEPTEMBER 13th, 1973. RAFFLE Authentic Raggedy Ann and Andy dolls are being raffled off (25" high), lovingly hand made by Lynne and Helen. Tickets are 25/ each or 5 for $1.00. If you want to buy tickets phone Human and Welfare Rights Office at 622-3931. You can also sign out for tickets to sell there. HOUSING COMMITTEE We may be able to get a loan Went to Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation. - must be incorporated in order to get loan. The loan would be for 50 years at $6.70 monthly per $1000 loan. But we can't sell till all of it is paid for. Moved and seconded that They want a submission from us if we're considering it. we advertise privately in newspaper for rental - moved that we give $15-$20 to Keep your eyes open for ergood place and if anything spend on this advertisement. looks good contact the Human and Welfare Rights Office at 622-3931. GRANT It was decided that we apply for a L.I.P Grant in lieu of Secretary of State Brief was submitted on Oct. 15. Keep your fingers crossed. grant. WE'VE GOT IT!! PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor �THE NORTHERN WOMAN OCTOBER 1973 - ISSUE V PAGE 2 UPDATE ON MAILING LIST IF YOU WISH TO KEEP RECEIVING THE NORTHERN WOMAN PLEASE SEND YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS TO THE NEWSLETTER COMMITTEE c/o 318 SOUTH MARKS STREET, THUNDER BAY "F", ONTARIO. AND IF YOU CAN AFFORD $1.00. NEWSLETTER We have now received our grant from the Community Development Branch of Community and Social Services, and will shortly be in receipt of the money. Speaking of money, please be sure to inform The Northern Woman if you wish to remain on the mailing list. We would also appreciate a donation of $1.00 or whatever you can afford. This is the LAST NOTICE FOR RECEIPT OF THE NORTHERN if you wish to continue receiving the newsletter, send your name and WOMAN! address to the Newsletter Committee, c/o 318 S. Marks Street, Thunder Bay "F", Ontario (and $$) in now. We would greatly appreciate submissions of articles, poetry, book reviews, Pick opinions, movie reviews, etc. to the newsletter from its subscribers. Don't forget this newsletter is up your pens and start writing, please. supposed to be a FORUM. THEATRE WORKSHOP Put on by the Cambrian Players and headed by Dusty Miller it began October It was moved and seconded that we send 2nd, 7:30 p.m. at 114 Simpson Street. and sponsor (for a $10.00 fee and $3.00 membership), a delegate to this workshop in order to facilitate getting our own feminist theatre off the ground Kate George is our delegate and she is really enjoying it. WOMEN'S COURSE AT CONFEDERATION COLLEGE a woman director is to be hired under 1) To be inaugurated on September 24th. the continuing education program in order to set up women's interest courses curriculum development project: women's studies courses for 1st and 2nd 2) They will credit courses and will be set up by year students in the arts program. There will be no instructors, only resource women interested in the project. persons, and they will be handled as individual learning labs. We have been asked if we are interested in setting up a few courses - funding will be available for bringing in resource people. Monday, October 1st, at 8:00 p.m. at Marg Phillips house a meeting was held to discuss and plan this project. CBC STATION It was suggested that we send in a proposal for a women's radio program to be INTERESTED? Call Human and Welfare Rights broadcast on the local CBC Station. Office at 622-3931. WOMEN'S CENTRE The Women's Centre was very pleased to offer assistance to our native sisters. Jeannette Lavall was called to Edmonton for an emergency meeting of Native Women from across Canada. We are now seeking donations to help defer the cost of her travel expenses. Any small contribution (sent to H. & W. Rights) will be appreciated. Jeannette will be preparing a report on the conference which will be published at a later date. She is also speaking to the public at the Indian Friendship Centre to commemorate the National Day of Mourning for the death of the Bill of Rights. The Northern Women's Centre group is sponsoring a National Day of Mourning public meeting in support of the National Day of Mourning on Sunday October 21 at 2:00 p.m. at the Indian Friendship Centre. October 21 is the day set aside to mourn the death of the Bill of Rights, when native women were denied ALL ARE their birthright as status Indians when marrying non status men. Speakers will be Jeannette Lavall -Preident of the Ontario URGED TO ATTEND! Native Women's Association. Marlene Pierre - President of the Thunder Bay Native Women's Association. A delegate was chosen to attend Mother's on Budget meeting on a regular basis Estelle Friedlander and to ask them how we could support them in their cause. was chosen as our delegate. PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor �OCTOBER 1973 - ISSUE V THE NORTHERN WOMAN PAGE 3 COALITION FOR SOCIAL PROGRESS FLEA MARKET Two women volunteered to be delegates They were Julie Fells and Estelle Friedlander. The Flea Market was a smashing success! An exact calculation of our assets is still not complete. We still have many beautiful crafts left and plan to hold a craft sale sometime before Christmas. WATCH FOR IT. NOTICE FOR DIVORCE & SEPARATION Meeting will be held at the Human and Welfare Rights Office at 8:00 p.m. October 30th. Estelle still has some stickers to sell. Sound good? Buy them and stick. GUERRILLA TACTICS STICK STICKERS insults women." STICKERS i.e. "This ad CAMBODIA Madame Khiew Ponnary, Chairman of the Cambodian Democratic Women's Association, in a recent statement condemned U.S. imperialist aggression in Cambodia and called on all peace-loving and justice upholding women throughout the world to denounce U.S. imperalist crimes against the Cambodian nation and take steps to force an end to U.S. aggression. In March 1970, the U.S., CIA backed, Lon Nol clique staged a military Since coup in Cambodia against Norodhom Sihanouk, Head of State of Cambodia. that time, the Cambodian people have united closely under the leadership of the National United Front of Cambodia and the Royal Government of National Union of homeland from U.S. aggression and establish a peaceful and democratic country. They have liberated 90% In those three years they have won tremendous victories. of the land and over 80% of the people of Cambodia now live in the liberated zones. The traitorous Lon Nol puppet clique now controls only Phnom Penh and one or two other cities and this they are able to do only with massive military and arms aid from the U.S. It is through the courageous fighting for freedom of the Cambodian people and the support of their struggle by all people committed to peace, freedom and justice throughout the world, and particularly in the U.S., that the Nixon adminThis istration has been forced to cease bombing of Cambodia on August 15, 1973. was a great victory for the Cambodian people and the people of the world. At the same time this has not deterred the imperialists from their path of domination They are now continuing their aggression by increasing economic and aggression. and military aid to the bankrupt Lon Nol clique by preparing Saigon and Bangkok puppet troops to invade Cambodia by intensifying their plan of "Khmerization"of the war (making Cambodian fight Cambodian) and by spreading slanders, lies and distortions about the NUFK and the RGNUK and Sihanouk and trying by some means to bring about a compromise with the Lon Nol clique and thus mai in U.S. influence in Indo-China. End of Part I - to be continued next month QUESTION OF THE MONTH! Is it true that women are always notoriously late for functions or is it just a myth. Come to the next women's centre meeting and Thursday Oct. 25, 1973. find out. P.S. This will be our incorporation m eting. Mr. Mullins, a lawyer, will be there to explain the procedure and swear in the witness. If you are interested in being on the board of directors make sure you are there. Men's C.R. Group started Oct. 11, 1973 and from reports received was an overwhelming success. Any men interested in starting another one contact Human & Welfare Rights Office. We will put you in touch with someone who can get you started. PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor �CO 1 H FT-1 0 0 O a) 0 -P U) cd H a) +) 0 O O c-1 0 I m m 0 be be a) O a) 0 C') O rd rd H H o ,a) H 03 0 00 rd O H o cd 00 O cd a) U) H A-, 0 .0 -P CI) O 0 O O ci) I a) a) bO O H H 0 0 0 O cd -P 0:3 a) Fr-q rd H a) O (1) CI) 0 a) (1) N cd M ca) 4-) 0w ;-1 ,0 W 00 (1.) O 0 a.) ..-1 a) CD C/) z O F-i Cf) H H O 0 U) H cd F-1 cd a) cd ,0 o o3 -p H a) N0 0 tic) P-1 u) a) u) 0 m 00 0 0 W 'H 43 H I a) o W0 U) ca 0 cd ti4) H PA 0 0 00 (0 (1) N cd 4-) 0 cd cal 0:3 cn a) rd 03 I10.0 a) 1)0 C.) 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(1) 0 Law 4-9 0 O 0 Mrs. Mrs: Mrs. Mrs. . . ^ 0 wC H .1_, a) bJ0 0" Ur° HC° zf Hugh MacDonald 0 O o CV rd ro APPLIED ARTS FACULTY Full1973 TImemempers - 1974 .... Communications. Graphic Design, Instructor Program - Sociology TV Writing C. A. WESTCOTT - Dean of Applies Arts - Instructing Nursing .... Director of Curriculum Development Project Communications Instructor Anthony L. Acker John Arbiaster Ray Baker ... Photo Arts Instructor June Baker for Mental Retardation Counsellor Program.. John Berry .. Coordinator, Law and Security Program. Mika Burns .. Instructor of Sociology b Psychology Barry Caswell .. Psychology instructor (H) Coordinator, Social Services Program . and Instructor for Mental Retardation Counsellor Program b.0 O Alex Morris .. Communications Instructor 0 .. Instructor for Mental Retardation Counsellor Program Instructor for Theatre Arts Option (Theatrical) Hgt4a) Cd .. Instructor, Radio-Teievision Arts Program O Counsellor Program .. Coordinator, Mental Retardation 43Brian 00 C.) Russell 0 CP cno 'a' Ti . n M Visser Instructor,Advanced Communications and Philosophy Co a) Chris Stuhr r 43 Sveinson .. Coordinator, Recreational Leadership Program H i 9 IiHH t rd MI . .. Lab instructor for Nursing Program ..Physiological Sciences Cart Cousineau Coordinator .. Journalism subjects Instructor Lou Doerr (M) .. Continuing Education .. R.N. .. Psychology Instructor Ken Duke .. Coordinator, Radio -Television Arts Program Irwin Edelstein (M) Carol Faulkner Instructor, Recreational Leadership Program John Flatt .. Communications Instructor Dorothy Hewat Rick Holmes .. Instructor of Sociology Howard Huff .. Applied Arts Chairman .. Instructor of Communications '(Advanced) Marilyn Hunter .. Coordinator of Early Childhood Education Program Political Science Instructor 0 .. Conversational French Instructor OClara H Kaipio EDO .. Nursery School Supervisor .. 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FQ-°tILQ- PAGE 5 "Death Here Is Thy Sting" - Coriolis Learn how you can help overcome Canada's funeral trade combine in its aim to keep funeral costs high and funerals elaborate and ostentatious. Written by a funeral director under a pseudonym. Laurie suggests "Up Against the Wall Mother" Glencoe Press, by Ms. Briscoe & Ms. Adams. "Our Bodies, Ourselves" by the California. Boston Women's Health Book Collective (available at the Co-Op Bookshop-Algoma St.) Cu;. au_ SA-a-t- tli I \J A C-oe., . 6i - -39 ci #4.1 uituCO-VvNe-0-A14 C.11044.* "The First Ms. Reader" by Ms. Magazine. "The Descent of Woman" by E. Morgan. "Women in Canada" by Marylee Stephenson. rt- 04. tr4...wc 04, bY (re L.+% OTHER SUGGESTED READINGS do tru.:t Citzt eittZ21-11....o S-(22-c;-P-'t et NO COMMENT: The Northwestern Ontario representative to the Advisory Council on the Status of Women is a man from Dryden. CRISIS SHELTER COMMITTEE A brief is being written by representatives of the committee and will be submitted to the The aims of the Crisis Secretary of State. Shelter Committee are: 1/provide emergency housing, for a limited period, to those people in Thunder Bay, particularly families, who find themselves without shelter. 2/ to 3./ provide access to supportive services. to provide access to crisis information. The housing committee is checking all vacancies for buying or renting and we hope to find suitable accommodation. QUOTE: LOST & FOUND If To be beautiful is enough. a woman can do that who shall demand more for her. You do not want a rose to sing. Three picture frames were lost at the Flea If you picked them up, please call Helen or Lynn at 623-3224. Market. William Makepeace Thackeray. AWARENESS - there are more and more people coming out to the massage, relaxation Classes are and yoga classes which, grouped together I'm calling Awareness. If crowded now and we're all growing with them. They are all in the evenings. you want to start daytime courses call the Human and Welfare Rights Office 622-3931. FOR NOW-There has been a lot of research on the connection between breathing and Close your eyes. "Look" Sit erect but not stiff. Try this. emotional tension. inside yourself. Take a trip through your whole body. Notice what colours you connect with the inside of your scalp, hair, ears, etc. all the way down to the Did Note everything. Note how you felt about certain parts of your body. toes. you want to skip any? Why? Notice, as you go, each muscle - all the muscles in each part - even the skin. Whenever you come upon a tense muscle, see if you can In the top of your relax it. Now note your breathing. Where do you breathe? Imagine your lungs are now moved into your abdomen. Breathe In the middle? chest? Are you Watch it carefully. Practice. Concentrate. And out. into the abdomen. Quieter and gentler. Deeper and slower. breathing too fast or hard. Slow down. Any difference in muscle tension? Use this often. Breathe and watch. 4H4W4444agggg4g4PAg4g44WARNINGHgAggi4gH44844HHHgggHWAH8$ LAST CHANCE TO KEEP RECEIVING "THE NORTHERN WOMAN" SEND YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS IN T 0 D A Y f!gggPPgggfigMggfAggggPgflAggtMgAAggAMMMIggggInggPMPAgggAAggggggggggggIHPAAA PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor �OCTOBER - ISSUE V THE NORTHERN WOMAN PAGE 6 NEXT GENERAL MEETINGS .COMMITTEE REPORTS DUE DATE - NOVEMBER 18th, 1973 SEND TO THE NORTHERN WOMAN 318 South Marks Street THUNDER BAY F, Ontario AT 8:00 p.m. Women Adelsory Council on oie Conseil CI:, ..:atif de lu WESLEY UNITED CHURCH 130 North Brodie Street THUNDER BAY F, Ontario Co4;:i:ion (itire :az ikazr. Bov:C.P. 154.: OTTAWA: laIPSRS 63, OTTAWA. C.A... Tclfrel. 013) 992 .4975 Thursday, October 25th really important that everyone attends. Thursday, November 15th Thursday, November 29th. 15 August 1973 NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING Mrs. Gladys I Hart 7 Leys Street Thunder Bay, Ontario P7A 5E5 The Northern Women's Centre Committee sponsored a public meeting in support of the National Day of Mourning. Dear Mrs. Hart: Thank you for your letter of 31 July 1973 inquiring whether any legislation is currently proposed which will enable housewives to contribute to the Canada Pension Plan. At this time there is no such legislation before Parliament. At the first meeting of the Advisory Council on the Status of Women, the Council agreed on several priority areas one of which deals directly with your concern. Our recommendation to the Minister responsible for the status of women, John Munro, reads as follows: We urge that the Canada Pension Plan be extended to provide for the participation of women who remain in the home. This is in line with the intent of Recommendations 2 and 12 of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women. During the next year we will be putting together material and documentation to back up this recommendation. If there are women's groups in your area who have a similar concern, perhaps you would be good enough to keep us informed of these activities. Sincerely yours, n4_ Katie Cooke, Ph.D. Chairman NOTICE: This Thursday nights Women's Centre Meeting will be the last call for Raggedy Ann & Andy doll raffle tickets to be handed into the Human & Welfare Rights Office or the WCM. Any sold or unsold tickets should be brought Thank you. forth without delay. RETURN TO: The National Day of Mourning was called to protest a Supreme Court decision of August 27th upholding a section of the Indian Act which descriminates against women. From the public meeting it was decided that as many people as possible would proceed at 11:45 a.m. from the Indian Friendship Centre in funeral procession manner to the City Hall, Thunder Bay F to perform a wreath laying ceremony. (this was later carried out by laying the wreath on the door of the Indian Affairs and Northern Development office located on the third floor of the IBM Bldg.) MOTION PASSED It was also moved at the Public Meeting of October 21st that "The Canadian Government be asked to amend the British North American Act to include the Canadian Bill of Rights." THE NORTHERN WOMAN 318 South Marks Street THUNDER BAY F, ONTARIO TO: PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor �12A-EE LI EVNEIVEDITORIAL [21 POLICY NOVEMBER 1973 - ISSUE VI 318 S. Marks Street 'THUNDER BAY F, Ont. The composition of the Northern Women's Centre group as a whole represents different ideological views and approaches to the emancipation of women i.e. political affiliation (or lack thereof), however, the unifying factor is the sentiment that women should be emancipated. The newsletter itself will serve as an open forum for expression of any and all viewpoints of the women of North-,:stern Ontario, Up until now, the newsletter has served mainly as a bulletin.board of events, with little discussion of pertenent issues. Only by a free and open exchange of views and opinions will be develop a basis for unity which can be used as a basis for action. § **********A**..4Ak*.a...:..W.4....Wthed4::****fe.4.V.4::*44.add:****-.A************************** F 0 R U M I have learned since becoming more involved in the women's movement that a "women libber" is a label used by the media and others for women tryiag to effect change that some men and a few women fear will have