Women's History Network of BC - now at http://www.whnbc.ca

Interested in women's history? Have a look at the Women's History Network of British Columbia's selection of websites featuring British Columbia and Canadian women's history. If you'd like to suggest additional links, please let WHN/BC's webmistress know.

There's a new web address now for the WHN/BC website: www.whnbc.ca

Please change your bookmarks as this replaces the old web address: www.members.shaw.ca/whnbc

Women's History Events - Greater Vancouver BC - 2009

Here are two Women's History Events coming up in Greater Vancouver, BC in November and December - one on genealogy and women, one on caesarean sections in Canada after WW II.

West Vancouver Memorial Library - November 21, 2009, 10:30 am.

Researching your Female Ancestors

This session with M. Diane Rogers focuses on researching women in your family - often a challenging process. M. Diane Rogers is the President and Editor of the British Columbia Genealogical Society and the Secretary of the Women's History Network of B.C.

10:30 am - 12:30 am. Classes are free but registration is required. For more information or to register, please visit or call the Community Computing Centre at 604 925-7405. West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Drive, West Vancouver.

More information: http://www.westvanlib.org


Herstory Cafe - December 7th, 2009, 7 pm, SFU Harbour Centre, downtown Vancouver.

Caesarean Sections in Canada, 1945-1970

This talk by Sally Mennill explores the post war history of c-sections and childbirth.

Sally Mennill is a PhD Candidate at the University of British Columbia's Centre for Women’s and Gender Studies. Her research focuses on women's health history and the history of childbirth in Canada, especially on caesarean sections in post-war Canada. Sally is a labour and post-partum doula and she is active in the Vancouver doula community.

7 pm. SFU Harbour Centre Campus, 515 W. Hastings, Vancouver, BC. Room 7000, 7th floor. Free, limited seating.

More information: http://www.herstorycafe.ca

2009 Women & Sports History Conference - Oct 23-24 - Vancouver BC

WHN/BC - Women’s History Network of BC
“Women, Sports and Physical Recreation”

Vancouver, 23-24th October, 2009
Conference Registration Form

If not already registered, please register at the door. Thanks!

WHN/BC Membership Form

WHN/BC Blog: http://www.whnbc.blogspot.com/

E-mail: whnbc@shaw.ca

or call 604 724 8744

Friday, 23 October 2009 – Registration begins at 7:00 pm in the Salmonberry Room, Stanley Park Dining Pavilion, Vancouver.

( See map. Enter the Pavilion through the westside (the road side) doors (Stanley Park Ecology Society offices) and go up the stairs. Turn right at the top of the stairs to the Salmon Berry Room. )

7:00 pm Registration
7:30 pm – 9 pm RECEPTION

Saturday, 24 October 2009 – Registration begins 9:30 am

10 am – 4 pm at the British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame, 777 Pacific Blvd S., Vancouver.

Registration 9:30 – 10:00 am
Coffee available 10:00 am

OPENING REMARKS 10:15 am

SPEAKERS: 10:20 – 11:30 am

“Gender Justice and Gender Politics in Women’s Ski Jumping: An Historical Analysis” by Patricia Vertinsky and Shannon Jette, University of British Columbia.

“Governing Risk, Exercising Caution: Western Medical Knowledge, Exercise and Pregnancy” by Shannon Jette, University of British Columbia.

11:30 – 1:00 pm LUNCH

SESSION 2 – 1:00 – 2 pm

TOUR OF ‘IN HER FOOTSTEPS: CELEBRATING BC WOMEN IN SPORT’ GALLERY AND DISCUSSION

2:00 – 2:15 pm BREAK

2:15 – 3:15 pm WHNBC - ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

3:15 – 3:30 CONFERENCE WRAP-UP

WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH EVENTS - Vancouver & Victoria, BC - October 2009

Since 1992, October has been Canada's Women's History Month.

2009 Theme - Women in the Lead: Winter Sports

See Status of Women Canada for more information.


VANCOUVER:
For general questions about Vancouver area women's history events, please contact Diane Rogers: diane_rogers@shaw.ca or call 604 294 5369.

Wednesday, October 14, 2009, 7-8:30pm

Helena Gutteridge, Vancouver's First "Alderman", an illustrated talk by historian and author, Irene Howard, with readings by Kathrine Howard, at Vancouver City Hall's Council Chambers, 453 West 12th Ave. Free; seating limited.

Co-sponsored by Herstory Cafe and Vancouver Councillor Ellen Woodsworth and the Women's Advisory Committee.

