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Nancy's Very Own Foundation

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Organization Type: NGOs

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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.

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Title: Mary Rowell Jackman (Fonds 29) | Special Collections | Collections | E.J. Pratt Library

URL: http://library.vicu.utoronto.ca/collections/special_collections/f29_mary_rowell_jackman/

Collection: Mary Coyne Rowell Jackman

Description: Scope and content: Mary Coyne Rowell Jackman was a graduate of Victoria University (B.A. 1925) who was a prominent philanthropist, social activist and patron of the arts. The fonds consists of records, 1824–1994, in the following series: correspondence, 1824–1994; student and alumnus records, 1915–1994; family records, 1904; records relating to finances, [192–?]–1994; records relating to travel, 1901–1994; records relating to the Sky Works documentary, 1994–2005; photographs, 1910–1989; memorabilia and ephemera, 1920–1994.

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Subject:   Mary Rowell Jackman - Women's Advocate

Title: Play Fair

URL: http://playfair.tv/

Collection: Canadian Women and Sports

Description: PLAY FAIR is a compelling, unflinching and visually rich documentary that questions the assumption that women’s fight for full rights in the world of sports is over. The film explores five decades of activism and legal challenges that women fought to ensure they would have equal access and rights to compete in sports on elite and community levels. There have been many victories but has equity really been achieved? There is still a lack of women in leadership positions in the sporting boardrooms and on the fields. The sexualization and objectification of women athletes persists as does the economic disparity between male and female professional athletes. More girls are playing hockey now than ever before but they still have to fight for ice time. Eugenie Bouchard wins an important match at the Australian Open only to field questions from reporters about her outfit. Just five years ago in Vancouver, women were told they couldn’t compete in the Olympic ski-jump. Today, Kaillie Humphries competes in the 4 Men Bobsled with 3 men because there is no such equivalent for women. While there are many victories to celebrate, can we say that women have full equity in the world of sports? What will it take to ensure that all female athletes have an equal right to play? And, most importantly, what does the future hold for female athletes in Canada? Who are tomorrow's activists who will continue to strive for equity while making sure the gains of the past aren't lost?

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Subject:   Documentary Women in sports Sports Discrimination Sexual harassment Olympics Women’s Rights Women’s Human Rights Women’s History

URL: http://section15.ca/

Collection: Women's History and Activism

Description: Women’s rights in Canada are enshrined in section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which came into force on April 17, 1985. The struggles for women’s rights, in public or in private, big or small, started much earlier, and they will extend into the future. The features on this web site tell the stories of women, as individuals or in groups, who saw something that needed to be done, and got it done. Those stories connect, encourage and teach us to continue to make change that addresses the historical and systemic discrimination experienced by women and girls.

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Subject:   Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms Women’s rights in Canada Section 15

Title: Sing All of Us

URL: http://singallofus.ca/

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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Subject:   Canadian National Anthem Women's Representation

URL: http://www.coolwomen.ca/

Collection: Women's History and Activism

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URL: http://www.restoreouranthem.ca/

Collection: Canadian National Anthem Campaigns

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URL: http://www.yorku.ca/nlrowell/

Collection: Mary Coyne Rowell Jackman

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URL: http://www.yorku.ca/nlrowell/history.htm

Collection: Mary Coyne Rowell Jackman

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URL: http://www.yorku.ca/nlrowell/mary1.htm

Collection: Mary Coyne Rowell Jackman

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URL: http://www.yorku.ca/nlrowell/nelbio.htm

Collection: Mary Coyne Rowell Jackman

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URL: https://herstoriescafe.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/herstoriescurricresource.pdf

Collection: Mary Coyne Rowell Jackman

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URL: https://herstoriescafe.wordpress.com/documentary/

Collection: Mary Coyne Rowell Jackman

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Title: Mary Coyne Rowell Jackman (1904-1994) - A Documentary

URL: https://maryjackman.ca/

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

URL: https://videopress.com/v/3KqkPdl3/

Collection: Mary Coyne Rowell Jackman

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Title: It Was Their War Too - Canadian Women in World War I

URL: https://womenwar.ca/

Collection: Canadian Women in World War 1 (WWI)

Description: This web site offers open access to an illustrated book for general readers on what women in Canada did during World War I. They served in many essential ways, supporting the war effort, their communities and organizations, and their families. They served at home and overseas as drivers, nurses and doctors. They campaigned for peace. They campaigned hard, and successfully for the right to vote, another key step in the journey to full personhood for all women in Canada.

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Subject:   World War 1 1914-1918 Home front Armed forces Paid work Volunteers Suffrage Women's vote Women’s History Women’s Human Rights Women’s Rights

Title: For Our Sisters, For Our Daughters

URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpStxeS39Ik

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

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