a derogatory affect on'them. For those of.us concerned about modern society (controlled by men) .in which inhumanity and greed may be viewed in all of their most frightful manifestations i,e. growth of crime, pollution, race and sex discrimination, ,corruption in government, exploitation and the primacy of profits over human well-being, to be, labelled such is irmaterial. A, cr3 Should The potential for our annihilation now exists in the wo3911d. dominant we,,as mothers of the species sit qu'etly by under the present values or demand adequate representation in the councils of image-making and of decision. CORRESPONDENCE: We are pleased with the respoase of all of you who are writing us. It's really great to hear about your ideas, situations, etc. Keep us informed on what's happening, especially those ofyou outside Thunder Bay. Special thank you to all the sisters who sent money supporting this newsletter. L.I.P. GRANT We received an adknoWledgMent that cur 40.i-cation entitled "WOMEN" has been received and is now being processed. SECRETARY OF STATE (Sue Findlay) We are now on a supplementary fund list because of depletion of funds. Our application is being held pending If we do not get final decision. roney this time, we will probably get some in March. INCORPORATION At our last meeting the Sue has an idea for setting up leadership subject of Incorporation was raining workshops for Northern Ontario discussed with Mr Mullen of omen. This would be funded through the e Slimes & Mullen. The pros o ecretary of States Office, Ottawa. and cons were weighed, Come travel group would set out to to our next meeting for more 0 ommunities in Northern Ontario setting 40 information andhow please be 0 C.R., to respond p there workshops ( prepared to discuss this o sterotyping, Women and the Law, Woven issue. nd help, introduction to the Feminist 0 be ovement.) mr, udith Ramsay will be her at the end of he month to further explain this plan.. ie PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor �THE NORTHERN WOMAN NOVEMBER 1973 - ISSUE VI PAGE 2 We received a THANK YOU from Jeanette Lavell for our support and interest in the struggle for recognition of their rights as Indian Women, and for our financial support in sending her to a conference in Edmonton. MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF NATIONAL INDIAN RIGHTS FOR INDIAN WOMEN held on September 22, 1973 at the Unitarian Church, 12530 - 110 Avenue, EDMONTON, Alberta ATTENDED BY JEANETTE LAVELL the Supreme Court The purpcse of the meeting was to discuss three issues: decision in the Lavell case, the situation on the Caughnawaga Reserve regarding our Native women being evicted, and the annual conference. Also, since we are an organization of Native Women who organized to fight the issue of the Non-status women in Canada and having intervened in the Lavell case at the National level, we must be consistent in our actions and take a definite stand on the issue. The Alberta Committee on Indian Rights for Indian Women consented to be the hosting group. Not one of the groups has any funds at the moment, including the national committee, and therefore the reason why so few could attend from the national committee is because they had to find their own money to come. However, those who had come from other provinces were welcomed. Notice was given by the Chairman that it was urgent that the National Committee on Indian Rights For Indian Women, come up with a very strong final statement at The Chairman also notified the group that the conclusion of the meeting. Jeanette Lavell had given a press conference regarding the recent Supreme Court decision the day prior to the meeting in Edmonton. Mary Two-Axe-Early talked about the present situation on the Caughnawaga Reserve. The She mentioned that much of the information given by the press is false. press has focused attention on the white people getting eviction papers, but that some of the Indian women has also been served with the eviction notices. She produced evidence of the eviction notice as given to one of the Indian women living on the reserve with her mother. Apparently, Mrs. -- is living with her sick widowed mother. Further, Mrs. Early states that the Band Council, in cooperation with Indian Affairs are again preying on the weakest of those who had married non-Indians. However, she is positive that a method of evicting the non -status. Indian women is being used, and that eventually all will be evicted. After discussion on the report on Caughnawaga, the following motion was passed: MOVED AND SECONDED: " the eviction notices in the Caughnawaga Reserve against non-status Indian women and their families be withdrawn to prevent a further division of native families, but if the Band Council remains adamant about evicting their native women that the time allowed to move be extended to a period of one year in order that the affected native women End their families can find adequate replacement housing. " CARRIED. Attention was given to the fact that letters had been written to the N.D.P. Caucus, Prime Minister Trudeau, and Mr. Diefenbaker by the Alberta Committee on Indian Rights For Indian Women, calling for amendments to the Indian Act, regarding discrimination of Native Women. MOVED AND SECONDED: " the National Committee on Indian Rights for Indian Women write letters to all members of the Hoase of Commons urging them to make representation to the Cabinet for amendments to the Indian Act, which would end the present discrimination against Indian women and further that the Federal Government review its legislation with a view to ending discrimination against all Canadian women. " CARRIED. TORONTO MEETING: The Chairman reported that Pauline Harper is setting up a meeting to be held in Toronto aroud the middle of October and that we are to find our own travelling expenses if we wish to attend. The ladies from the Western Provinces are invited to hold a press conference at this meeting as we have had our Eastern women do ours --- continued in the West. PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor �THE NORTHERN WOMAN NOVEMBER 1973 - ISSUE VI PAGE 3 TORONTO MEETING - continued Topics pertaining to the Lavell case, Caughnawaga, national conference on Indian Rights for Indian Women will be discussed. Those wishing to attend please contact: Pauline Harper, 60 Walker Avenue, Toronto, Ontario. The members were urged to start working on the national conference and to bring native people interested in native people's rights. The conference will be open to all native people. DID YOU KNOW THAT ... there is a Canada Pension Plan Death Benefits. It is a lump sum payable to the estate of a deceased'person who contributed to the Canada Pension Plan (C.P.P.) for a minimum of any three years since January 1st, 1966 or for ten calendar years, survivors of contributors are entitled to receive the death benefit. For further information contact the local C.P.P. Benefits office 11307 - 33 South Court Street, Thunder Bay P, Ontario. CANADIAN WOMEN'S TELEVISION SERIES Three films have been ordered, two on Women and the Law, one on C.R. Special showings will be arranged upon receipt of tapes. There are twenty-five films in the series, all of them sound exciting. 0.I.S.t. Workshop on Women at the Lakehead University Faculty of Education, Friday, November 16th, all day. There shall be a full report for the next newsletter. Federation of Women Teachers of Ontario, Status of Women Workshop - Leadership training, on Friday and Saturday, November 23rd and 24th at the. Airlane Motor Hotel. Some resource people have been drawn from the Women's Centre. For example, Estelle, will be giving a C.R. demonstration on Friday night. We hope that through this we will be able to share this vital experience. There will also be a book display by the Co-Op Bookshop of Feminist Literature and a book display on Non-sexist Children's Literature by Marg Kay Burch from the Book Mark. ONTARIO NATIVE WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION, THUNDER BAY ANISHNAWBEKWEK REPORT In October, ,,I was invited as President of the Ontario Native Women's Association to participate in a meeting sponsored by the local Thunder Bay Anishnawbekwek and the Northern Women's Centre. The meeting 1-Ited all afternoon with some good recommendations made regarding the Canadian Bill of Rights and women and also preparations,;for the National Day of Mourning being sponsored by the National Action Committee. The'Ontario Native Women's Association has hired a new Program Director, Yvonne Conley, from London, Ontario and will be working out of the Head Office, 401 North Cumberland Street, Thunder Bay. She was present at our board meeting and was instructed to carry our programs consisting of those to meet the aims and objectives of the Association. We have also hired a fieldworker, Elsie Indian from Fort Frances. If there are any locals and those wanting a local started in the area, Mrs. Indian can be contacted at 132 Church Street, Fort Frances, Ontario, telephone 274-5642. We are still looking for fieldworkers. Call Yvonne Conley in Thunder Bay at 345-9821. Jeanette Lavell, President. CAMBODIA - PART II ''The Cambodian people, led by the National United Front of Kampuchea and the Royal Government of National Union of Cambodia have again stated they will not compromise with U.S. imperialists but will continue their struggle until final victory and liberation of their country. The situation is excellent. Le Cambodian people are on the threshold of final victory. It is now important, more,1..en ever before, to mobilize international support in aid of their struggle. The recent Conference of Non-Aligned Nations (of which Cambodia is a founding member) voted overwhelmingly in support of the NUFK AND THE RGNUK with Samdech Norodom Sihanouk at its head, and demanded the complete and immediate withdrawal of U.S. Imperialism from Cambodia and cessation of interference in the internal affairs of Cambodia. So far over 40 countries have established diplomatic relations or declared mutual recognition with the RGNUK. In the eyes of the Third World and the world people, the RGNUK is the legitimate government of the Cambodian people in their just struggle against imperialism and for freedom and liberation ... continued on page 4 'J PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor �THE NORTHERN WOMAN CAMBODIA - PART II NOVEMBER 1973 - ISSUE VI PAGE 4 ... continued (a telling blow to both U.S. irperialist who offer all kinds of aid to the traitor clique and the Soviet social-imperialists who recognize the same clique). Plans are under way internationally for a WORLD CONFERENCE IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE CAMBODIAN PEOPLE. Nationally in Canada, People's Canada Daily News (national working class newspaper) has printed all messages from the NUFK and the RGNUK and made numerous statements in support of their struggle. Here in Thunder Bay an open meeting was held on September 9, 1973 in support of the recent call of the NUFK and plans are under way for further escalation of this campaign. In Cambodia women are fighting on every frc-it (political, economic, and military) to free their country and people. Freedoir- loving women throughout the world and particularly in North America have been in the forefront of demonstrations in solidarity with the struggle of the Cambodian people and in denouncing U.S. crimes in Indo-China. It is in this tradition of international solidarity of women fighting for freedom that Madame Kiew Ponnery, Chairman of the Cambodian Democratic Women's Association issued her call, in discussing further action in aid of the struggle of the Cambodian people, please contact Box 531, Thunder Bay "P", Ontario. CRISIS ST-TPLTFR COMMITTEE REPORT The Brief to the Secretary of State has been completed and we are now hopefully waiting for confirmation of our request. The Housing Committee is still very busy checking all possible leads in their efforts to FINDING suitable suitable accommodation for the Crisis Shelter. The building designated as the Crisis Shelter should include the following: - single rooms and at least one large area which could serve as a dormitory, - light housekeeping rooms or apartments, - a laundry area, - kitcheh facilities. Aside from the business P,Ti,cc'+1"^ orisis Shelter, the committee has a few projects we think the women from the Centre would and should be interested in. We ask all women who are truly anxious to ''do something" for those less fortunate women in our city, to think about the following: (") I A CRISIS KIT Volunteers from the Centre would compile a kit containing necessary and informative literature that might be of benefit to people in crisis. For example: - the names of lawyers known for fair and sympathetic treatment --rds women, - names of doctors recommended by other women in the Centre, lists of agencies with needed services, resource people who could be contacted for sound advice, list of day care facilities available, - names of Social c.,-;---1-7,4-ions women might be interested in joining, - etc. We feel the Kit could also be distributed to new women in the area. II THE BUDDY SYSTEM Women who find themselves in a crisis situation, particularly those with young children, need much in the way of understanding, guidance and support. On some occasions the only thing you would need to give would be moral support or verbal reassurances that the situation can be rectified to some degree. Often, however, the action you will be called upon to take will have to be much more definitive and per'-aps more difficult for you. I feel a could become aware of all the agencies and resource people (Crisis Kit) available would be a wise idea for those who decide they'd like to take part in the "Buddy System". They would then be in a position to impart this information to the woman who is finding it difficult to cope on her own. Perhaps advice coming from a sympathetic woman might be just what is needed. A woman volunteer from our Centre would be matched with a woman in a crisis situation. The Volunteer would do all possible to help the woman resolve her crisis and hopefully become a coping happier woman. What do you think about a "Buddy System"? NOTICE...Thursday, November 22nd, 1973 at 8:00 p.m. will be the official day of drawing the LUCKY WINNERS TICKET FOR THE RAGGEDY ANN AND ANDY DOLLS. Please bring any sold or unsold tickets to -4-4-rig so we all have a chance. PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor �THE NORTHERN WOMAN NOVEMBER 1973 - ISSUE VI PAGE 5 EXCERPTS FROM FEMINIST ROSEMARY BROWN'S SPEECH made to the first national conference of Women for Political Action. If women seek political power by men's rules, and use it o4 men, have, then there is no point in their struggle for power. There is no reason for women to accept male models and goals which I equate with worship of domination. Women could conceivably brea down the old competitive-dominant system. Why cannot we see power as a creative force? Why cannot co-operation be seen as power. Women must force a confrontation with poverty, force a change in thinking on wars, pollution, respect for each other. If we do not challenge the concept that might is right, then there is no point to this struggle. Women elected in the past contributed little to the struggle for the liberation of women. They accepted male models, and male goals. It is crucial that women entering politics see themselves not as individuals but as a constituency working for the status of women. Until all of us have it made, none of us have it made. AND THEN THERE'S MAUDE let's call-her-Maude. She's fortyish, separated and alone. So, she's in the From change of life,,so what better time to change aer life.? What a change! the cloisters of protected wifehood to the classification of single-no dependentswhen she is, in reality a wedded wife and mother. Where do you go from here, Maude? She has her separation agreement papers-signed -an achievement gained after months of legal wrangling and a minimal amount of support. Maude is game though and also fair game as she goes to Manpower, is interviewed, fills in the eternal application form, and at the same time babbles on aptimistically to the interviewer all about the types of work she can do through long experience as chief cook and bottle washer, beside her ancient job as salesgirl when she was single. She hopes to be employed, in fields such as homewaricer, hospital attendant-she fills those applications-or sewing alterations for stores-all these things she knows she can do. Maude has little education and no profession, career or trade-but Maude is willing to work. She is, cheerful at the outset with high hopes; she surely will be called soon about work-one month goes by - then another and the phone remains - no dingle for the old dingbat. With the cheer and the hope visibly diminished, Maude picks up the phbne and calls Manpower and finds out that after all her talk about her potential capabilities, she has been dubbed "marker" because her employment as salesgirl-way back- and that the interviewer had not entered one single thing, other than that, on the application form. Oh Gawd, Maude doesn't really want to have to work in stores' again, but she will, she will, she'll do anything for work. She is sent to a retail store as marker, thinking, now at last, I have work. She is handed another application form to fill out. If Maude had a dollar for every application form she filled out, she wouldn't have to work! Maude now resorts to answering the ads for Employment wanted in the local papers. How about answering the ad asking for experienced sewing for a sewing machine company? Maude knows she can sew rings around the best after thirty years of sewing, plus two certificates from two sewing courses. She fills in the application form as usual, and, of course, she now knows that is the last of that - she does not have a certificate from a course in stretch-sewing! She begins to wonder if even her birth