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Debby Yaffe interview / Women's Studies collection

  • CA UVICARCH AR430
  • Collection
  • 2009

Item consists of sound recordings of Debby Yaffe discussing her childhood, schooling and family life in California, including gendered family roles, expectations of femininity in the 1950s, university, marriage and life in Europe, her feminist consciousness raising experience in London, teaching high school in London, the differences between English and American societies, sex discrimination, radical feminist activities, restructuring of sexual relationships, life in Canada and involvement in the Women's movement in Victoria, Status of Women Action group, Everywoman's Books, disordered eating as feminist issue, work as a fitness instructor, abortion rights, impact on feminist awareness of the December 6, 1989 killings at École Polytechnique in Montréal, radical feminism, women's lives in Canada and England, life as a lesbian, resisting dominant domestic relationship constructs, teaching Women's Studies, feminist theory, and the Victoria Women's Movement Archives.

The Debby Yaffe interview was conducted by Joy Fisher as a research project in the course History 358A, "Women in Canada," taught by Dr. Lynne Marks, which covered histories of women in Canada from the era of New France to the present. Fisher"s resulting essay is entitled "Riding the Wave/ Watching the Wave: A Second Wave Feminist Talks about Gender Ideologies and her Life."

Yaffe, Debby

Edward B. Harvey fonds

  • CA UVICARCH AR405
  • Fonds
  • 1960-2006, predominant 1975-2006

Fonds consists of Dr. Edward B. Harvey's professional reports, proposals, studies, manuals, surveys, transcripts, presentations, books and published articles, written solely or in part by Edward Harvey or by Urban Dimensions Group Inc, under his direct supervision from 1960-2006. The material predominately relates to Harvey's interest in health care, employment equity, education, and income security issues. The fonds is arranged into the following series: Series Professional Work - 1960-2006 The series consists of printed materials, scholarly articles, reports, transcriptions, grant applications, proposals, studies, manuals, surveys, presentations, published articles, books and other related materials. The series is divided into four sub-series. All files are arranged according to the original filing system of the creator. Sub-series 1. Urban Dimensions Group Inc. consulting reports Sub-series 2. Short Published Articles (Originals and Photocopies) Sub-series 3. Edward B. Harvey Reports, Speeches and Transcriptions Sub-series 4. Books

Harvey, Edward Burns, 1939-

Claire Heffernan fonds

  • CA UVICARCH AR067
  • Fonds
  • 1980-1990

Fonds consists of research files on aquaculture, UVSS, VIPIRG, Campus Green Plan, and the Gordon Head exhibit.

Heffernan, Claire

Prime Time fonds

  • CA UVICARCH AR107
  • Fonds
  • 1978-1980

Fonds consists of newsletters, an impact survey, resources and services bibliography, a conference package, and a "Prime Time Information Kit."

Prime Time (Project)

Victoria Women's Building Society fonds

  • CA UVICARCH AR190
  • Fonds
  • 1979-1985, 1993-1995

Fonds consists of newsletters, announcements and invitations, constitutions, correspondence, reports, research, VWBS history, and minutes.

Victoria Women's Building Society

Building of Change Project fonds

  • CA UVICARCH AR355
  • Fonds
  • 2000-2002

Fonds consists of project files including correspondence, funding, proposals, newspaper clippings, research papers; journals and notebook; scrapbook entitled "Building of Change: the process exposed"; oral history interview tapes; video recordings. Audio cassettes included records interviews with: Jacquie Ackerly, Sharon Chow, Harrinder Dhillon, Dorothy Livingston, Norrie Preston, and Joan Russo.

Building of Change Project

University of Victoria Women's Action Group fonds

  • CA UVICARCH AR173
  • Fonds
  • 1973-1978

The fonds consists of working papers, clippings and records of the Women's Studies Course Committee of the University of Victoria Women's Action Group. Fonds includes outlines for proposed women's studies course at the University of Victoria.

University of Victoria (B.C.). Women's Action Group

Victoria Women's Movement Newsletter and Pamphlet collection

  • CA UVICARCH AR439
  • Collection
  • 1950s-2000s (predominatley 1970s-1990s)

The newsletters and pamphlets are listed in alphabetical order by author. They date from the late 1950s to the early 2000s (predominantly 1970s to 1990s) and cover subjects such as women's rights and human rights, pornography, the peace movement, nuclear disarmament and arms control, sexual abuse, family violence, women's economic social conditions, lesbian issues, environmental protection, feminist theory and women's history.

Status of Women Action Group, Victoria Branch fonds

  • CA UVICARCH AR119
  • Fonds
  • 1971 - 2005

Fonds consists of office logs, a daily record of events, 1972-1992; Downtown Women's Place Project file, 1992-1993; posters, 1987-1994; pamphlets, 1972, 1987, 1990; and several newsletters: Victoria Status of Women News, 1972-1990; Times Feminist, 1991-1995; Waves, 1978-79; and Women's Centre and Transition House News, 1974.

Status of Women Action Group, Victoria Branch