Nancy's Very Own Foundation

Archive-It Partner Since: Oct, 2019

Organization Type: NGOs

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Description:

Nancy’s Very Own Foundation is a Canadian private foundation established by the Honourable Nancy Ruth, CM in 1984. Nancy Ruth, who served as a member of the Senate of Canada from 2005 to 2017, is a feminist, activist and philanthropist. She has campaigned for increasing dedicated charitable giving to women and girls. The Foundation has used the Internet to make the history of women, and women’s activism, in Canada visible and lively, to teach about the value and importance of women’s lived experiences, and to urge the use of a women’s lens in making public policy and the elimination of systemic discrimination against women in all their diversity.