certificate is of no merit. Day by day, she still tries to get a sitting five little one, including a trying to sell a company's products, in her face. The varicose veins are job, tries baby-sitting, lands a job baby, for $5.00 a day, tramped the streets door-to-door with door after door closing now acting up. At last Maude hears through the grapevine of a live-in job companion to handicap and $100.00 a month. A cinch! - inspite of being warned that the lady just couldn't keep any help she was so cranky and hard to please. Oh, thought Maude, it couldn't be all that bad, I'll at least give it a try. To her regret, she is hired, spends a wondrously horrendous week, throws in the towel and leaves with nerves and spirit a little the worse for wear - so much for cinches---. Maude ups her tattered dander and mutters to the workd at large, hGod'll get you for that". But threats and dander don't put the almighty dollar in Maude's pocket. If she doesn't phone Manpower herself she never hears from that source. Maude is still willing to work, but she thinks, why not work for myself? How about that? Maude Enterprises. She advertises to do any type of sewing, knitting, and babysitting (again? -never gives up) This time Maude thinks she can choose, being on her own. Well, Maude has certainly learned in the interim - page 6 to cut down, cut corners, and experiences again the hand-to-mouth exis'is PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor �THE NORTHERN WOMAN PAGE 6 NOVEMBER 1973 - ISSUE VI AND THEN THERE'S MAUDE - continued of the old depression days. But Maude still has her "spunk", what little is left, and has not sat on her duff waiting for handouts to the helpless, deprived ex-housewife. She has tried to the best of her ability to get some kind of suitable employment, however, a little seed of doubt now enters Maude's being - how lond is this going to go on - will I never find permanent gainful El work - is she being crushed slowly by the wheels of bureacracy? Never mind, so she thinks, as she waits for the phone i-0 Maude, she has her ace-in-the-hole , 'system' yet, Maude, or how long before the "system" Li to ring - you'll beat the 'system' ft! beats you -- rrr, p.' oc- c..) zSUGGESTED READINGS SUGGESTED BOOK BURNINGS ,/- 1 ,r( Bar)44ra'WLCurry Mitchell Cooking, Cleaning Susan Day & Falling in Love by How to Get a Teenage Boy & What to dc:5-. en by Alex Kates With Him When You Cnt Him by Ellen Perk Dr. Joyce Brother's (S books) tely? en's k to Viva, Playgirl, Venus Captive Wife by Hannah Gavron swap NOTICE OF THE NEXT WOMEN'S CENTREMEETINGS ************************************ ing a ve your Wesley United Churphvat 8:00: NOVEMBER:,22nd,L1973 DEGEMBER-13th,1973 DECEMBER '27th :.1973 *4444Aq:*********************** 973 at ficial inner dy dolls. PLEASE CALL THE HUMAN AND WELFARE RIGHTS OFFICE IF YOU STILL WISH TO CONTINUE RECEIVING OUR NEWSLETTER THE "THE NORTHERN WOMAN". THE NUMBER TO CALL IS: 6V -3931. if you don't will start replacing with people Who do. tharkyou. SAIINFMAAARINARi10#00141PRPAIR100100.1.1#14111010111141 PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor �P.S. TO THE EDITOR In answer to the quote by William Thackary in the Oct 73 edition of Northern Women. Sister while we sing, any phychologists will classify us as paranoid personalties. ABNORMAL PHYCHOLOGY by Walter J. Colville describes paranoids as follows are often found in the ranks of zealous cultists ardent supporters Does this mean that many or of any cause celibre and reformers all women fighting for Women's Rights are mentally sick and the many injustices done to them have made them this way? If this is so the above quote from ABNORMAL PHYCHOLOCY should read as follows, 4 to sing against injustice is mental illness, therefore isn't it time our so called honest establishment listen to the song our libbers are singing and in doing so prevent mental illness. Irene Weedon Another Review: A record we ran across in Toronto; WOMEN-BE WOMEN by Gert Eehanna author of the Late Liz Word Records The Christian Voice of the Audio Age She believes that *women should be women* ie. centre their lives on being wives and mothers. If *liberated* women are so happy-so fufilled - how do you account for all the the women drug addicts,the mentally women alcoholics lost, the divorces, the suicides. --- She's been she knows[knows what? ed.] through it all , LAST MINUTE NEWS Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations The name NORTHERN WOMEN S CENTRE d THUNDER BAY DISTRICT is unobjectionable for a non share corporation. If we wish to reserve the name for two dollars for a period of 60 days. We need to know therefor, whether or not we are going ahead with incorporation. Don't forget to come to the next meeting to discuss this issue. PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor �)L 1.\) F. 15) \ cl\ I liLt "et/ 175L, Decerler 3273 - Issue VII 3h. S. Iarks Street Mutx:,er Lay, Ontario ILITOLIII, POLICY cont.osition of the Northern Vonenis Centre erou;.., as a wnole, reeresents different ieeoloeical views ant. ail:roaches to the enancipation of woven -- i.e. eolitical affiliation (or lack thereof). that woren shoule be however,. the unifyine factor is the s,...-ntinent enancipa.ted. She newsletter, itself will serve as an oven form for extiession of any ane all view.oint$ of the Amen of Northwestern Ontario. Lip until noe, the newsletter has serve( rainly as a bulletin boar: of events, with little ciscussion of eertinert issues. Only by a free and. °ken exchange of opinions anC. views will 1,e (oveloe a :oasis for unity which can be used as a basis for action. ******************** It sessions Leans by labour's iicIS always CistresseC no to vitness labour strikes, iich.eting and cidoman-out Larcjaining which cause waste of resources and eeneral inconvenience. but these have Levi the only which labour unions were able to int-rove oor4itions for the rking class. 1,owaC.ays, solution to the ellen cost of living is a e.tenand for higher wages and these, in turn, are blaiaal for hiellex prices. I Qwever, even with a raise, the take-lone pay =rains nuch the sane. Lending on which incase bracket you naeeen to larit., in, the e>leectatior_ eets swallowed snort of Whole by the incase tax. It has slaly eawnee on i.e that the labout unions have assueec another function, and that is eollectine incxx,e tax for the ceovernreent. 'thy are labour unions eioine to such trounle to co a eovernnent job? i. couele of years ace) I haC sucgested at a union neeting whether it mule not be tore advisalle if the unions across Canada woule kut stress on reduction of inoore tax for lower brackets rather than higher wecee. The lal.our leader Crew iv attention almost reverentially to the Le.asly 3c reduction Which supeoseely Louie: nahx-.1 a bie Cifference in the jay che-c-lue. There have been viritten retorts about the, size of the caieeeicen funds contributed towares tie eresent covernnent's election., nie Iusiness wa.s Cefinitely on the site of the covernnent. It woul(1 certainly e ureratefu_l of the coverrstent to turn around and slag taxes as callously as it eoes on t ie workers. Co it left the Cirty job to the unions, with revarea.; eoine to the corjorationz ant:: the Canaelan tax structure. Costs and. Frices rise, mall businesses collapse and,. bie enterprises ezeand. r.Cie hare-pinched sees of the weirkine eoeulaticxi enc. the LieCle class are baited in the direction of the uneni,loye'ent insurance beneficiaries ane the luckless welfare class. 5.his arines e to an exceret fruit the ..ast. At the elx.1 of the Lecond Great Uar, the late Carfield Anderson, eoverment nab prelearex, Lox iost-wea: Ilan asked a federal official 1,4-lecher the 'Gil yes, the official reelieu, plai s. half the ,.eople will vork twice as hard, at half the pay.. we :lave C. i:askiw hey Lon 't forget to buy your copy of the Nether issue of alp Lida:. FLY -2c available at the Coetp .2,00ksacie, ileona et. There's an article on our ',,onen's Centre and. e:wellent reeorbine on reeional nappe.nines. PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor �1.1.71.E.;.J LL,;.. LL LT C.L."11' Fr rihunger y. I enjoyed your last newsletter an would at this tiee: line tre thank those who have- eevote6. their onercy and tire. I believe our struggle should not Le to ark ... sustain croups of this nature but to cliLinate tee neee for there discrieinatory and institution of mart-Lieu arie the laws that encoLeass it our outroeeee rifnere is a clause in -Lie earriaee Let of Cntario that states that in lieec of chance. anyone under the age of l Lay not carry without the signature of a i-erent, and that parent being the father! Exceptione to this rule are'. if tie child lives with a guar-Lime if the parents are divorcee or separated, if the chile. lives ith his or her comer Who is single or wiclowee. I woule. like to pledge rar eueeort for -..Dren's Centre in 'Lander :say-the conference last year was a great inseiration for me., and I hope ere have Lore and Lore earticieatior. by Luce in our future. Tib can only acoomelieh this y having a centre such as the one envisioned. at the conference. .ncither frail Thenee.r !....et. t: '-I,t this eoint in time, I any unable to work actively for -tar: goal, but I hoee that you fine 64CCeil carry or. for all of us out nexe, and eont (eat (Liscourac a::. I. for one ar,i behine you all lee%. Its a token of appitiatien, on behalf of Lyself (ane others who cannot contribute) please accept the enclosed cheeue. The job you have to do is a forieleable one; ane. I realize that Ly donation would be a drop in the bucket coLieared to your total costs. eoilever, rain drops lead to showers, and sohetiLes (hopefully in this case) , showe.rs to floods!. ` Please use this Loney in any way you see fit; whether for stares, envelopes or a phone bill. '10 close, a euote by Iobert ijennty.2y, 'rine future does not belong to tiose who are content with treday...rather it will Belong, to those Vao can blend vision, reason and courage in a personal core-litre:mt... This curs up the cx-..rk you are doing! today. Thank you!'. "sisters - Please continue sending Le your newsletter...n.though there is no foreal organization of warren 'libbers' here, eany of us are aisle to seeak out at intoreal gatherings or indeed, anywhere and anytiee to flagrant exiarlaes of female supereseion, prejudice, and braireep;fashine. :Jews of your oreanieation's work helps us to :true ;:deiceoin feel a part of the larger group with siLilar Six/ who feel that Ea foul letter fret e a croup called :afore Eon, ereelau, Ont. ireeortant topics are avoided. existing children's libraries are inarleeuate because zany are trying to sueplercent as well as fill the gaps in exietince children's literature by writing stories about on -parent fa:eines; separation, day-care, handicaLs Canadian culture; and so oh.' Follc.mine arc titles anc.: rices.. A story aLout a little girl chose parents are in the iciest of a Si aretion. It coals with Linoo's feelings -44inoo's of loneliness, anger and contusion. (Z.: paces (1/' pages - :r.a.JC) bibliography Ial annotated biilioceraehy of Looks recur-ended el.zre) t her:. I 'visit oadey or Laddy 'visits e A young buy's parents are seearatee. Lifferent ayse .lies (roc Is gentle introduction to ac option. - the waits for his Cade./ to visit hir. he thinks of soxte of tee thines that they do when they are together. (le pages $1.00) Foster Doy - A photographic siIkscreened for children under ace six. ion :ics covert c are. Fur ily Ltories, DayCare Centres Deata iacial & 'Ethnic Feelings Eiettines Apartrent aotions. irore-Stereotyled Characters, and early other topics. (23 pages - 2:O poster ueeictine daycare children. The poster can be cut out, folder; and pasted together into a box for storing treasures, frogs, etc. lox size exiix.; 1/2 la.te) (Poster size. 2C " x If interested in oLtaining any of the fore ping, the address before 6 ZIre Six, Lox 104, Lreslau. Ontario, N,^e, (In addition to the cost of each item, send 25<; for the first ita. and 10 for each additional itert, to cover Lostare and handling. lake cheeue hre Six.) or Loney oreer payable to "eefore PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor �LLtLJL lrS73 Tire ILL VII P2CI 3 LffL LitsrfiLL OF :LV 22/73. i=bnica r..urner was financd2 to attend the Indian Aghts for Indian 'Aral raceting in Toronto. :a report frop. ,.-Onica will be forthoming. * The first rekonse"- as generally favorable part of a 2-part fibs on Isbren and 'Lie I.aw was as soneuhat rosey, an,.3. was Tore applicable to though it was felt the 1:icture painta: The first part and the second part were Loth sisain cn Channel 7 the Province of sue.i..ec. (The the second part was eetttx and worth seeing. during the week of Lecenber 1C, ¶t1 on Consciousness Liaising and will be series will Canadian ,,-one.n's Lnn and 1417.F.: 'sr_Sid71. of the I7aggy * The be available sae tine in January.) * There was a sale of erefts, aT4e. the OISL nulti-redia kit dolls was Pia next fiht in the for Irttimn's Citueies was displayetL *********** ********* Ck1 GaTi.LIZ C was held at I.,arg thjlli1& house en Lecerler 4, a hLE to neet with Judith Panay... ,or,en's organization Lranch, secretary of State our ItaiarALit '11-eatre grow, perfori a.-1 its first m-ash hit. The turn out was terrific, and Judith was i1 le to Test. T..onen froT 'any different Dei,artraent. groups. Ilse was i.spressaa by the solidarity of such a Civerse group and wished that our brand of enthusiasia are awareness were shared by Tore group s. Two days latter, Jucith was able to negotiate a ride with a fiurar2 Lights official to the outlying areas (1.cyden, IZenores Fort Frances and Atikolsan). This .provided new Leetings were arranged with token in :senora and 1:U1mb:en. ,,,erstectives regarding tie specific needs of stall tams with nixed to,.)ulations, single industries, and the isolation of I-Orthweetern ontario. Other general problem encountered: were the lack of day-care facilities, the rights of high scs,00l woven, and abortion and Lirth control infornation. of this led Judith Lansay to conclude that a travelling N.ork.shol) was rost apiroptiate to our needs - this is in contrast with the 'prolosed Thunder Lay, one-shot, workshop. a:ig:ite will cooperate to provide transportation on their regular travels arounc: the district. This suggests a travellins circuit which will facilitate corrlz:ication betaeen ',hen tosstele, Loth the Secretary of state and .i.;usan wren in Iorthwestern Ontario. Then in the Tenora region, contact Shelach uny., Suite Men in the Itikoken area, contact senora (phone: Corky Zabirka., 210 C'nrien Street: Atikoken (phone 5s7-6463). If you know of soncone out of tcfen who would be a good contact person, or if you are a good contact person, let us blow. OUT-eF-7..14a CCIF.a.i....TL Laverenoirye 4,artitents, . The Timer ..,ay /LAW is seekinc, to 1;econe nore involved in cormunity affairs and has already contacted our Woven 's Centre. I_ meeting has been CLisabiaTY CCITASZT set ur for Ttiesday (Dec. 1s) during whics we taVee about what we can do to helL., the 'Y ' and what the can do to help us. i full report at the next t.ens Centre meting. A necorci to icy Free to he You arx. to by isarlo Ties and Friends, a celebration of laughter, love and freedav of choice for all children, whatever their age, race or Its a standard LP of 22 songs, stories. jokes and poems. HOW to get it? Lend a lank Toney oreer., in 1.agL.S. funds Lepartrient I., 370 Lexington ;venue, Ii York, the amount of e Liai York, 1 :'017. 'Zny wortan who -chooses to Leave like a full huran being should be warned that the will treat her as sonething: of a dirty jcko. that's their arides of the status Gloria btcirict... natural and first weapon. Ai.ortioxiiE;t hr. henry ,..orcientaler was ace,uitte(1, which rears a traendous legal precedent for all of Canada and ' abortion on desend a closer reality - sccetning the fuseral governnezt has been reluctant to eio. Laws restricting cAsTerss ric,;11.ts to abortion (therak,eutic abortion caiviittee.s included) have served to bar wown froaq the necessary antise;.tic condition of a .,zroper hos.4.sital or clinic. So, one step forward for .pro-abortionists. PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor �Litt 114e 1;101:iiil1t4 1:;-73 PAU t, IfCLt esot, is it really such an advancer :ant for Wor en? Why are so r any in need of abortions? Dr. 1,ergentaler ninselt aborted thousands. I find these deeply sad facts. Are we needing doortions because. we are Leine abandoned? Is it not fairly typical that the experience of being abandoned, for most young waren, is what freeumtly proeucee the need for an abortion in the first place? Tegressing one stee roree, is %fleet notivates us to dive so freely of our bodies with little thought of the connection between the sexual, act anti the sexual conseciucnces. liter an abortion has taken place, are we azotionally strong enough to repress every bit of psychic ccnseemence, or do we becone aro. tionally ill because of this deeradation? Cnly secondly is the abortion legal or illegal, e'riearily, it will .reeain in the realm of a human arms: personal experience: and Lore so if we "go it alone'. , Contraceptive services are available, but they are not being used because girls -- but, when the chi es are clown and to have sex J oyfriends say ''If you won't, baby, there's a thousand chicks k /AC wile , and nunerous other persuasions, principles slide rapidly out of focus. in the first place' say 'I didn't plan . antieabortionists witil Canadian IOnen'e Life and. other the Abortion Laws any' other pro-abortionists, should continue to devote their considerable talents and -ene.rdes to &lucatine you \,-/o/nen of the blatant The Itiglit to Coalition to l'eeeal sexism that prevails in society. As individuals., we can forru a consciousness-raising grouee get involved with the ;trien's iovenent and read the n any excellent books (such as recomended in this newsletter like to be Leine written by wonen about .a en on what it frau tine to tine) that are born .fenale. -"se (14.1i.L.e) LXC.U7IPT FILIe I. PekTna.V.L' from the Toronto Calvittee to Defend Dr. Lor5antalere The act uittal of Dr. i-ergentaler on novalber 13 on one of thirteen charges against bin' is It and win worten's right to abortion. historic victory in the can' sign to free across Canada by Dr. ibrgentaler's reflects the tratendous supeort which has been oreanized supeortexs. an gut the tient has just begun.. on etwenber la:, the awn filed an aeeeal to overturn the launched into a prelLinary hearing for Lx. bacchabee, an acti uittal. and on i4ovaiLer associate of Dr. 