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Collection: Canadian National Anthem Campaigns
Description: Canada has two national anthems. The original French song is sung today just as it was composed in 1884. The English song uses the same melody, but it has different words, originally written in 1908 and subsequently changed a number of times. When the national anthems were officially adopted by Parliament in 1980, the same year that Canada adopted the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the English version of the anthem referred to “all thy sons.” This web site records the campaign, successful in 2018, to change the English national anthem to be inclusive of women, of “all of us.”
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Collection: Mary Coyne Rowell Jackman
Description: This web site offers open access to a documentary exploring the life of Mary Coyne Rowell Jackman (1904-1994). Spanning a century of enormous change and development for Canada, Mary’s story has both universal and unique elements, framed by acclaimed Canadian director Laura Sky. Most importantly, how did she navigate and make choices as a daughter, wife, mother, and citizen of Canada and the world? Of particular interest may be her engagement with Canadian art and craft, including the Group of Seven painters.
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Subject: Documentary, Biography, Women’s education, Social gospel, Student Christian Movement, Family life, Volunteering, Women’s Rights, Women’s Human Rights, Women’s History
Group: maryjackman
Creator: Laura Sky
Publisher: Nancy's Very Own Foundation
Language: English
Type: Video , Website
Rights: Open access
Collection: Women's History and Activism
Description: On February 14, 1981, over 1,000 women met on Parliament Hill in the nation’s capital to tell the government that Canada’s proposed new constitution was not good enough for women. The government had refused to support such a meeting, so on 3 weeks’ notice women organized it themselves. Known as the Ad Hoc Committee on Women and the Constitution of Canada, the resolutions passed by the women told the government how to strengthen the equality provisions. As the narrator to the film says, they gave a big “heave-ho” to the status quo. The government agreed to add s. 28 to the Constitution of Canada, which came into force on April 17, 1982: “Notwithstanding anything in this Charter, the rights and freedoms referred to in it are guaranteed equally to male and female persons.”
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Subject: Women’s History, Women’s Human Rights, Women’s Rights, Documentary, Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Section 15, Women’s rights in Canada
Creator: Sally Armstrong, Jim Erikson
Publisher: Nancy's Very Own Foundation
Language: English and French
Type: Video
Rights: Open Access
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