Details: http://www.herstorycafe.ca/


Thursday October 15, 7:30-9:00 pm

Talk by writer and activist Canyon Sam on the history of Tibet from the perspective of its women in her new book, Sky Train: Tibetan Women on the Edge of History, a memoir that spans over twenty years.

Vancouver Public Library, Alma VanDusen Room, Lower Level, Central Library, 350 West Georgia St. For more information,please contact Vancouver Public Library at 604 331 3603.


Friday October 16, 3:00pm

Join Vancouver Public Library's inaugural First Nations Storyteller-in-Residence Amanda Nahanee for storytelling from her culture and history. "Ms. Nahanee is a descendant and cultural ambassador of the Squamish and Nisga'a Nations. She is excited to be sharing stories of mythology and historical events from her culture that only recently began to emerge beyond the First Nations community."

Vancouver Public Library, Carnegie Theatre, Carnegie Branch, 401 Main St. Free; all ages.

This event repeats at other branches; see below.

Tuesday, October 20, 7:30-9pm

Beth Rowles Scott presents her new book Pinch Me: A Long Walk from the Prairies. Beth became the first female high school principal in BC. Retired, she and new husband George started ACCES - education for impoverished Kenyans.

Vancouver Public Library, Meeting Room, Level 3, Central Library, 350 West Georgia St.

Friday/Saturday October 23/24

2009 Women's History Network of British Columbia Conference
Theme - Women, Sports and Physical Recreation

Friday, 7-9 pm, Salmonberry Room, Stanley Park Dining Pavilion, Vancouver.

Saturday, all day, 9-4 pm, British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame,
777 Pacific Blvd S., Vancouver

For registration forms, see here.

Saturday October 24, 3-4pm

Join Amanda Nahanee for storytelling.

Vancouver Public Library, Mount Pleasant Branch. This program will be held in Kingsgate Mall, during the Worlds of Wisdom Fair, 370 East Broadway. Note: the Mount Pleasant branch itself will be closed that day. Free. All ages. For more information please contact Mount Pleasant Branch at 604 665 3962.

Wednesday October 28, 7-9 pm

Join Vancouver Public Library's inaugural First Nations Storyteller-in-Residence Amanda Nahanee for storytelling from her culture and history.

Vancouver Public Library, Alice MacKay Room, Lower Level, Central Library, 350 West Georgia St.


VICTORIA:

For general questions about Victoria women's history events, please contact Lyn Gough: lyngough@victoria.tc.ca


Sunday, October l8th, 1:45 pm

Yvonne Van Ruskenveld will give another of her
popular Women's History Tours for the Old Cemeteries' Society.

Meet in front of Starbucks at Fairfield Plaza. $5 for non-members.
Info at: 250 598 8870; E-mail oldcem@pacificcoast.net or see the website: http://www.oldcem.bc.ca/

Sunday October 18th, 2-3:30 pm

Author Merna Forster will give an illustrated talk: "Celebrating Canadian Heroines: Famous & Forgotten Faces". Merna is the creator of the website: http://www.heroines.ca/

Oak Bay Branch of the Victoria Public Library, 1442 Monterey Avenue. Free. Telephone to pre-register: 250 592 2489.

This event repeats at the Central Library, October 20th. See below.

Sunday, October 18th, 11am-5pm

Silkroad Aromatherapy & Tea holds its annual "Pink Tea" party on the 80th Anniversary of the Persons Case which granted Canadian women the right to be appointed to the Canadian Senate.
Free event, sample teas, wear pink and be eligible for a raffle prize.
Address: 1624 Government Street, near Fisgard.

Tuesday October 20th, 7-8:30pm

Author Merna Forster will give an illustrated talk on Canadian women at the Central Library.

Free. Central Library, 735 Broughton St. Contact the Library to pre-register, 250 413 0389.


Thursday October 22nd, at 7:30 p.m

Victoria Historical Society presents Audrey Thomas speaking about the 100 year history of the Victoria University Women's Club.

James Bay New Horizons, 234 Menzies. The public is welcome. For more information, e-mail: wl54@shaw.ca

Tuesday, October 27th, beginning at 7am.

Legal Education & Action Fund (LEAF) will hold its annual Persons Day Breakfast with founding member Mary Eberts as guest speaker.

Ambrosia Conference Centre, 638 Fisgard.
Contact toll free at l 866 737 7716, or see the LEAF website: http://www.westcoastleaf.org/ Tickets $40, donations appreciated.