'eorecaitaler also c-la.rged. rite performing an illegal abortion. clear-WA there will Le- norerous attee.ta to turn each the victory and continue the victinization of Drs. oreentaler and Lacchabee. It is [.. This victory rust be defended. eajority opinion supports the rieht of wsren to safe, legal abortion. The goverment, both in Ottawa and :uebec, met be forced to respond to public opinion. to ene. the victimization o Dr. ibrgentaler to drop all charges against hint and Dr. ieacchabee and to repeal the abortion laws fret, the Cririnal Code. he appeal to you for your suleport and involvaient. A final victory can be von only through the determined. efforts of an active, vocal defense carpaig-n. Flie1De. L:.i:teR.!.I'lLY ! For pore intonation, if you want to get involved, if you want to send donations, or if you wish to make lxiown your endorse sent of the Tbronto Defense Courittee the address is Toronto Camittee to Defend, Dr. lorc,entaler 'fox 106, Station F CC:3-) e91:.) (Phone, Tbrento., Ontario 511.1 FraL0;.:IefG a.; CULL IT TIE 1,;,1.:L1: Leeel.; or uffivnsrly Algid; thought it roicrirt: be vorth sharing. IT; ,21,a, STOP IalibleiG YOU:1.1;11F You're a nice girl. All through high school, you };nee, that there were a lot of girls who had sex. but you weren't one of than You were a nice girl. Sone girls talker: about the pill, or the diaphragte but, after all, scree ego ale hill teak aeout anything. ;-myway, that never concerned you. You re not that kind of girl. hnd, besides, boys aren't sukposa.' to respect girls like that. how you're on your own. It's great Leine a university at:alet in residence, boys ark. girls Leine ale to visit back and forth without all those silly restrictions. And there are lots of parties -you can hardly go to a party anynore without someone -smoking up' and, of course, there's always liquor - at least Leer. And everyone goes on ski weekends. Arid then you meet PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor �EICLISsER 1573 - ISSUE VII Ti E PAGE 5 Now you're pregnant or afraid you are. You didn't FLAN to. You were a nice girl. -- Stop kidding yourself, Sister. You7didn't PLAN it. There are only two honest types of girls Cirls with the courage of their convictions to have RESFOOSIBLE sex and girls with the courage of their convictions to remain virgin until they're married. And being the first kind always means that you use CDIATFACEPTION. Eeing the second kind neans that you are very careful about going to parties where there's a lot of drinking or pot. It means that you don't go out an nele/ferale weekends, and it mans that you don't get pregnant and expect the Mad to cheer you because you "didn't nean to. That, Sister isn't being honest. That means 500.00 for an abortion, if you can get one. Or it nears at least one set of parents, Usually yours, unhappier than they ever needed to be Or it means one human being brought into the world with no narentSFor no home. And if you've been dropping acid, or any of the other 'delightfads", it ray neon no home for the baby, ever. Some agencies are getting "very hard-nosed about taking babies who nay turn out to have unknown_kindseof genetic damage. Of course, if we're really going to be honest, we'll have to admit that maybe you do mean for it to happens. Paybe you think it would be a good way to get him to marry you. If such is the case, he's more likely to end up hating you, now or later. Yes, there are only two types-of honest girls. Those who don't, at all, and those who have responsible wk. Lnd responsible sex means contraception, good contraception, medically supervised. And if you're too say, erLarrassed or scareu to decide which kind you are, you'd better go back home and stay there until you grow up. BUT PIT71.-E STOP KILLING YOU:REELS% YOU CAN'T RAVE IT MTH VMS. GEREMLIITTLTO OF 'IC G/732 Judith Ramsay was to have attended this meting but, due to the important trip to Lenora, Fort Frances, etc., she was unable to be with us. We had a great neetine, anyway. Lucy talked to us about the I..emorial Society, as well as the donating of human organs for transplant purposes. * We set up the OISE kit again, and l'any Kay brought a Look displaerythich included a few 'books to burn' anE many 'Looks to buy'. * harion read. the financial report as of NovenLer 25, showing a Lank balance of 0430 10 tnis .remonstrates progress toward a self-supporting status. * Jackie Deouregard offered her services as bookkeeper. * Then we had an informal -open forum:`' - decided to set up a committee to draft a policy on donations and also to organize speakers to listen to in the new year. SPEARING CF SP =SS The Status Conisfttee of Women leachers' Federation held a workshop at the Ai rlane hotel theweekend. of Nov 16 -- Ielen lialet did a workshop on Women in the Law. Joan Lalonen did one on raternity Leave, Estelle Friedlander and Sharon Lune did one on Consciousness Raising. We hope that eventually, the information will produce positive effect. The book displays were well-received. Cne of the inn late resu3 ts of the workshop was an invitation frame nipieon teacher, Rarg Lanchek, calling for a workshop fram us the third week in January. The first'organizational resting will be set up soon and we'll call for more input early in January. We've also had a request from Atikokan for speakers to go into their high school. They're ripe fbr ferdnist lecturers and it nakes it all the easier for us to reaffirm our contacts in Atikokan. Gn December, 6Athe same night as our general meting), Cary hansen, Shirley Chapman andalstelle.Friedlander. spoke to the North and Louth ward Jaycettes. From what we hear, this was a worthwhile venture, receivedwiith some enthusiasm.- ,es 1X1,EN'S CENTRE Isn'711N(Z,, 'Lesley United Church, Jain - DeceMber 20, 1973, January 3, 1974, January 17, 1974 AN EXCERPT FRai TOLuNTO'S WSOLEH'S FIEF. 1:1WSLLTIMVDralierf. 1973 this expensive season of 'brotherly love' and_'goodwill to nen" what to say?' 'Season's Greetings'? '-nappy Lolidays"? Difficult to know. Christras is not always the happiest of tines. An women --whether the housewife-aasinistrator of family frolics, or tins isolata..1 wonan witennoone_to share the joy she doesn's feel - we should renester this and reach out to our. sisters. To maintain a feeling of sisterhood demands unceasing love and understanding...no small commitment at any tine of year. No ratter what your ideological stance concerning this particular calendar Cate, remember the struggle anEonenyour hearts to women." PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor �NORTHERN WOMEN'S CENTRE Financial Statement as at November 26, 1973 RECEIPTS 441ance of funds donated Northern Women's Con.... 385.22 Disbursements S. Dahlin - stamps for newsletter 19.98 Proceeds from Flea Market and Afghan Raffle Fran Drabit 12.18 226.50 Sherwin Williams - Poster materials for Moratorium .4 5.19 Craft Sales & Raggedy Twins Raffle ... 76.40 Voluntary Contributions 99.12 J. Lavell Trip 180.00 J. Stefenato - Craft Supplies 3.50 ON/CP Telecommunications re: Moratorium 6.21 C. Hansen Trip Bank Service Charge M. Turner trip 126.00 1.00 90J 00 444.04 Balance en hand - Bank of Nova Scotia as at Nov. 26/73 787.24 343.18 217.147.1 PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor �LT(iKE COMMITT77 mac-Ts-Tam P"PO7TS 'CORPORAT I 07J7CTS 4/1117 B771 S TM I TT7D TO 147 LA' R. NIP Ti 7 'AMES OF TIE DI RECTORS TYE TYP7' UP "7 r7 SIrz'AT1^,7S :Trwr. rrsr %wN irs, So I F A 01 1HE LIST. PLEASE GO TO 1' -11A" t-FLEAR:,:_ S! ITS OFFICE. SUITE 19, 415 VICTORIA AvErvE, 11!1'4D7 TAY F TAD 0 A °''') SIG :1 YOUR 1A17 AS SOW AS POSS17LE. AR.. IN THE LAST STAGES OF PREPARI1G T.ar 7RI7F FOP 1W !Axmlur, !IOW! S CE:"TRE 0RflF TO MAKE SURE '17 GET T! GPAT 'Jr '1F7T) LITTERS OF SUPPORT. PLEASE 5;7 'n I "' A SlOr-IT R. TO VIE m7"SLETTER , COMMITTEE [c/o Lynn Sihvonen, 318 South Marks Street, Thunder Bay F] URGE ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGMOURS TO DO T47 ST17. 9AVE, T47 nETTFP CHANC7 "F "AV". Tir MOPE. SUPPORT SO START "PITI1G!! IF YOy t4IV TO 499 WORK 01 V-IT 'RIFF StrMITM PY 1H7 mffrinv ',VW! S CP7P.E. T47RE "ILL 7 A MEET I" FOR 'MIS PURPOSE AT T4E SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE [over the Port Arthur post office] MONDAY. AUGUST 13th, AT 1 P.M. OP! ,JENSLETTER THE NeISLE I 1 LR COMITTEE MET TO DI SC' !SS Al EDI TOR ML POLICY, !:ILL r,E PRE "'I.TED AT 11-1E ':"XT GE URAL MrT:TIHG 1 111, AT : P.11. AT ' ITSLEY ';.1FII 71) C,117.C1 WE ALSO MET Ik`IT1 2,01 !&MT)", T 1-1 I CH 1HURSDAY. AUGUST PROVPC I AL PEPRESENTATIVE OF riF. 00111.11 I TY BEVELOPITS IT 7RN 'CH RE: TIE (4 Rk".1RECVE;aliFOR ISLEITER OUT OF A TOTAL BUDGET FOP CY !TAR 10 (r ; 7% , ".!As ALLowin TO 1W 'ORTI47RN REGION OF 07 ;TA" I 0 . MR ' 11,rrr01 !FILL 1E ESTAnL I S4 I '1G Al OFFICE It! T-1+ TAY IN SEPTET 'DER, OUP APPLICATION `:' BIAS FEN RECEIVE!) At 1) IS 411DER COilS IDERATIO1 nY arrtrlre nE1 7LOrn":"T nr.ntvi. REPORT FROM TIE SOCIALIST 140117''' s Qx,. At the group's second meeting (July 17th) the article "You've Come A Long Way Baby" ( in Sisterhood is Powerful ) was discussed. The group disagreed with the type of historical analysis involved in this article, in that it was exclusively feminist and not class-conscious, i.e. ignoring the important activities of the working women. It was also realized that the group lacked sufficient analytical tools to deal with feminist literature. At our last meeting (July 31st) this problem was further discussed. Recognizing the diverse background of each woman regarding knowledge of socialism per se, the group re-affirmed the decision made at the first meeting that our primary function would be educational. At each meeting a different woman will lead the discussion of various types of literature. Studying articles on women written with a class analysis will be interspersed with learning the basics of this analysis itself. We intend to report to the Newsletter and the Women's Centre group our socialist view of women's problems, rather than a solely feminist one. The next meeting will be August 14th, 324 Cowan Street, Thunder Bay P, at 8:00 p.m. to discuss ARE 0 !.1 Frrufsrn STA:1TV IG A. POLLUTION PRO7F GROUP T P.' TER BAY? COT TO if NEXT GENERAL TFTI1G AND WE CA". Discuss IT. PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor �THE NORTHERN 1,1ctro PAGE 7' CONTINUED N4,11VE St-allay ! 10t1E- I FOR POLITICAL ACTIW COr'FRE The native women had en opportunity to share with our white sisters some of our grievances con erning discriminatory practices contained in the Indian Act. Although the Native Women's Association was officially ignored at this We who attended through other women's groups were impressed conference. by the spirit and concern and overwhelming desire to help overcome the plight of the Indian woman. The main topic of discussion was the loss of Treaty Status by Indian women In this way the Indian Act causes divisions when marrying a non-status man. of families and deprives the children of such a marriage, their birthright and cultural heritage. It seems the male dominated government influenced the making of the Indian Act to include their discrimination against women and children. A double bravo for the two young girls from Guelph, Ontario who gave us their assistance in writing up cur resolutions that were sent to our Heads of government. Shirley Chapman N OTICES § CANVASSES ARF STILL AVAILADLE FOR TH05E44111,51 TO DO"!ATE THEIR TALENTS TO THE 11)Prl's CE"TRF - PICK UP AT 1W. 9ELFAR7 RIGHTS OFFICE, 'IttlIV Emu I FREE HAMA YOGA CLASSFS ST TWEATRF Needs some people with background skills, and others. Looking for original material by women. < .72 BOOKS FLREAD. The Lace Ghetto (Canadian) Edible Woman (Canadian) True to You in My Fashion (Canadian) to 0 f21 u' <r: -r SYLVA (ELVER. "IITH THE !1.1171'S BU IN ark% IS IE PERSON 4 ALL SUTER UHT SMOKM3 LOSE !'!EIG!fi IMPROVE. GE,' !MAL !IE.:ALM CALL SITA 77-7777 F; Et TO 101 YOU SlOULD DIRECT " COMPLAILTS RE: DIo.CRIOINATION OF MEV O*4 I. E. ric, RETRAIMPG PROGRAM '777 ltv)777177s: AL :77 cD V2 C) THURSDAY. rTHAUGUST An THURSDAY, AUGUST J f PY '96/cl?:./., PLEASr ATTE'D.., ((i.1 k://1 -MERE'S LOTS TO DTICE TO 491'4 '''IM1' ,, .44,4,,,,Q:4 AP017 Pr) 71 . RECIPIENTS OF .:_cr, , 4 V IN sk. , /1i i,:i ., . THE NOM! ERN IOW" 'Icti 4.47'.4:5:/SA'1, - g. 0,4fr. ,9_ q NGES OF ADDRESS 4./4% PEOPLE Nuirmluyi 1/46'''s.C\,0'.'":\'d'a) i . . RECEIVE 1W NORTHERN ..#4, vi 4? ,c0% ay, (4/4-' PLEASE CONTACT OR. $'.3" K 1 .,... o -:),- '''.0`' (C 4. 13 BULL ','TliT vo T 0 afalm=r3A '1.P.'.4.".' \''. ' IiikraTiT WILL 3IS OF 32,PT1IT.:13311 H2- 1973 (Saturday from 11;00 ao.l. to 4;00 p.P. at the TE TO THE WAN AND ARE RIGHTS OFFICE. FORT IVILLIAT: GARDIT:13. 3AVIITGATAKIITG OLD; :10ULD GREATLY APPRECIATE /T. NK YOU .- '10 -,,,N' 22nd n'T\ 't- , 'Ai, dvt,,P- A. 0. -,..4 (gl I ,:.,A, ,',4, - s,. 0. t,...j-ius*AN, ON- -74-01, 10> .'-.& C.3 IT is :TOT UTID, AITI) TOO FAR AWAY. IF YOU 11I311 YOUR DCHATIOH TO 1.3.3 PICA` 3D UP PI2A37, 622-4637 or LANICILI CALL ITOT1I].:1:. 623-322/.;- ni.LaiticiOVS V Ca la q 'Antliq9AidIMUDIA::: CUD - dI ° I1 ilLtV It UIIOA OIJdO tl4V TWO `UUSYcalid V 1 rUA d I :..)NILKIEfda ° VIOZI) JASIV8-SS3ISFIOIOSIM CaLSildlithI 'SUN/ 01-Vi AID IL ij I 'i:34 alos 3W 3Z131 11. PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor �We're glad you nave come to the Northern Women's Conference. Those of us who have been working on the preparation of the Conference have found it a really great experience. We've met interesting new people, shared ideas and experiences, learned a lot about ourselves, and made rewarding new friendships. We hope the Conference will provide the same opportunity and happy experience for you. We've tried to make the Conference flexible enough that whatever you want to happen can happen. The program includes guest speakers and planned workshops. There is also the opportunity for new workshops and discussion groups to be formed wherever there is enough interest. Please let the people at the Nerve Centre know your ideas about other workshops - and we'll work on them. The Nerve Centre Situated near the registration area the Nerve Centre is the "information sharing" place. We'll try to answer your questions, provide information and resources, etc. There will be a message board for your use. Also, there is the "Idea Board". Please give us your ideas, your interests and we'll try to find out who else is interested and what can be done. Your assistance is also requested. We need some volunteer For help to ensure everything happens as smoothly as possible. example if a-group wants to see a film would someone volunteer to run the projector? Please sign the "Will you Help" sheets at the Nerve Centre. If you want to contact a Conference Committee person look for the women with green name tags. Things to Do A number of VTR tapes are available throughout the Conference. (see list at Nerve Centre). Ruth liartman, who is involved with a international video festival, in conjunction with the Women and Film Festival, and who has helped produce these tapes is available to show and discuss the tapes with you, and to talk to women interested in VTR production. Films are also on hand for anyone who wants to view them. And there are book displays you may find interesting. Workshops What A number of workshops will begin Saturday morning. happens in these workshops; how long they should continue, if there should be any follow-up after the Conference will depend on the group. Please feel free to go to as few or as many workshops as you wish. Other short term workshops take place later Saturday. we've already mentioned, new workshops may emerge too. As Meals, Social, etc The Food Committee really has a treat in store for you. Meals are.provided free. There's a social Saturday evening (you buy your own drinks). There will be entertainment as well. Enjoy yourselves: PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor �NORTHERN WOMEN'S CONFERENCE GUIDELINES (No fees for registration, food or day care) April 6th - Friday Registration 7.00 pm Welcome............... ..... ........... 8:00 pm Maryon Kantaroff speaks (general remarks on women's issues) Question Period Get acquainted hour (coffee) Registration for one hour after speaker April 7th - Saturday Coffee Break Registration ---,-Opening remarks vf4adeline Parent 9.00 am 9.45 am 10:00 am (speaking on Working Women, Women in the Labour Movement) Workshops 10.30 am Lunch 12:30 pm Late Registration........ 7 1:00 pm .,-Bonnie Kreps 1:30 pm--(speaking on sex-role discrimination as adults) Workshops ..... ..... .... ......2:00 to 4:00 pm Short-term workshops or free time 4:00 to 6:00 pm Dinner-- ... 7 .. .............. .....6:00 pm Social 7.30 pm Short-term workshops to continue throughout evening also films and tapes . . April 8th - Sunday (3" 11.44,340d )0.ct --- Coffee Break 9.00 Opening remarks .....9:45 ..... Gelber/Elizabetl 10:00 (speaking on legislation available to women. Federal and Provincial Legislation and what the limits are) Question Period Workshops 11:00 Lunch...... ...... ................ 12:30 Workshop summaries if desired... 1:30 Strategy Sessions 2:00 (Where do we go from here) am am am am pm pm pm rt)ri14." PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor �rORKSHOP SCHEDULE SATURDAY, APRIL 7 - lonnITJG SESSIONS - 10:30 am ROOM TIME RESOURCE PERSONNEL NO. TITLE 384 10:30am - 12:30 pm Barbara Elliott 382 10:30am - Laurie Littleford 380 10:30am - 12:30 pm Rita Ubriaco 365 Georgian Garrett & Peggy Morrison 340 10:30am - 12:30 pm Betty Shedden 333 10:30am - 12:30 pm 267 10:30am - 12:30 pm 258 10:30am - 12:30 pm 18 10:30a "adeline Parent Working Women t l'ary Rakowski Daycare Workshop Abortion /Birth Control 12:30 pr., 6,141_, i Women and Legislation (t FOIi4.) 