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From our extensive library of periodicals and documents to our growing collection of posters, buttons, images, and more, Rise Up offers a wide array of publicly accessible resources that document Canadian feminist activism from the 1970s to the 1990s.

Over the next few weeks, we’ll share how the organization has grown over the last decade - what we've accomplished and aim to accomplish - and look towards the future and sustainability of the archive.

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As Canada's only community-based archive providing open online access to archival materials about feminist activism from the 1970s to 1990s, Rise Up serves as a crucial resource, informing current understandings and inspiring critical reflection and future activism among younger generations.

You can watch the film on our website at bit.ly/LongTimeComin1993

Through intimate sequences featuring Channer and Nolan at work in their studios and candid conversations on race, sexuality, and social justice, the film shares their experiences as Black queer women working in white, heteronormative, and male-dominated art and music spaces.

Brand captures the work of two Black lesbian Canadian artists: Grace Channer, a multimedia visual artist, and Faith Nolan, a folk/jazz singer-songwriter and social activist.

Read the essay on page 8 at bit.ly/running-for-gold

Over the course of her decorated middle-distance running career, Hoffman participated in 4 Olympics, 2 Commonwealth Games, and 4 Pan American Games. She was also an outspoken activist who believed in athleticism as an opportunity to push back against barriers, refuse limitations, and inspire others.

The background image features the plan proposed by the National Action Committee on the Status of Women (NAC) Board to establish a Women’s Resource and Development Centre as a project of the United Nations International Women’s Year 1975.

View the NAC plan here: bit.ly/NACPlan1974

To read the full declaration, visit: bit.ly/DeclarationUN

Check out the featured button here: bit.ly/BlueWhiteButton

The complete and original declaration made in 1967 outlined 11 articles demanding that the Universal Declaration on Human Rights be amended to include changes to protections and language to ensure there was no discrimination on the grounds of sex.

In their Volume 5, Number 9, September 1979 issue featured here, you will find updates on the National Action Committee on the Status of Women, domestic violence legislation in Ireland, feminist literature, lesbian and gay organizing, birth control funding, and more.

Check out the issue here! ⬇️

The newspaper was published monthly by the Calgary Status of Women Action Committee. It featured feminist articles, campaigns, events, updates, book reviews, reader feedback, and international news.

At the time of the 1992 celebration, the CBWC was focused on issues such as racism, child development, pensions, education, human rights, housing, and health.

View the full program at bit.ly/CBWC1992Celebration

The CBWC, as a national organization, was launched at the fifth National Conference of the Congress of Black Women of Canada, a gathering that began in 1973 and was initially convened by the Canadian Negro Women's Association (CANEWA).

On June 25, 1978, the SJWC purchased a house that became the first women's centre in Canada owned by its members and remains the longest continuously running centre in the country.

To learn more about SJWC, visit bit.ly/SJWCNewsletter

The first edition of the newsletter was published in 1972 under the then named Newfoundland Status of Women Council, following the Royal Commission on the Status of Women report.