2009 Women's History Conference Reminder - Vancouver BC - Oct 23-24, 2009

2009 Women's History Network of British Columbia Conference

Women, Sports and Physical Recreation

23-24 October, 2009

Vancouver, B.C.

Friday night, Salmonberry Room,

Stanley Park Dining Pavilion, 7 - 9 pm.

Saturday, all day, 9-4 pm.

British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame,

777 Pacific Blvd S.,

Vancouver, BC V6B 4Y8

2009 REGISTRATION FORM

WHN/BC MEMBERSHIP FORM

Herstory Cafe - Summer Events - Vancouver BC Canada

Herstory Cafe Events - Summer 2009

Coming Up

Sunday, August 9, 2009 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Guided Tour of Burnaby Village Museum

A field trip to discover women's history at
the Burnaby Village Museum with a guided tour by historian Lynda Maeve Orr.

Historical walking tours:

Saturday July 25 and August 29, 2009 10 am - 12 pm
Freedom of Mobility: Women, Sports and Recreation in Vancouver's Stanley Park, 1880-1920 with historical interpreter, Jolene Cumming

Sunday July 26, 2009 10 am - 12 pm
The Women of Mount Pleasant Historical Walking Tour, Vancouver
with historical interpreter Jolene Cumming

And in September -

Thursday, September 10, 2009 7 pm
A presentation on the famous local mountaineer Phyllis Munday by author and historian Kathryn Bridge at the Vancouver City Archives in Vanier Park.

The public is encouraged to bring their Munday memorabilia to show the group.

Co-sponsored with the City of Vancouver Archives and the Women's History Network of British Columbia.
More details to follow. Free.

For details on all Herstory Cafe events, see the website: www.herstorycafe.ca

Women's History Network of BC 2009 Conference Update - Topic: Historical Perspectives on Women, Sports and Physical Recreation

Women’s History Network of British Columbia 2009 Conference
Vancouver, BC

Theme: Historical Perspectives on Women, Sports and Physical Recreation

Call for Papers and Presentations - Deadline extended - August 31, 2009

The Women’s History Network of British Columbia invites proposals for papers and oral or visual presentations on the theme of Historical Perspectives on Women and Sport and Physical Recreation.

Topics might focus on individual sportswomen or women’s sport teams, on the role of sports and outdoor recreation in girls’ and women’s groups and in female education, on media coverage of women’s sports and public recognition of women athletes or sport groups, or on women’s role in (or exclusion from) sports organizations, for example.

The Women’s History Network of British Columbia (WHN/BC) is a broadly based not-for-profit society that exists to enhance interest and encourage activity in women's history across BC and to celebrate the contributions women have made to the history of the province.

WHN/BC’s yearly conference, during Canada’s Women’s History Month in October, is an opportunity for networking, sharing & learning about new ideas & current research into women’s history.

The Women’s History Network of B.C. is committed to inclusivity with respect to gender, race, ethnicity, class, sexual orientation, region, religion and ability.

Location

The Conference will be in Vancouver, October 23-24, 2009. The main location will be the British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame.

Deadline for proposals extended – August 31, 2009

Contact:
Proposals of maximum 350 words for papers or presentations of 20 minutes in length should include contact information and a brief biography.

Please submit proposals by e-mail attachment to Dr. Linda Quiney: linda.quiney@ubc.ca or by mail Dr. Linda Quiney, University of British Columbia, History Department, 1297-1873 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z1

More information on WHN/BC membership and activities: www.whnbc.blogspot.com

North Vancouver's waterfront walking tours - 2009 - British Columbia, Canada

The North Vancouver Museum and Archives is again presenting walking tours of North Vancouver's waterfront in 2009 with the WaterFront Production's costumed Shipyard Guys and Gals. Hear all about North Vancouver's wartime history.

Some time ago I took a tour and can recommend this - fun and educational! Walking tours are a great way to learn about local history. I'll be going again this year.

These tours are free and are wheelchair accessible. About 45 minutes each. Groups with special needs are welcome. You don't need to pre-register.

Meet at the PGE Railway Station,at the foot of Lonsdale Avenue, daily Wednesday to Sunday, 1:30-3 pm, till Labour Day.

You can also prebook a group or private tour. To book or for additional information, call Waterfront Productions: 604 990 3700 extension 8008 or call 604 987 5612.

