Celebrating
British Columbia Women's HistoryWOMEN'S HISTORY NETWORK OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
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Celebrating
British Columbia Women's History
2010 British Columbia Events & Activities
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UPCOMING EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES 2010
Coming April 10, 2010 - WHN/BC Women's History Fair, Vancouver
Outreach, Educate and Network
| Hosted by the Women's History Network of BC - WHN/BC, with co-sponsors, |
| the Vancouver Public Library,
Central Branch, and the Herstory Cafe.
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2010 WHN/BC Women's History Fair Registration Form |
Vancouver
"Typical Cowgirl Western Canada" Bloom Bros, Winnipeg,
Canada postcard. Unused. Private collection.
Herstory Café - Herstory Cafe is a monthly get together in Vancouver - women’s history buffs can meet, hear a presentation, socialize and have a beverage or snack, all in a casual environment.
Website: www.herstorycafe.ca
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
7:00pm-8:30pm
The Herstory Cafe Exchange
Come and tell us about your latest
women's history project!
Rhizome Cafe, 317 East Broadway, Vancouver. Cafe website: http://www.rhizomecafe.ca
Free * limited seating * food and
beverages for purchase.
Come early and have dinner.
WOMEN ON ICE - Book Launch
Women on Ice: The Early Years of Women’s Hockey in Western Canada
by Wayne Norton. Sunday January 24, 2010 at 6 pm.
Rhizome Cafe, 317 East Broadway, Vancouver.
More information: http://ronsdalepress.com/books/women-on-ice
Cafe website: http://www.rhizomecafe.ca
TO BE FREE: A CELEBRATION OF BLACK HERITAGE ON SALT SPRING ISLAND - Book Launch
Every Goodbye Ain't Gone: a photo narrative of black heritage on Salt Spring Island
by Evelyn C. White and Joanne Bealy. Discussion and signing.
Celebrate Black History Month! February 5, 2010 at 7 pm. Free but consider coming early for dinner.
Rhizome Cafe, 317 East Broadway, Vancouver. Cafe website: http://www.rhizomecafe.ca
VICTORIA
Sea Tales of Old Victoria with
Terri Hunter
A series of six illustrated talks Tuesday evenings, 7-9pm through the
University of Victoria,
Continuing Studies Department. January 26th to March 2nd . Price is $95.
Settle in for some wintertime story telling - from the adventures of our
pioneers, shipwrecks, mermaids, and lighthouses, to the British Navy and
First Nations; all part of the fascinating and little known history of our
area. Terri's family have lived on Vancouver Island since 1851. Terri Hunter is
a member of WHN/BC.
Details and registration: http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/aspnet/Course/Detail/?code=ASHI401
Also of Interest
The Palestinians; A Social and
Cultural History with Terri Hunter.
A series of four illustrated talks Friday mornings 10-11:30am at the
Monterey Centre in Oak Bay, January 29th to February 19th. The centre
adjoins the Oak Bay Library. Price is $49 members $57non members. Come and meet
the people so often in the news, the Palestinians, in this exploration of their
vibrant ethnic identity through the history of the Middle East.
Terri is an anthropoligist who lived in the Middle East, including Gaza.
Reading list and handouts provided.
Details and registration information:
http://recreation.oakbaybc.org/pdfs/oak_leaves_current.pdf
ST. ANN'S ACADEMY
In 2008 the Friends of St. Ann's Academy celebrated the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the Sisters of St. Ann in Victoria, and the establishment of St. Ann's Academy. See the Friends of St. Ann's Academy website for 2010 events: www.friendsofstannsacademy.com/calendar.htm
Old Cemeteries Society of Victoria women's history tours, Victoria, B.C.
The Old Cemeteries Society of Victoria is in its 22nd year of offering cemetery tours. If you have information about or photographs of women buried at Ross Bay Cemetery or other Victoria Heritage cemeteries, please let them know.
Old Cemeteries Society of Victoria Website: www.oldcem.bc.ca
VICTORIA AREA, ONGOING
Lieutenant-General Ernest Charles Ashton Garrison Museum, Saanich.
Collection of Joan Kennedy memorabilia. Joan Kennedy was the main organizer
of the British Columbia Women's Service Corps in 1939, a model for the
Canadian Women's Army Corps. Open Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 9am to noon.
No charge. Call first: 250 363 8346. Group tours arranged.
CFB Esquimalt Naval & Military Museum, at Naden, CFB Esquimalt
CFB Esquimalt Naval & Military Museum has a project collecting information about
women who served in the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service (WRCNS) during
World War II.
See the Museum's WREN Registry:
www.navalandmilitarymuseum.org/resource_pages/pavingtheway/wrcns_registry.asp
WATCH FOR MORE WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH EVENTS
SCHEDULED FOR
2010
2009 EVENTS, ACTIVITIES
PERSONS DAY, OCTOBER, 2009 The Governor General's Awards in Commemoration of the Persons Case were announced in October, 2009. Five awards, and one Youth award, are made annually. Website: Governor General's Awards in Commemoration of the Persons Case | Status of Women Canada
Person’s Day commemorates the successful conclusion of the ‘Persons Case’ in
1929—which decided that Canadian women were declared persons under the law and
thus eligible for appointment to the Senate in Canada. Five Canadian women - the
‘Famous Five’- took this case to its conclusion: Emily Murphy, Henrietta Muir
Edwards, Louise McKinney, Irene Parlby, and Nellie McClung.
West Coast LEAF (Legal Education and Action Fund) sponsors Persons Day
breakfasts in in British Columbia every year. Office: 604-684-8772 or toll free
in BC 1 866 737 7716. Website:
www.westcoastleaf.org
Soup label, 1940s. Private collection.
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If you know of current, ongoing or upcoming women's history related events
& activities in British Columbia, please send the information to
diane_rogers@shaw.ca or call Diane at
604 294 5369. Thank you.
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