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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
Creator: Donna Gall
Publisher: Frank Digital and Frantic Films
Language: English
Rights: Open access for personal not commercial use
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
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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