'iL High School Women kebecl Single Parents 7 -75:-3?obbi Sparks Dixie Wardell Welfare Rights 44C, Older Women Fi Marietta Cox /1. Freda Kamstra & Anne Nowbray "Who Am I" Ruth Hartman Tapes, Films, to be shown as required - 12:30 pm Check with nerve centre i() SATURDAY APRIL 7 - AFTERNOON SESSION - 2pm c,6?-4-;-4-/ Morning Workshops continued as per morning schedule commencing 2 pm Consumerism Mrs Benka 178 2 pm - 4 pm Women and Politics Rita. Ubriaco & 176 2 pm - 4 pm 181 2 pm - 4 pm 270 2 pm - 4 pm Nichole Sakaloupoula ___ Sherrill Cheda Sex Role Sterotyping Divorce and Separation (&;i1Lp.Olga Faits Breast Feeding VTR Training 4u-1, Ac SHORT TERM WORKSHOPS Janet Gilbert Norma Beazley Check with nerve centre Wendy Atkinson Willa Breakey 268 2 pm - 4 pm 4 pm 165 Yoga 4 pm Tc4 ra is 4 pm 153 Vegetarian Cooking, Check with nerve centre Laurie Atkinson Natural Childbirth N.B. Short Term Workshops, Video Tapes and Films will continue in the -Check with nerve centre. evening. /1,1efei - SUNDAY, APRIL 3 - MORNING SESSION - llam Saturday Workshops continue as per schedule Organizing a Womens Centre. Stephanie Penney 365 11 am New Workshops may emerge as interest develops Inquire at Nerve Centre _ .... _ 'ate lete-ec 6e( PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor �NEWS OF THE NORTHERN WOMEN'S CONFERENCE The Northern Women's Conference is chugging into the final weeks. Interest seems to be high, and the guest list continually increases. We have a most interesting group of speakers representing important women in all areas of women's issues. We have everything going for us, interest, facilities, great speakers, and money! The Conference committee has applied to the Federal Secretary of State for funding. The grant request is designed to cover administration, speakers, meals, daycare, transportation, and other costs. We are overcome with the degree of co-operation we have received from the community. Confederation College has offered its facilities to meet every requirement. Friday evening, April 6, opening night of the Conference, we have the theatre for our opening speaker, Maryon Kantaroff. Ms. Kantaroff is a sculptress of note who's work has been seen world wide. She works in new materials; resin, plastics, cement, etc. Because she speaks out on women's issuses, she's become a favourite of the media and because she's an attractive woman and speaks so lucidly, she is called a radical by the media. In reality she's "right on". Some of you may have seen her on a recent Canada A.M. show. She was in debate on women's issues with a Doctor who shall remain nameless. I didn't make it to work on time that day, she was so good. She was so rational she convinced the good Doctor and Percy Saltzman. Other special guests include Sherrill Cheda, Sylva Gelber, Bonnie Kreps, Madeline Parent, all women of importance in their own fields of endeavour and outspoken on equal rights for women. The schedule as it now stands is: Friday evening ..7:00 p.m....Registration April 6, 8:00 p.m....Maryon Kantaroff Saturday, Apr. 7...9a.m. coffee break 10 a.m. Madeline Parent speaks WORKSHOPS 12 noon lunch is served at the college 1 p.m. Bonnie Krepps speaks WORKSHOPS 6 p.m. dinner served at the college 7:30 p. m. social evening with a bar Sunday, Apr. 8 ...9 a.m. coffee break 10 a.m. Slyva Gelber speaks THEN Strategy session...where do we go from here? Workshops will be on any subject you want to discuss. Headings requested to date have been: Working Women, Day Care, Women in Politics, Legislation, High School Women, Sex Role Stereotyping, Abortion, Native Women, Women in the Arts, Women in the Media, Single Parents, Welfare Rights, Senior Citizen Women, etc. We are so lucky to have many guests who will act as a resource person in all of the workshops. Some are local people, some from other Canadian cities. We would like to emphasize that while some workshops have been planned in advance it is hoped women will create workshops and rap sessions according to their own needs. Day Care is provided for mothers who can't come unless their children are accomodated. And bless our stars...the men will do the bulk of the babysitting. Box lunches will be provided for the kids. Daycare will be at Wesley United Church on Miles and Brodie Streets. We'll be running a shuttle bus from Daycare to the college for those who need the service. Other than the shuttle service from Daycare to the college we will try to find transportation for anyone who needs it. We want the Conference to be free and open to ALL women. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Northern Women's Conference Room 19, 415 Victoria Ave. Thunder Bay South, Ontario Phone 622-3931 COLLECT PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor �NORTHERN WOMEN' S CONFERENCE OA- l°11 3 INFORMATION SHEET The yeast of the Conference, left to ferment for a week or two, continues Action and re-action is gaining momentum. The world is changed: well, at least in Northwestern Ontario. to grow. Groups that are continuing and meeting this month are Single Parents, Separation and Divorce, Older Women, Day Care and Infant Care, Working Women, Women's Centre, Who am I, Women's Study Croup (Abortion Reform), and many Consciousness Raising Groups (CR). Lists of these groups are at the Human and Welfare Rights Office, 622-3931. If you want to add your name or get in touch with the contact person, call us. Most groups are meeting or have had eye meeting this month. Those who did net participate in the Conference are welcome, too. The Women's Centre group met at Con College on April 12th, over 50 strong. Just briefly...Goals and objectives of what a Women's Centre should encompass were determined. The following objectives de not preclude other ideas that may yet be incorporated. It was unanimous that ideally a large house in an easily accessible location should be...a refuge, dispense general information, have meeting rooms, a library, a women's newspaper, a kitchen, and a dark room. Committees were formed: Facilities, Finantial, P. R. and Newspaper. The next Women's Centre meeting will be held a Wesley United Church, Miles and Brodie Streets, Wednesday, April 25th at 8 p.m. Feel welcome to come. Margaret Phillips has ordered 100 of Bonnie Kreps "Guide to the Women's Movement in Canada". She will let us know when they arrive for those who want to buy a copy for $1.00. A four hour tape compiled and edited by Monitor North of the Women's Conference, including all speeches, will be on Channel 7 on April 26th at 8 n.m. and on April 27th at 1 p.m. For those of us who do not have Videon, the Resource Centre, first floor, at Con College has been made available to us at 8 p.m. for the April 27th showing. There is a group of women interested in seeing a Women's Studies Course instituted at Con College. Several Universities and Colleges across the country have such courses which deal with subjects such as Women in Literature, Women in Art, Sex-role Stereotyping, etc. Anyone with some ideas or interested in the possibility of such a course call 622-3931 and leave your name and ask for more details. 'Want to hear an amazing fact? There are ten (10) Consciousness-Raising groups organized to my knowledge, and more are planning. There seem to be two types, those made up of mutual friends, and those who have gathered according to geographical location who do not know each other well or at all. I'm really enjoying the group I'm with as we are eight very different women, representing several ethnic, religious and cultural backgrounds and ages. We've had one meeting and would you believe we didn't break until after 1 a.m.? Many have requested guidelines to Conciousneas Raising and I have transcribed the following from Bonnie's remarks on Sunday afternoon at the Conference and prap-phrased (without permission from her "Guide" on the why for and how to of CR. Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Doctors and other professional men (by nature of their gender) are not capable of knowing the female experience. To get the correct data, and find out the truth about ourselves as women, we should look to ourselves. "We already have our own institution for gathering information, a much maligned institution which men laugh at and even women often don't take seriously...the Kaffeeklatch. Here, women for centuries have opened up to other women, unburdened themselves, and in general shared information relevant to -their lives. It is but a step from the kaffeeklatsch to consciousness raising, the small rap group devised by feminists to 1. Clean out your head. 2. Uncork and redirect your anger. 3. Learn to understand other women. 4. Discover that your personal problem is not only yours. "What happens in a CR group? You begin to learn that the only knowledge which is really worth having is that which relates to your own experienceorganic knowledge, I call it. You begin to understand the term often used by feminists, 'The personal is political', in that you see that what you thought was your own personal problem-you were inadequate, neurotic, etc.--is not merely your problem but part of a whole social context which can be labeled 'Born Female'. "I have long thought that the most beautiful sight in the world is when a sister, full of fear and determination, gets herself together and takes that first hard sten. It may 7)..2 leaving her ml n, cr something as PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor �- 2 - seemingly small as getting herself a driver's licence. For it beats moon shots and speed records and other commonly acknowledged human achievements. "How to begin: Nothing very complicated about it. After all, this is not school. There is no 'knowledge' you have to acquire or grade to fail. Just get together with six to ten women, agree to interrupt each other as little as possible, try to give everyone a chance to talk, and be honest, with yourself and with your sisters. If you feel that something is too painful to talk about just yet, don't talk; there will probably be a later time when it won't seem difficult, because you'll have charged and because you'll probably have heard a similar story from e sister and listened to it with understanding...CR sessions are not encoenter sereions, no one is forced in any way. Remember, we are trying to lock at implicatione (political and sceial) of being born female in our societ7. (Bonnie frequenty emphasized the importance of viewing our experience within thn contex'.: cf our social system...the personal is political). The follewing outline is for 14 weeks of CR although the "Guide" varies a bit, and outlines 12 weeks. This is what Bonnie gave us on Sunday afternoon. 14 WEEK OUTLIN FOR CONSCIOUSNESS-RAISING Week 1: General Week 2: Parents: Dircus: your pa7.2el.ts and their relationship to you as a girl (daughter). Were you created differently from your brother or friends who were boys? Week 3: Family: Week 4: Childhood: Discuss problems of growing up as a girl, who were your heroines? What were your favourite games? How did you feel about your body changing at puberty? Week 5: Men: Discuss your relationship with men, friends, lovers, bosses, as they evolved. Have you noticed any recurring patterns? (It's the What are soLle of the things that got you interested in the women s movement? Discuss your relationship with women in your family. recurring patterns you always want to look for.) Week 6: Marital Status: How do or di! you feel about being single, married, divorced? What have bean the pressures, family or social on you? Week 7: Motherhood: Did you corsiler :laving children a matter of choice? Discusu the social and persons' pressures you may have felt to become a ms',:her. at hss boe-1. your experience regarding such issues as childcare, con.:::aLupLion and a3ort4on? Week 8: Sex: 'a -c 3- even felt that Ten have pressured you into having Have yot ever lied abut orgasm? sexual nreee!.onships? Week 9: Week 10: Sex oejets; When do you feel like one? Why do you want to be beautirul: Do you ever feel invis:ble? (Bonnie said, "I have seen groups of totally different women and ,:very single one felt inadequate, ugly in cc-,, --again, look for use recurring patterns.) Women: Discuss your relation: with other women. Have you ever felt other -.-ram !or men? nave you ever felt attracted to wome competilve anotb Week 11: Behavior: What is a "Nice girl"? Discuss the times you have been called selfish. Have you ever felt that you were expected to smile even when you didn't feel like it? Week 12: Age: How do you feel about getting old? And your mother getting old? What do you fear most? What aspects of aging do you loch forward to? Do you think the problems are different for men? Week 13: Ambition: What would you moet like to do in life? you? How does being a woman affect that? Week 14: Movement activity: What are some of the things you would like to see the women's movement accomplish? ("The reason for that one is that at this point you are leaving a CR group and going into heavy reading and analysis and talking and zeroing in on the areas that are of particular i---e--o the and the act What has stopped Bonnie eees CR happening in twc phases. Basically, the first phase is CR meetings. The occord phase rinds most people into honvy reading, analysis talking. A sp.,,:r1 affiniy to whole group has developed, you've learned retoric, directions present theasolves, and you find that you are able to where you wr_IIL to act, effectively, without wasting time. Good luck! Call 622-r3?. ,..07crkshnn :''roues. PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Northern Woman Journal Description An account of the resource Northern Woman Journal Published in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Northern Woman Journal (originally called Northern Woman) started in 1973 following the first annual Northern Women’s Conference in order to keep the conference attendees connected. Initially serving as a newsletter of events, local issues, and women’s resources, the Northern Woman Journal quickly became a diverse publication reaching national and international readers. Not only did it serve as a newsletter to keep local women up to date on feminist issues in Northwestern Ontario, but also as a safe space to discuss women’s resources, law, politics, economics, health, racism, sexism, homophobia, feminist organizing and activism, transnational feminist issues, poetry, feminist reading, feminist art, and women’s diverse lived experiences.One of the longest-running feminist perodicals in North America, the Northern Woman Journal reached its end in 1995. Throughout its 22 years, the Northern Woman Journal was produced by its many collective members, with membership evolving year to year. For many years, the journal worked closely alongside and shared space with the Northern Women’s Centre and the Northern Women’s Bookstore. With the exception of a year-long government grant in the 1970s, the journal relied entirely on subscription fees and donations in order to maintain publishing, which presented challenges throughout its entire existence. 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Title A name given to the resource The Northern Woman, Vol 1 Nos 1-7 Description An account of the resource Vol. 1, No. 1 & 2 (May 1973) Women’s liberation General meeting Women in politics Women’s conference Women’s Rights Project Sexism Grassroots movements Vol. 1, No. 3 (July 1973) Women’s liberation General meeting Crisis shelter Working women Divorce C.A.R.A.L Abortion rights Book review Vol. 1, No. 4 (September 1973) Editorial policy General meeting Thunder Bay Coalition for Social Progress Socialist women Indentured servitude Vol. 1, No. 5 (October 1973) Editorial policy Housing committee Women’s interest college courses Women’s Centre National Day of Mourning Transnational feminism Cambodia women’s rights Socialist women Lakehead Social Planning Council Crisis shelter Vol. 1, No. 6 (November 1973) Editorial policy Correspondence Indian/Indigenous women rights Ontario Native Women’s Association Federation of Women’s Teachers Ontario Transnational feminism Cambodia women’s rights Crisis shelter Divorce/separation Suggested readings Vol. 1, No. 7 (December 1973) Editorial policy Labour unions Letters General meeting Abortions Dr. Morgentaler Financial statement Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Northern Woman Journal Collective Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1973 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Published on this site with permission. Language A language of the resource English https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/16/2643/1974_Issue_VIII_IX_CV01.pdf 2795381754a5bfd3a19f21ec2f454cdc PDF Text Text THE NORTHERN WOMAN JANUARY 1974 - ISSUE VIII 318 South Marks Street THUNDER BAY, Ontario EDITORIAL POLICY The composition of the Northern Women's Centre group, as a whole, represents different ideological views and approaches to the emancipation of women - i.e. political affiliation (or lack thereof). However, the unifying factor is the sentiment that women should be emancipated. The newsletter itself will serve as an open forum for expression of any and all viewpoints of the women in Northwestern Ontario. Up until now, the newsletter has served mainly as a bulletin board of events, with little discussion of pertinent issues. Only by a free and open exchange of opinions and views will we develop a basis for unity which can be used as a basis for action. . ...O............ NORTHERN WOMEN'S CENTRE CORRESPONDENCE ONTARIO ADVISORY COUNCIL ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN By way of introduction, a letter, plus printed material concerning the Centres' activities was mailed on January 6th, 1974 to Mr. William Saskoley of Dryden. Mr. Saskoley is an appointed member of the Ontario Advisory Council on the Status of Women. Mr. Saskoley is the only Council representative northwest of Sudbury. We invited Mr. Saskoley to come and speak to us (at some future date), on the activities of the Advisory Council. There was an immediate response from Mr. Saskoley, he was very happy to receive our letter as he was not aware that there was such a women's group serving the women of Thunder Bay and district. At his suggestion, he will be forwarding copies of all the Council meeting minutes to our Centre. It is hoped he will be able to come and speak to our group in the not too distant future. COFFEE COMMERCIALISM - The Angolan Coffee Boycott is being practiced by many Canadians in an attempt to alleviate the conditions of forced labour in Angola and to reduce part of the Canadian Revenue for Angolan products that help to suppress Angolese Independence Efforts. BOYCOTT - General FoodsYUBAN, MAXIM, MAXWELL HOUSE, SANKA, BRIM; Nestles - NESCAFE, TASTERS CHOICE. . . . PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor �NORTHERN WOMEN'S CENTRE CORRESPONDENCE Page 2 STATUS OF WOMEN At the request of the Premier of Ontario, in 1972 the Provincial Secretary for Social Development appointed an interministerial committee to review and analyze the federal Report of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada, as it relates to provincial jurisdiction. From this committee came a Plan For Action Green Paper (booklet). For those not familiar with this paper we will be printing some of its recommendations and urge you to respond by writing The Honourable Robert Welch Provincial Secretary for Social Development North Wing, Main Parliament Building Queen's Park TORONTO, Ontario M7A 1A2 Recommendation 3 We recommend that the federal, provincial and territorial governments to: (a) make greater use of Women's voluntary associations; and (b) increase their financial support to: i) women's voluntary associations engaged in projects of public interest, and ii) voluntary associations working in fields of particular concern to women. Recommendation 21 We recommend that sex-typing of occupations be avoided in the text and in the illustrations of all federal government publications. FEEDBACK FROM THE STUDENTS FROM ATIKOKAN HIGH SCHOOL VISITATION January 11, 1974 - destroyed media image of extreme positions liked historical presentation vocabulary difficult interesting to listen to informative liked some of the ideas "lots of good points" "changed my mind" explained well sarcastic response to questions silly points re: title of course, mixed bathrooms I enjoyed it some good points I'm becoming more aware of things - history class PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor �NORTHERN WOMEN'S CENTRE CORRESPONDENCE Page 3 NIPIGON TRIP On Friday, January 19, a bunch of us piled into four cars and headed off to Nipigon, each car loaded to overflowing with displays and materials for an all day workshop. We went straight to Marg Lanchok's house where we ate and drank our fill before dashing off to the school for a showing of the Marion Kantaroff video tape from the Conference. It sparked off a discussion that lasted over two hours - mainly because we had some visitors who had come to provide a united opposition to the movement. To some of us it appeared they were not as diametrically opposed as they seem to think. After the verbal free-for-all we all went back to Marg's for a wine-and-cheese/sauna/pyjama party. A couple of us went out to billet in other homes. The next day, we put on a magnificent show. We had informative workshops, including CR (Estelle), Memorial Society (Lucy) and Stereotyping in the the Text Books (Susan). The play "A Man Has His Pride" was performed a second time. We had plenty of displays as well (books, crafts, OISE women's kit). Everyone who had a part did a superb job. A special thanks to Marion whose experience with craft exhibits, and whose personal craft collection, were invaluable. The only saddening note was the relatively poor turn out, but we received suggestions from Nipigon women on how we could keep such a thing happening again (and we will try again). We'll discuss these and other suggestions at our next Women's Centre Meeting. ONTARIO NATIVE WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION & THUNDER BAY ANISHNABEQUEK An election was held in December by our local branch. It was decided that a young executive be elected. The following girls were elected: President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Beverly Sabourin Sarah Sawanis Lillian Alto Peggy Palkert The Provincial and local organizations combined forces and hosted a dinner and social hour at the Prince Arthur Hotel for the delegates of the Federation of Friendship Centres who met here in Thunder Bay. Members of the International Students Organization, located at the Lakehead University were also invited to the social hour. Members from this group represent countries such as Rhodesia, Africa; Guyana, South America; Jamaica and Malaysia. SEPARATION & DIVORCE Anyone wishing to become involved in or part of a separation and divorce information sharing group, please telephone Marion at 622-3931. This includes women who are contemplating divorce or separation or is in the process of doing so or has completed one and who would be willing to exchange information, moral support or advice on procedures. PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor �NORTHERN WOMEN'S CENTRE CORRESPONDENCE Page 4 THINK ABOUT IT DID YOU KNOW THAT "Do you put down other women for being on welfare? Stop for a minute and think what would happen if you and your kids if you suddenly had no husband and no savings" from "Welfare Is a Women's Dr. Khazen said the Ministry of Health does not offer direct services in family planning. The services are offered through local health units of which there are 44 in the Province; 14 of these offer family planning services. The Department of Health has been in favour of family planning since 1966, before the Criminal Code was changed. Issue". : Marilyn Dobson and other : sisters of Vickers Heights : for their generous : contribution. : The Ministry cannot force a unit to adopt a family planning program. There is local autonomy and persuasion must be relied upon. Some clinics will not provide services to single girls or to women not referred by a physician. FIRSTS FOR WOMEN Margaret Weston - June 1973 made head of Londons - The Science Museum - the first woman director of any major museum in Europe. Frances Nokes - October 1973, appointed first woman clerk of the Ontario Legislature. She was formerly secretary to the select committee on company law. Dr. Bette Stephenson - June 1973 elected president-elect of the Canadian Medical Association, first woman ever to head a major national medical organization in the world. Lita Rose Betcherman (former head of the provinces women's bureau) and Gail Brent, a professor of law at Queen's University were added to the list of 40 men on the Ontario Labour-Management Arbitration Commission to act as arbitrators in labour-management disputes. LETTER TO THE EDITOR Lets not forget basic issues. Support the National Womens Coalition for the Repeal of the Abortion Laws. SEND YOUR LETTERS TO: Paul McRae MP (Constituency Office) 222 Myles Street THUNDER BAY F, Ontario NOTICE OF THE NEXT WOMEN'S JANUARY 31st, 1974 FEBRUARY 7th, 1974 FEBRUARY 14th, 1974 FEBRUARY 21st, 1974 CENTRE MEETINGS Wesley United Church 130 North Brodie Street THUNDER BAY F, Ontario at 8:00 p.m. PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor �P age 5 /-N\ castlegreen / ..,\ a co-operative housing community P.O. BOX 952,THUNDER BAY "P': ONTARIO,CANADA Telephone 3L5 2831 January 17th, 1974 Northern Women's Caucus 318 S. Marks St. THUNDER bAY "F", ant. Dear Friends: Enclosed please find a short information item which we hope you can include in your regular Membership Newsletter. If you would like further information, please don't hesitate to call us. Yours faithfully, 474. ci-e;t 1Q-(J1 M. FieRito, Castlegreen Project Co-ordinator PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor �P:ige 6 castlegreen commentary CASTLEGREEN A real chance for a good home of your owns The Castlegreen Cooperative Housing Project was started in March of 1973 by a group of local citizens who felt it was time to do something about the housing crisis in Thunder Bay. It now has a membership of about 80 people, A Board of Directors, an Advisory Board, and plans for its first housing prf%ject of upward of 200 units. looking for more members. It is The whole idea being to provide good homes and community facilities which people can afford, and which they will run themselves on a co-operative basis. Co-ops, as non-profit organizations, can build cheaper because of bulk buying of land, appliances, and services such as snow plowing, painting, etc. Cc-op members don't have to worry about eviction or rising rents. Rents are geare{1 to the size of house and the family income. The co-op makes its own rules for a safe and pleasant place to live. If you would like to join the Co-op, or want more information about it - the address is: Castlegreen Housing Co-operative Box 952 Thunder Bay IP', ont. PHONE 345 2831 PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor �Page 7 Decerber 26th,1973 The 'Torthern --Toren's Centre arcs meet. Thuner Bay F,nt. 312, Forur 'A' I am increasingly uneasy about the legalization of abortion and its acceptance as a means to deal with unwanted or problem pregnancies. I see abortion as a non- solution,and concerned about the problems permissive abortion itself might create for women and society. Several points deserve particular attention. Although abortion irreversibly eliminates one part of the problemthe unwanted baby- it does not deal with the underlying social and economic pressures which cause a women to so totally reject her unborn baby that she seeks its destruction. ABORTION DISCOTAAG33 SEXILL AL;SPOIISIBILITY. It does not foster acceptance of the reality that sexual participation may result in the c eation of a new life with which the r_articfpants are entrustai. z_n already sex -saturated society, where too often women are considered sex objects and children unwanted corplications, permissive abortion makes the possible the final victory of the Playboy philosophy which denies sexual responsibility and glorifies transient pleasure and excitement. Evidence indicates that legalize,' abortion discourages the use of family planning techniques. This results in more unplanned pregnancies and an ever-increasing reliance on abortion. Jeanne ';:ilrot, c66 Dawson Street Thunder Bay P,Ont. PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor �rage r Ma-Dotier and Immigration Main- d'oeuvre et Immigration Local Initiatives Program Programme des Initiatives Locales MS . Votre rePerence Our We Notre reteremc 2180 Yonge Street, Box 48, Toronto, Ontario. 17 December 1973 Ms. Helen R. Halet, C/o 318 S. Marks Street, THUNDER BAY, Ontario. Dear Your Re: Application number 3K - 3520 Title: Northern Women's Centre Hal et is , regret to advise you that all available funds for your area under the Local Initiatives Program 1973-74 have now been committed and no further projects can be considered for approval unless there is a withdrawal or cancellation of a project previously approved. I The response to the program generated many worthwhile projects from which a selection had to be made, and after careful consideration of your proposal in comparison with other applications received, it has been decided that other appiications received from your area more closely meet the needs of your community. regret to advise you, therefore, that your project will not be selected as one which will receive support under the Local Initiatives Program 1973-74. I Thank you for having submitted a proposal. Yours sincerely idk Regional Coordinator M &I 1241E 17/73) Disponible en francais (M & / 1241F) PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor �Y., T ' *4 \ H FEBRIJARYtaRCH/AFRIL ISSUE IX EOX 3114 132 NORTH ARCHIBALD THUNDER BAY F, ONTARIO. EDITORIAL POLICY The composition of the Northern Women's Centre group, as a whole, represents different ideological views and approaches to the emancipation of women - i.e. political affiliation (or lack thereof). However, the unifying factor is the sentiment that women should be emancipated. The newsletter itself will serve as an open forum for expression of any and all viewpoints of the women in Northwestern Ontario. Up until now, the newsletter has served mainly as a bulletin board of events, with little discussion of pertinent issues. Only by a free and open exchange of opinions and views will we develop a basis for, unity 1Paich can be used as a basis for action. ****************** NORTHERN WOMEN'S CENTRE CORRESPONDENCE FORUM Some of you may have seen a recent late-night show the topic of which was A member of this show's panel was a political imprisonment and torture. representative called AMNEST INTERNATIONAL (This organization has nothing whatever Very briefly, AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL to do with amnesty for "draft-dodgers" of the U.S.). is engaged in assisting and freeing "prisoners of conscience" and their families, Governments of Brazil, South whose only crime is who they are or what they say. Africa, Czechoslavakia, Pakistan, South Vietnam, Greece, U.S.S.R., and Indonesia are only a few of the regimes who have the power to remain in pcwer by torture, mass arrest, mock trial, and indefinite imprisonment of hundreds of thousands of men and The way AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL has freed and is freeing many of these people women. is simply by letting the regime in question know that "Someone is watching", writing letters to high officials and influential people in the jailer governments - they sometimes free the prisoner simply to get the pressure of world opinion off themselves. I feel that since we as women are especially aware of and subjected to injustice in its various forms, we are morally bound as world citizens to work for or at least support this organization, for as it asks "... if we do not help today's victims who If you cannot commit yourself because of moral will help us if we become tomorrow's?" Write for further beliefs, at least the above quote co-ld sufficiently motivate you. information to this non-political organization to: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Department R, Box 4453 SAN FRANCISCO, CaJi:ornia 94101 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY She was here On Sunday March 10th Nancy Pocock from Toronto spoke on Vietnam. This is a special day for to help us celebrate International Women's Day March 8th. women set aside as a result of the militant activity of women in industry in the early 1900's and specifically a strike called by the socialist women of the garment industry in New York. The struggle is far from new as some would have us believe. But before we can all join The struggle is for people NOT just women alone. together women have to surface from under the heels of the men who make, and fight to retain the barbaric laws which oppress people. Ms. Pocock spoke of the stuggles of women in Vietnam who are trying to raise a It makes us feel that perhaps new generation out of the rubble of bombings and war. some of the things we are struggling for are pretty small. ... continued. PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor �PAGE 2 NORTHERN WOMEN'S CENTRE CORRESPONDENCE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY - continued She talked of ways we can help. One way is to donate material to make cloth: for Vietnamese women and children. There are women in Thunder Bay and across the world who are donating their time, energy and skills - they need material. Another way to help is buying EXQUISITE CARDS DEPICTING ANCIENT VIETNAMESE LEGENDS, FOR SALE AT 50 EACH - PROCEEDS TO CHILD'S BOOK* Decorative motives taken from ancient bronzes of the 3rd century, B.C. have been used in the illustration of four different cards by a Vietnamese art_. *"One of the most imaginative proposals to come from the 3rd International Assembly of Christians in Solidarity with the Indochinese People, is a bock 1-r These books will be illustrated by a Vietnamese artLr the children of Vietnam. with motives taken from ancient bronzes to give Vietnamese children a sense of their proud history. These beautiful books will be printed in Paris and given There are very to every child in Vietnam-North, South and in the P.R.G. zones. few books for children because of the war and this lack has been a great sorr.7,. The book is planned as a gift (300,000 copies for $120,000.) to the parents. from Christians of the world to the children of Vietnam..." Nancy Pocock Make cheques to the order of, and: ORDER FROM NANCY POCOC(, 52 Elgin Avenue, Toronto M5R 106, Ontario STATUS OF WOMEN The following recommendations are from the Plan For Action Green Paper (boo.: on equal opportunity for women in Ontario. Respond by writing: The Honourable Robert Welch Provincial Secretary for Social Development North Wing, Main Parliament Building Queen's Park TORONTO, Ontario M7A 1A2 Recommendation 69 We recommend that the provinces and the territories adopt textbooks that pe=ray women, as well as men, in diversified roles and occupations. Recommendation 73 We recommend that the provinces and territories (a) provide co-educational guidance programmes in elementary and secondary schools, where they do not now exist and (b) direct the attention of guidance counsellors to the irnortance of encouraging both girls and boys to continue their education according to their individual aptitudes and to consider all occupational ficRecommendation 83 We recommend that the provinces and territories and all post-secondary educational institutions develop programmes to meet the special needs for continuing education of women with family responsibilities. TAKE 30 On February 5th, 1974, on the program Lice Thirty portions of a womens conference held in Calgary in 1968 were shown. Women were discussing changes that should be mm:_e regarding the Indian Act, removal of abortion from the Criminal Code, more c,nvenment run day care centres and imp2emonting the Canada Pension Plan for Six years later none of these -Amen. changes have been made. Adrianne Clarkson she was "fed up" with government inaction and noted that of 167 recommendations the Report of the Royal Commission on Sta.tus of Women in Canada only 45 minor recommendations had been implemented. She stated she will continue to promote programs, as just viewed and urged viewers to write their tl.P.'s THE ONTARIO COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN - News Release - 12-02-74 Helen Marie Rathwell of Fort Qu'ApaellE Mrs. Rathwell new d:vozLc2 Saskatchewan. was married in 1944 and during her years of marriage she actively helped build up their 1600 acre farm. Her c,ai,1 to a share in the farm and assets estime't= to be worth $250,000 was rejected ar-I was denied a half interest in the fn-1. e She was awarded $250 a month maintea by the Court of Queen's Bench in SasKE.coc--._ Irene Murdock, the Alberta ranch-E, wi4: who, after 25 years of marriage, w3.1 awarded $200 monthly by the Alberta ';.