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In late 1970s’ and early 1980s’ Toronto, Ontario, grassroots community organizations burgeoned to address immigrant women’s social service needs on entering Canada—essential services that were unmet by available state-sponsored organizations.

In the Fall semester of 2023, The Archives and Special Collections (ARCS), with support from the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) and the Canadian Institute of Women in Engineering and Sciences (CIWES), undertook a series of ten oral history interviews with women in Canada who have made a significant impact on the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM).

Helen Forsey was 34 years old when she committed her first act of civil disobedience.

Using multimedia archives from the University of Ottawa Archives and Special Collections, this new digital exhibit “Women & Politics: 1960-2000, Political Activism for Gender Equality” highlights just a few of women's many individual and collective political acts of courage and organizing that took place in the latter half of the 20th century in Canada.

Week of activities (online and in person) from Monday, October 30 to Friday, November 3, 2023

Archives and Special Collections has recently obtained rare copies of two revolutionary literary works by queer women writers: a first edition of Radclyffe Hall’s The Well of Loneliness (1928) and a signed edition of Virginia Woolf’s Orlando (1928)

Photographer Judith Lermer Crawley is among the hundreds of Canadian women and organizations whose work and records are housed in the Canadian Women’s Archives, a sweeping and ongoing collection of physical and digital artifacts, the goal of which is to bring women’s lives and contributions out of the shadows and give them their rightful place in history.

Mary Wollstonecraft’s best-known work, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792) is among the earliest works of proto-feminist philosophy. Recently, Archives & Special Collections acquired a first edition. Its addition to our shelves not only enriches Morisset Library’s rare books collection, but also complements the numerous records of the Women’s Archives, which document the work of indivi...

This new portal will make it easier to locate archival materials on women's history held by organizations across Canada.

This exhibit displayed at Artexte in Montreal, until March 25, 2023, showcases material from �����Ƶ Archives and Special Collections.