Résultats

 Burlington Gazette, 1 Apr 1986, p. 3     ...

 Oakville Beaver, 8 Jan 1986, p. 9     Helpful Harry is dead. Art Burnell, a former newspaper report in Oakville whose weekly column "Helpful Harry" entertained thousands of Halton and Peel residents, died of cancer in his Oakville home, Friday. He was 70. Burnell was born in Toronto in 1920 and began his journalism career at age 19 …

 Carmela Fragomeni, Oakville Beaver, 1 Apr 1988, 1, 2    

      This is a news article about the Terrace Bay Band.

 Moore, Larry, Expression (Toronto, Ontario), Spring, 1980, 13-17     Article (5 pages) about an expansion of the Niagara Library in the Court House in Niagara-on-the-Lake. It was published in Expression, a journal of Ontario Library Association, in vol. 2, no. 1 in 1980. Archival photographs from the library and recent photos by David Sito.

      In this article that surveys the record of women's rights in the Caribbean, the author suggests that, despite the significant advances made during the UN Decade for Women (1975-85), women remain "largely marginalized and deprived" in Caribbean societies. The author interviewed leading scholars on Caribbean womanhood to determine the limits …

 Molson, Gerda, Niagara Advance (Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada), 21 Oct 1987     Article about influential books and special events organized by the Niagara-on-the-Lake Public Library during Ontario Public Library Week in 1987. Newspaper photograph of librarian Gerda Molson with Gerrie Barnim, children's librarian; caption reads: "Gerda Molson, librarian at the Niagara-on-the-Lake library checks the collection with Gerrie Barnim children's librarian as they …

      The conquest and resource exploitation of the Amazon territories is discussed in this presentation to the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations. The presentation emphasizes "the essential nature of an indigenous participation in the formulation of recognised international human rights".

      This article describes how the Jamaican theatre collective, Sistren, hosted workshops on issues that ranged from migration to pregnancy, child rearing, birth control, and sexual violence. Held at sugar estates and factories across the country, the workshops involved dramatic exercises to educate audiences on the social barriers faced by women.

      Jamaican poet Lorna Goodison, formerly the writer-in-residence at the University of the West Indies, Mona, discusses how she uses poems as a medium for channeling the suffering of Caribbean peoples—specifically in the aftermath of Hurricane Gilbert. She is the author of "Jamaica Women: An Anthology", of "I am Becoming My …

      An expression of Canadian Indigenous solidarity with the Maya people of Guatemala, this article deals with military repression and, as an example of it, recounts the story of an German-American agronomist who was killed in Guatemala in 1980.

      An article on the challenges facing Jamaican women who sought gender equality in the late 1970s. The author argues that women were disproportionately affected by the island's neoliberal economic reforms. She explores this theme through the struggle against hoarding, the fight for paid maternity leave, and the protests against austerity …

      An interview with Honor Ford-Smith of the Jamaica School of Drama. Ford-Smith, former CERLAC Associate Director, recounts how she came to form Sistren, a women's theatre collective that draws on the experiences of Jamaican actresses to produce nationally-acclaimed performances. The interview also deals with Sistren's two-week tour to Canada where …

      Focusing on the Waorani (Huaorani) people and encroachment on their territories in Ecuador, this article discusses the violation of Indigenous rights as a consequence of destructive colonial practices arising from oil and mineral extraction.

 Oakville Beaver, 30 Nov 1983, LL1    

 Yeo, Debra Ann, St. Catharines Standard (St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada18910421), 19 Apr 1989     Article about Jean Huggins (Mrs. A. E. Huggins), long-term resident of Queenston, and unofficial historian of the village, published in a local newspaper. Newspaper photograph with caption: "Jean Huggins, Queenston's unofficial historian, stands in front of Laura Secord Public School, where she taught during the 1920s. In her hands is …

      A newspaper clipping with article about Niagara-on-the-Lake; with colour photographs of the town and some of its prominent residents (including Irving Layton, Margarita Howe and Ann Stokes).

 Niagara Advance (Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada), 19 Nov 1986, p. 9     Article about the Gerda Molson, chief librarian at the Niagara-on-the-Lake Public Library, being named a president of OLA, the Ontario Library Association. Photo caption: "Niagara librarian Gerda Molson has been named president of the Ontario Libraries Association."

 Niagara Advance (Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada), 1981     Article "Doors opened to historic lodge" with two newspaper photographs of exterior and interior of masonic hall, located on 153 King Street Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. Photo captions: "The completely renovated Niagara Masonic Lodge No. 2 traces its history back to 1783. The renovations were carried out by members and friends during …

 Meyers, Jim, St. Catharines Standard (St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada18910421), 1981     Article "Doors opened to historic lodge" published in St. Catharines Standard. The black and white newspaper photograph of Noel Haines in newly renovated masonic lodge in Niagara-on-the-Lake; caption: "Noel Haines prepares for Sunday's open house in historic masonic lodge"