°11r The Supreme Court of Canada, in a 4 decision denied her claim to any intel.c. o in the land as well as the ranch she had helped develop. PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor �VIP I NAMVVP IIIM INI PRNAlIONAI. COMMI I I PP 10 1.1IVM MI1,1111 AND 1)1, A111 W/1.1.111CAL PRIM/POWS FROM 1/1. I MN 111/N, 1014 IMO( Fall 1973 AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR WRITING TO AND ABOUT PRISONERS AN APPEAL FOR YOUR BLIP a 111..6.1* /01.40 Ai 11.4o 44. ommlig. I owe. it oelit Iwonto. itnuers M41 IMO (416) 921-4156 prisoners (many Hundreds of thousands of civilian political criminal) are still being interned in reclassified as corrnon They are relatives of activist the prisons of South Vietnam. school students, monks and nuns, high Catholic priestet Buddhist students, in South Vietnam), university children (Da Lat prison of women's organizeCatholic workers, members professorat young farmers, old men and women. tiona, union leaders, Peace Accords have been disregarded by Proviaions of the Paris has the Communique concerning prison Under the Phoenix the Saigon government, as inspection and negotiated prisoner release.to arrest, detain, program, South Vietnamese police continue interrogate and torture thousands of people. that the election machinery - in which "Pinny politieions ecmplAiti excluded from the ballot on the basic of an a candidate can be activities - effectively bars unconfirmed police report on his (New York Times, 15 Sept.73) powerful opposition: has to be tough on " Thieu has to maintain a war-like atmosphere, It is not deserters, has to be tough on the civilian population. But Thieu men who like to arrest people. simply that they are mean with the is in a position where he cannot compete politically Branfman) P.R.G. and thus he has to resort to arrest:- (Fred PRISONERS" (Saigon friends "LETTERS RAVE BEER OF GREAT MORAL SUPPORT TO THE write us) , p.t.o Sample letter - to authorities (listed below): The Agreements signed by all four parties on Dear that the two South Vietnamese parties "will January 27,1973 state and discrimination against individuals prohibit all ante of reprisal aide or the other..., ensure the who have collaborated with one democratic liberties of the people." Duct Tan Hiep, The names of thousands of prisoners in Chi Boa, Thu central Police Station in Saigon, and Puolo Condor (Con-Son), the in South Vietnam are known. Details of torture, many other prisons maltreatment and torture of starvation, tiger-cage confinement, Buddhists and many others whose only children, women, Catholics, These acts are all crime was to oppose Thieu and ask for peace. I.C.C.S. and from the prisoners to the documented through letters the Pope and others. to to do everything in your power I am writing to appeal to you Incur* the release of these prisoners. -2- LETTERS ABOUT THE PRISONERS CAN BE SENT TO: (do not mention the name of the prisoner) Dr. Eric Martin. International Red Cross: 7 Ave. de la Paix, Geneva, Switzerland Mitchell Sharp, Minister for External Affairs, Ottawa, Canada Mr. A.S. 51,raboc, Canadian Charge d'Affaires, Villa #1, Cit6 Hui Bon Host Blvd.Ly- Thei -To, Saigon, GRVN Chairman, International Commission of Control and Supervision (ICCS), Dai-Lo, Tran-Quoc-Toan, Saigon, GRVN Gen. Arthur Wrinch, National Headquarters, Canadian Red Cross, 95 Wellesley Ave. East, Toronto, Ontario Kurt Waldheim, General Secretary, United Nations, New York, N.Y. President Usuyen van Thieu, Dinh Loc Lap, Saigon, GRVN Col. Nguyen van Ginu, Operation Phoenix, Saigon, GRVN GRVN Col. Huyn Ngoc Dien, Political Security Department, Saigon, GRVN Tran van Tuyen, Opposition Deputy, National Assembly, Saigon, Le Cmnq Chit, Minister of the Interior, Saigon. LETTERS TO THE PRISONERS: When you Write to our office and ask for a name or two or five. have your letter to the prisoner finished, send it to 52 Elgin Avenue, Toronto, M513 1G6, Ontario. From there it will be sent to the prisoner through our contacts. The work of all the International Committees is vital to the morale Documentation and of the political prisoners in South Vietnam. mailings must go out. Minimal expenses are needed for a full-time worker, telephone and rent. Funds are desperately needed to: 1. Money to the prisoners through contacts. 2. Send out mailings of documentation. 3. Urge the Canadian government to bring this issue to the United Nations. 4. Forward letters to the prisoners to boost their morale, while showing the Thieu government that the prisoners are not forgotten. Some of the groups who are represented on our Committee are: Amnesty International Canadian Council of Churches Young Catholic Workers Anglican Church of Canada Jeunease Ouvriere Chretienne Presbyterian Church of Canada Toronto Zen Centre United Church of Canada Voice of Women Canadian Friends Service Connittee United Nations Association in Canada PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor �F A GE NORTHEEN WOMEN'S CENTRE CORRESPONDENCE 3 I have been reading statistics and facts published by the Alliance for Life organization. It is impossible not to share their angu!sh and protest with them against the destruction of a human organism. Most heartbreaking to me is the rejection of the healthy unborn whose mothers did not use contraceptives and ended the pregnancy because of economic and social pressures. These women would have made truly wonderful mothers. I would therefore like us to take another step forward, that is, agitate as vigorously for guaranteed incomes for single parent families, as recumilei,ded in the Report on the Status of Women in Canada. Children with single parents can have a happy childhood providing the parent is economically independent and spends a goodly portion of time with them. These children grow up to be self-reliant and sensitive human beings. My gless is thet the majority of the 300,000 boys who are crying for Big Brothers are unhappy products of incompatible couples who stayed together too long. Children of an early established single parent family are spared this kind of discord. An unwilling parent should be set free promptly for the sake of the children. For this reason we should also extend the guaranteed income to mothers with daddies in residence, as soon as possible. If the size of the single parent families where the mother is the sole parent should grow too rapidly, we may anticipate that the government will make all haste to establish birth control and sterilization programmes for irresponsible males. O.K. ***. ra a Nunes, Maxine, and Deanna White: THE LACE GHETTO. Toronto: New Press, 1972. Slick ad copy--"Keep her where she belongs..." or porno flicks--"Hips and tits" --it's all the same in the lace ghetto. (Obviously. Whether you are a rich good nigger or a poor bad nigger, you are still a nigger.) Come one, come all, step right up--everyone's a victim. Children, men, and women (1T.n alphabetical order) are spotlighted in this life tragedy. An overview of reasons for the women's movement, "The Lace Ghetto" shows brutal shards of truth in nine major areas, including CR. The authors' interpretations are often suspect, but the raw data are there for you--and certainly need no interpretation. You cannot help but be moved by this showdase of ignorance and heartbreak. Deprecating advertisements, cartoons, selected quotes, the "hidden persuaders" that distort women's value, are naked on the pages--shown for what they are- along with transcribed discussions, that show what they have done. The authors do not seek to liberate women into the roles that men now play- and they also recognize that freedom will be a new, and possibly frightening, burden: Perhaps books like theirs will make women courageous enough to risk the bearing of it. Lace Ghetto is a highly emotional book, and is also easy and fast reading-idael for newcommers, and rejuvenating those who have begun to feel that "what's-it-all-for, -anyhow,- I'm-just-knocking-my-head-against-a-stone-wall" syndrome. M.E. During the month of March several women from Women's Centre attended a meeting put on by the Pro-Life Group in Thunder Bay. It was felt that the attitude that which once again neglects the rights of women to have control over their own body. It places them in the traditional role of being irresponsible and incapable of makingtheirown decision, therefore, they must be made for them by some responsible (usually male) onlookers. One alternative to Abortion that is offered by these people is adoption. This alternative is dehumanizing as it forces the woman into the role of "baby-machine" HER body is not her own. It is forced for nine months to prepare itself for the birth of a child who has been spirited away to some nice middle-class family where it will be "well taken care of". But what happens to the mother...? WRITE YOU MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT TO SUPPORT THE NATIONAL WOMENS COALITION FOR THE REPEAL OF THE ABORTION LAWS: Paul McRae M.P. (Constituency Office) 222 Myles Street, THUNDER BAY F, Ontario **I':** PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor �PAGE 5 A group of women meet at the Human and Welfare Rights Office (above Walker's Store in Fort William) at 10:00 a.m. on Saturdays to disguss the following brief. Any interested women wishing to contribute are welcome to share their ideas. contrac The Consultant shall, during the period commencing on the 1st day of March 1974 and ending on the 31st day of March 1974 provided the following services to the Minister: 1. 2. Hire a Shelegh Mundy in Kenora and Ave Larson in Nipigon to prepare reports on: (o) the specific conditions which effect the status of women in particular communities of Northwestern Ontario; (b) what direction any specific programmes or recommendations for change would take; (c ehieh local and outside agencies may be approached for help ce fueding which may be required. Co ordinate the information obtained from Kenora and Nipigon. similar report for the City of Thunder Bay. 4. type of leadership role which the Northern Women's Centre 51 tepared to play in defining and approving the status of women in Northwestern Ontario. Outline DID YOU KlIOW In Canada's Marriage Act there is the consortium clause which when interpreted gives the the husband exclusive use of sexual apparatus with which the bride omes shocked. Exameles are, should a wife be sexually incapacitated in a car accident, the husband can sue the driver of the other car for loss of consortium. But should the situation be reversed and the husband was injured, the wife ea:not sue. This applies a:so if the husband finds his wife in bed with another man, the other man can be sued but should the wife find her husband in the SF:": situation she cannot sue the other woman. Should a wife move to another city for a better job, it is considered d -'sertion. If the husband moves to another city leaving his protesting wife, the wife again If you withdraw your "services" from your would be considered the deserter. acrid he withdraw his "services" from you, husband you are breaking the law. forgot ie, or -neteet Canada's incredible Marriage Act. If the Federal Parliament is in session no stamp is needed when writing to an M.P. Mr. John Doe, M.P. Fddrese it: The House of Commons OTTAWA, Ontario -IRSTS FOR WOMEN, Pauline McGibbon - January, 1974 appointed lieutenant-governor of Ontario, the first woman to hold a viceregal post in Canada. Pa.pelle Andreychuk - November, 1973 elected vice-president of the council She of Canadian Young Men's Christian Association in Orillia. will aleomatecally become president of the Y.M.C.A. when the current president ends his term in June, 1974. Marylin Dobson - January, 1974 won the distinction of being inducted as the first female toastmaster in Thunder Bay. Ella White - Moveeber, 1973 first women manager of a credit union office 5n Theeder Bay. Estella Fr]edlarder - March 1974 the first woman from the Northern Women's Centre to offer a course on Todays Women: A New Awareness at Confederation l'eceogh tie Thunderusing Bay Parks and Recreation Department. PDF compression, OCR, web optimization a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor �PAGE 6 .ravonll !! 4 I ;..r> )\?\ / ; b )1 I SWINININ701V., "I really don't understand the whole idea of chickens." -B.S.G. SEXISM IN OUR LANGUAGE - an excerpt from The Peak - University of British Columbia Each time, I (figuratively) "About twice a week I hear women referred to as 'chicks.' grab the offender and give him (always a him) a quick lecture in barnyard zoology. Is he Chicks are soft, fluffy semibrainless little creatures only a few inches tall. certain this is the image he wants to convey of the person he's speaking abut? If so, is he calling her a chick because she's a female and hence by definition soft, fluffy, and brainless, or because she's only a few inches tall with feathery little wings and clawed feet? The answer is seldom encouraging." I am willing to concede that there (soft, fluffy, and brainless), but see the offensiveness of calling a conversation, so why do they cling are women who fit the first definition of 'chick' I deplore its use in the generic sense. People woman a 'broad,' and it is seldom used in intelligent to the equally offensive word 'chick?' A conclusion, then. English is undoubtedly a sexist, male-dominated, male-oriented language (not a hard conclusion to come to). But if people will only make a conscious effort to be more careful in their speech and writings, the effect ofthe built-in biases can be lessened greatly. PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor �PAGE 7 NOTICE THE NORTHERN WOMEN'S CENTRE IS NOW LOCATED ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE YMCA BUILDING, 132 NORTH ARCHIBALD STREET, THUNDER BAY F, ONTARIO. THE WOMEN OF THE CENTRE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THEIR ENTHUSIASM IN HAVING CELEBRATED OUR FIRST BIRTHDAY, APRIL 7, WITH A WINE AND CHEESE PARTY. WE HOPE THE SECOND YEAR WILL PROVE TO BE EVEN MORE EXCITING THAN THE FIRST. WE ARE COLLECTING DONATIONS SUCH AS FURNITURE, DRAPES, CARPET SCRAPS, AND ANY BUILDING MATERIALS WHICH MAY BE HANDY (BRICKS, BOARDS, ETC.) PLEASE LEAVE YOUR NAVE, ADDRESS AND THE TYPE OF DONATION WITS MARION - HUMAN AND WELFARE RIGHTS OFFICE - 622-3931. _ PLEASE NOTE THAT OUR MEETING FROM NOW ON WILL BE HELD EVERY . THURSDAY AT THE YMCA -OPEN TO ALL WOMEN. WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE MEMBERS OF WESLEY UNITED CHURCH FOR THE USE OF THEIR FACILITIES DURING TBIS PAST YEAR. BRAVO The NORTH RN YO AN wishes to thank Mr. pl. L. Graver, re7ional administrator of the Community and Social Services for his sunport and assistance in a)plyino. for(and receiving)the rirpnt from the Community and Development Branch. Thank you from all of us. UP-AND-COMING TWENTS WI' THE OMEN'S CENTRE ARE ON THE FOLLOWING THURSDAYS AND ALL 401 EN ARE '4ELOOMEs EkicER FRON tiiANPOER MAY 2nd - MAY 9th - ;JETH CO!'TROL MAY 16th - BORROWED BOOKS Anyone having books in their possession with Lynn Sihvonen's name in them, please return them to Lynn, or bring them with you-to a Women's Centre meeting. PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor �Page A vILTNAML41 PnLJTICAL OHLh 101(1110, AND hhAln Suite 201, 40 St. Clair E., ulticn: /..inadlan Council of ChurcImm, (416) 921-4156 Throw-9, Ontar10 M4T 1119 ',1ff Int11.1011.inAh 4104111411'.1.. IP,O4 111.11.,;110!1, FROM FATHER CIIAN TIN, president L'ALIMitl:c for the Reform of the Prison System of South Vietnam. section brought news to Father TO ALL OUR CANADIAN FRIUDS, (In October, 173, the Quebec for Chan Tin about the work dune by hundreds of Canadians Towards the end the liberation of the political prisoners. Father Chan Tin with someone of October a letter came from who was returning from South Vietnam.) Saigon, October 31, 1973 Dear friends, many friends It is a great joy for us to learn that in Canada pressuring are working to make our situation known and are prithe Cani,dian government'for the release of the political soners in South Vietnam, for the re-establishment of peace and democratic liberties. Thank you also We say a big thank you to all our friends, for your work with the Commission on Justice and Peace which is presided by cardiu,I Roy, archbishop of Quebec. As for the letter-writing campaign to the political prisoners, The guards respect For it does much good. CONTTNUE TO WRITE. more the prisoners who are known on the ontside; and they dontt dare to mistreat them too much or to liquidate them, since they are known abroad. TNTEN:Iff the lette-s campaign for about 100 or so intellectuals and s%udentR .-hewn on the list which I enclose for you . in this letter. Thank you also for the campaign of financial support for our projerAs. Dear friends, once alain, in the name of the political prisoners, we express our thanks to all our Canadian friends for this struggle in favor of the oppressed, for this struggle for peace and justice. In friendship, (SIGNED) Pere Chan Tin T" /7N, fl io a :i.as i;ra BLOOD FOR CANADA FOR ANGOLAN COFFEE IS PICKED BY FORCED AFRICAN LABOUR, OFTEN CHILDREN, WORKING ON STARVATION WAGES AT LEAST ONE-TENTH OF THE REVENUE FROM COFFEE GOES TO SUPPORT A BRUTAL WAR OF OPPRESSION OFFEE for GENERAL FOODS means BLOOD for ANGOLA CANADA IS THE PORTUGUESE COLONIAL GOVERNMENT'S THIRD LARGEST CUSTOMER FOR COFFEE PORTUGUESE COLONIAL ACTION IN ANGOLA HAS BEEN FREQUENTLY CONDEMNED BY THE UNITED NATIONS euthsen Africa Information Group. Gem 4443-E. CM4144.16131232-2313 PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor �Q no :. . -.) 0 0 e--N _ ..-:, -71 -.' .1-- Z.N (11 Q-- �PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor it te , ,r.2:7, `r CNUSEWNiz oR PIPS OR. gesArs-qc-...- So THE FARMER'S AP' WORRY ABOUT cat..L.Ec-To VE BARtrAtiviN4 So WHY 51400 L.0 X. HAVIN4 A Roucrol OaNT scE ToriE. 'rime wet'. ALOT of rEoPLE ARE % Zfr/2A, NIF ro DO 1 WANT Do YOU 0K Of( So wsitr CillYrUIN iN t/ -( r 4. 1.- c i 1 IS WON I K.R.P,Fr vocAs STOP E-1)(Y):NC.:7 WE NANT vou -ro-i if S NOT Too LATE "-40%, Ar/ eo L.otAL kur PItou/NciPaPRoVINCJP.t. AND (rovERNKIENTS, duT THEY Ncv.(C FiczuRcys TsE cPweloicm PEOPLE I Wie0Ncr,wc AG.E wAir,Nc..up ANC% DCALe NC( WITH Cfo8et-P-44 UP 3MAy..1. FAR.ICF.$ AND SMIALL. ev (Mk S3ME1V, WhEEL,Ntr IT FIcrurts.C 4v3T 44KE oN THEY AO. YOu, I CruES tcr(IFT 1-1As OH THE *AND FRRI'ar:Z5 /Dr WONT BE ANY APOOT IT THERE" IF SOTIEtorzel IDOESN'T WORRY KtPitiSe TIII NATiCN:11. FARMERS IJNOCor4 STARTSD THE KRAFT auyecar IH A.e4i.ST icint, To o.,/te.1 coca-Errevf eARCIAINiNCT RICtI4T5 FoRoNTARio N'th44 PRODUCERS HOW A BoYeorr wILL CHAN Cie s AND THEY APE ioo;6 AMERICAN CONTROLLEO" CA PRocEi5oFt. or PANSY FoonS KRAFT IS IKE LaRcresT To Think, PIO -So bokS RALPH NADER. fNACK-PACKS. TART OaNT EVEN tEL REFRICrERAT/ON THEY WONT TE.u. NAVIN* A PCXX.r(4 WELL Ta kAT WHAT KRAFT PUTS 04 THEIR. ,.....11.1w I4AVE YOU EVER. WorWRECI WRY Do YOU FALL FOR IT WAt.e. KrAFT FOor) EVERY Tr:P,R, So INAT You Wit4, THINK aoLLARS ON AoVERTISNfr ItIAI77/707:7Miu.*oN :ELIEvE KRAFT ria::.e A ritociY MILLow DoLLARS IN IR7o ? or- KRAFT FouO LIKE MY rt.P1ILY Too r1vc.4 DOESN'T Cr'? WELL THE FARIIER. ISN'T c.crrY/N4 Eticti,eut Woiji..0 -you Your?. Foob 6uT MY FAMILY WANTS eecause Z EICYCOTT 50 In/NT (SnOuL.D Ccer INVOLVCD IN T'NE KRAFT WHO MILKS WHOM? Boneless sirloin steak, 1 lb. ) 3,310,000 9,700,000 3,698,000 4,308,000 42, 400, 000 88, 300, 000 2,412,000 91, 300, 000 1971 profits 26, 110, 000 37, 003, 000 . FIGHT .1 BACK.. BOYCOTT KRAFT THE SAME FOOD CORPOIC.TIONS1 EXPLOIT TI:E SHOPPER AND THE FARMER. LOW PRICES ON THE FAhM OBrIcOUSLY DON'T MEAN LOW PRICES IN THE STYE. Average farm net income in Caunada remains under $4, 030. The number of Canadians on farmr: had declined by 500,000, or 25% since 1966. The producers' gross share of the (consumer food dollar has declined from 60 to 3f per cent since 1950, while Ws tnet income now represents only 10 per cent of food retail prices. Canada's rural population has bocen cut In half since 1961, AND THE FARMER IS GETTING Source: Next Year Country Loblaws Kraftco Corp. (U.S.) Swift & Co. (U.S.) Oshawa Group (I.G.A Massey Ferguson 1972 profits The large chains, whose sales r,now make up 60 to 80 per cent of the market in cities across Canada, are incrceasing their share at the rate of 1 to 2% a year at the expense of independent g;rocers. The major food conglomerates ssucb as Weston, Safeway and Dominion Stores extract profits at several leveiss in the food Industry, owning their own wholesale distribution network, tranasportation facilities and processing plants. THE AGRI-BUSINESS BOX SCORE:: . .39 $9.83 .45 .39 .35 .28 1.78 .28 .99 .89 .34 .99 .86 .73 .68 .43 In 1972 the net profit levels of ffood corporations increased by an average of 31.3%. The 1968 Batten Royal_kCommission on Consumer Problems and Inflation charged retail food chasms on the prairies with "excessive profits" up to 38.5% above the Canadian,: average. In addition, they charged the grocery trade with excessive addvertising costs, and excess capacity in stores. They estimated consumers werre paying 4 cents of their consumer food dollar for waste space in superrnarketes and that there were almost twice as many supermarket outlets as needed.. SOMEBODY IS MAKING MONEY.... Cabbage Celery Onions Lettuce TOTAL .51 .49 .49 .08 1/2 .09 .05 .06 .07 1/2 .11 $3.86 Carrots, 3 lbs. .30 Milk, 3 qt. jug Butter, 1 lb. Eggs, 1 dozen Apple juice, 48 oz. tin .71 .03 .53 .25 .08 P.E.I. potatoes, 10 lbs. Bread, 1 loaf Cheese, 1 lb. Apples, 5 lbs. Can of peaches On January 27, 1973, the Toronto Star published a survey of prices of a selection of groceries in Toronto; compared to the prices received by the Ontario farmer. It makes interesting reading. Farmer Gets Supermarket Gets INDUSTRY HERE ARE SOME FACTS ABOUT WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING IN THE FOOD Food prices rose 157 in the past 12 months and 50% since 1961. Who benefits? � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Northern Woman Journal Description An account of the resource Northern Woman Journal Published in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Northern Woman Journal (originally called Northern Woman) started in 1973 following the first annual Northern Women’s Conference in order to keep the conference attendees connected. Initially serving as a newsletter of events, local issues, and women’s resources, the Northern Woman Journal quickly became a diverse publication reaching national and international readers. Not only did it serve as a newsletter to keep local women up to date on feminist issues in Northwestern Ontario, but also as a safe space to discuss women’s resources, law, politics, economics, health, racism, sexism, homophobia, feminist organizing and activism, transnational feminist issues, poetry, feminist reading, feminist art, and women’s diverse lived experiences.One of the longest-running feminist perodicals in North America, the Northern Woman Journal reached its end in 1995. Throughout its 22 years, the Northern Woman Journal was produced by its many collective members, with membership evolving year to year. For many years, the journal worked closely alongside and shared space with the Northern Women’s Centre and the Northern Women’s Bookstore. With the exception of a year-long government grant in the 1970s, the journal relied entirely on subscription fees and donations in order to maintain publishing, which presented challenges throughout its entire existence. As stated in an early version of the editorial policy, “only by a free and open exchange of views and opinions will we develop a basis for unity which can be used as a basis for action.” Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Northern Woman, Vol 1 Nos 8-9 Description An account of the resource Vol 1, no. 8 (January 1974) Editorial policy Correspondence Ontario Advisory Council on the Status of Women Status of women Ontario Native Women’s Association Divorce/Separation Family planning Housing project Abortion Vol. 1, No. 9 (February 1974) International Women’s Day Status of women Political prisoners Vietnam Abortion Firsts for women Comics Sexism & language Forced labour Angola Food industry Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Northern Woman Journal Collective Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1974 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Published on this site with permission. Language A language of the resource English https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/3/2644/101007-001_-_Copy.jpg 19e3cd0c12357e23e733f708629e675d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Finlandia Club Collection Description An account of the resource Photographs from the Finlandia Club Collection. This collection consists of formal, studio portraits of Finnish immigrants and Finnish-Canadians in the early 20th century. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Hoito Co-operative Restaurant cheque, December 18th, 1939 cheque no. 561 Subject The topic of the resource Business and Industry Description An account of the resource A colored Hoito Co-operative Restaurant (owned and operated by the boarders themselves) cheque made out to the People's Co-Op Ltd., December 18th, 1939. The amount was $54.12. The cheque was stamped by the Imperial Bank of Canada and a 3 cent stamp is on the cheque. Two signatures are also on the cheque Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource December 18, 1939 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public domain Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Photograph Type The nature or genre of the resource Still image Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MG3, Box 1, File 13, Item 14 scan#101007-001 Hoito Restaurant People's Co-Op Ltd. https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/5/2645/111007-006a.jpg 31b41349c379ae3762a8d17fb96ad2cf Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource General Archives Description An account of the resource Archival records that don't belong to another listed collection. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Group photo on the Finn Hall steps, 1913 Subject The topic of the resource People Description An account of the resource Black and white photograph of a group of men, women, and children standing and seated on the Finn Hall steps. Some individuals include Mr. Einar Kajander, and Mr. Antii Pitkanen (nickname Nilsian Laakari) who is on his knees praying Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1913 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Donated by Mrs. Aino Salmi Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public domain Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Photograph Type The nature or genre of the resource Still image Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context A0014, Item #238 scan#111007-006 1913 Antii Pitkanen Einar Kajander Finn Hall knees praying steps https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/5/2648/030908-006a.jpg 1a2c7ecb80eb7afcc7d5ef92a5777af2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource General Archives Description An account of the resource Archival records that don't belong to another listed collection. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Klondike Gold Fields Subject The topic of the resource Mining Description An account of the resource Sepia-toned photograph of a mining operation beside a river in the Klondike goldfields. Scaffolding, smoke, prospector's shacks, and a mining town can be seen in the distance. Caption on image: "Goetzman Photo" Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource circa 1890s Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public domain Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Photograph Type The nature or genre of the resource Still image Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context A0014,#136,Z/13 scan#030908-006a Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource H.J. Goetzman Studio Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Donated by Mrs. Cochran 1890s H.J. Goetzman Studio Klondike gold fields Klondike Gold Rush Mining prospectors river https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/5/2649/030908-001a.jpg 053b6222705a1145591abf5a87309145 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource General Archives Description An account of the resource Archival records that don't belong to another listed collection. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Two boats navigating Miles Canyon on the Yukon River, Yukon Territory Subject The topic of the resource Mining Description An account of the resource Sepia-toned photograph of two boats navigating Miles Canyon. Captions on images: "Miles Canyon", En route to the Klondike Gold Field's", "616 copyrighted Goetzman Dawson" Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource circa 1898 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public domain Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Photograph Type The nature or genre of the resource Still image Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context A0014#136/Z/13 scan#030908-001a Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource H.J. Goetzman Studio Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Donated by Mrs. Cochran 1890s Goetzman H.J. Goetzman Studio Klondike gold fields Klondike Gold Rush Miles Canyon river Yukon River https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/5/2650/030908-002a.jpg 95ccc90b31745b489f5d1c8f8b2de473 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource General Archives Description An account of the resource Archival records that don't belong to another listed collection. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Five Finger Rapids Subject The topic of the resource Mining People Description An account of the resource Sepia-toned photograph of spectators on boulders above Five Finger Rapids on the Yukon River, Yukon Territory, The spectators consist of four women, four dogs, and one man. The spectators are posing for the photographer. Captions on images: Five Finger Rapids", En route to the Klondike Gold Field's, "625 Goetzman Dawson" Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource ca. 1899 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public domain Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Photograph Type The nature or genre of the resource Still image Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context A0014, #136/Z13 scan#030908-002 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource M.W. Goetzman, photographer Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Contributed by Mrs. Cochran 1890s Five Finger Rapids Klondike gold fields Klondike Gold Rush prospectors https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/5/2651/030908-003a.jpg 64932fd3378f91f9e7beb4593eb4b50f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource General Archives Description An account of the resource Archival records that don't belong to another listed collection. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Five Finger Rapids from below Subject The topic of the resource Mining Description An account of the resource Sepia-toned photograph of Five Fingers Rapids from below, July '99. Captions on image: "624 Goetzman Dawson, "Five Finger Rapids from below", "En route to the Klondike Gold Field's" Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource H.J. Goetzman Studio Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource July 1899 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public domain Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Photograph Type The nature or genre of the resource Still image Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context A0014#136, Z/13 scan#030908-003a Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Donated by Mrs. Cochran 1899 Five Finger Rapids Goetzman H.J. H.J. Goetzman Studio July Klondike Gold Rush Yukon River Yukon Territory https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/5/2652/030908-005a.jpg 79f86e8a99621bef4a7973051382c1e3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource General Archives Description An account of the resource Archival records that don't belong to another listed collection. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gold Run Hotel, near Dawson Subject The topic of the resource Mining People Description An account of the resource Sepia-toned image of the Gold Run Hotel and attached office of Orr & Tukey Freighters. Co. Ltd. A group of men are standing outside the entrance to the hotel and a young boy is driving a dog-cart labeled laundry. A sign reads Daily Stages to Dawson. Caption on image: "Goetzman Photo" Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource circa 1899 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public domain Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Photograph Type The nature or genre of the resource Still image Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context A0014#136,Z/13 scan#030908-005a Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource M.W. Goetzman, photographer Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Donated by Mrs. Cochran Gold Run Hotel Klondike Gold Rush laundry M.W. Goetzman Orr & Tukey Freighters https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/5/2653/030908-007a.jpg 2c453d575f91709aff8718fb74bfe7cb Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource General Archives Description An account of the resource Archival records that don't belong to another listed collection. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Joe Cook & Dome Road House, Dawson Subject The topic of the resource Mining People Description An account of the resource Sepia-toned photograph of Joe Cook & Co. and Dome Road House. Goetzman's dog sled is decorated with advertisements for photographic suppliers and services in the foreground. Men in fur jackets are posing for the camera. Captions on image: " by Goetzman Dawson#231", "a typical Klondyke hotel" Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource H.J. Goetzman Studio Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource circa 1899 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Donated by Mrs. Cochran Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public domain Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Photograph Type The nature or genre of the resource Still image Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context A0014#136,Z/13 scan#030908-007a 1899 Dogsled Dome Road House Goetzman Joe Cook & Co. photographer