E-mail: nvmac@dnv.org

Skeletons in the Closet: The Eternally Wounded Woman..." talk and slide show, 27 June 2009, Museum of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

"Skeletons in the Closet: 'The Eternally Wounded Woman': Women, Exercise and Doctors in the late Nineteenth Century" a talk and slide presentation by Patricia Vertinsky, Sports Historian and UBC Human Kinetics professor.

Presented by the HERSTORY CAFE and the MUSEUM OF VANCOUVER
Saturday June 27, 2009
1pm - 2pm
Museum of Vancouver, 1100 Chestnut St. (in Vanier Park)

More info: www.herstorycafe.ca

Free admission

"Vertinsky examines the debate about women and exercise from the points of view of the male medical establishment, the early pioneer female doctors, intellectual feminism and the developing profession of psychology.... What men and women doctors had to say about female health and physical activity had an important impact upon the lifestyle and outlook of middle-class women and provided a legacy which has had a lasting effect," a quote from the back cover of Vertinsky's book, "The Eternally Wounded Woman: Women, Exercise and Doctors in the late Nineteenth Century". This talk incorporates the themes of culture, physicality and the making of the female body.

Dr Patricia Vertinsky is a Distinguished University Scholar and Professor of Human Kinetics at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. She is a social and cultural historian working across the fields of women's history, sport history and sociology, popular culture and the history of health and medicine.

Tombstone Tuesday - Irene MacDonald, British Columbia, Canada

Irene MacDonald, OBC

(Order of British Columbia biography)

1933- 2002

3 Metre Diving 1956

Our Miss World

Garden Chapel, memorial plaque, Ocean View Burial Park, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Irene Margaret MacDonald - 1956 - Bronze Medal, Olympic Games at Melbourne - Women’s 3m Springboard Diving,

Canada's first Olympic diving medal.

Biography, Canada Sports Hall of Fame

The British Columbia Genealogical Society has published a CD with burial listings and inscriptions from Ocean View Burial Park.

Happy Mothers' Day - Mother on Election Day - Postcard 1909 - 1912

Happy Mothers' Day!

This card doesn't have direct ties to British Columbia but the theme seems doubly appropriate here as it's Mothers' Day today and Election Day for British Columbians on Tuesday this week.

Coloured postcard, private collection. Election Day, Suffragette Series No 7, Dunstan-Weiler Lithograph Co. 1909. Her ribbon says 'District Captainess 23rd Dist'.

Postmarked: Canton Ohio Jun 6 1912 7-PM

Addressed to: Mrs. D. Moore 1614. N. High St Columbus Ohio

Dear Mother: This will be in 10 yrs when the women vote,

oh! you poor men, Ina

In 1912, Ohio voters turned down a state amendment that would have allowed women to vote, but Ina and her mum didn't have to wait quite 10 years as Ina predicted until they could vote.

Although most of Ohio's national representatives voted against the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution which prohibited each of the states and the federal government from denying any citizen the right to vote because of that citizen's sex, the Amendment was ratified, August 18, 1920.

Ohio state representatives did then pass the Amendment, and Ohio was the fifth state to ratify the 19th Amendment.

References

Nineteenth Amendment, Ohio History Central: http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=1463

Women Working for the Right to Vote, Ohio Secretary of State: http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/about/ohiohonors/March/righttovote.aspx

More Support Today for the Women Ski Jumpers

News today - more support for the women ski jumpers and their efforts to have their sport recognized and included in the 2010 Winter Olympics in British Columbia, Canada.

"As women ski jumpers await the verdict on their court challenge to being left out of the 2010 Winter Olympics, two of Canada's most celebrated female athletes weighed in yesterday on behalf of their high-profile cause."

Quoted from "Female ski jumpers get a boost" by Rod Mickleburgh
6 May, 2009 GlobeandMail.com

The two athletes are British Columbia Senator Nancy Greene Raine, one of Canada's best known champion skiers, and Canadian mogul champion Jennifer Heil.

Read Senator Nancy Greene Raine's statement today in the Canadian Senate.

For more about this issue, see Let Women Ski Jump in 2010 (be sure to watch the ICE GATE....women ski jump -Seaperl Productions video) and follow LetWomenJump on Twitter.

Call for Papers - Women, Sports and Physical Recreation - Women’s History Network of British Columbia 2009 Conference -Vancouver BC

REMINDER

Call for Papers - Women, Sports and Physical Recreation - Women’s History Network of British Columbia 2009 Conference - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Theme: Historical Perspectives on Women, Sports and Physical Recreation

Call for Papers and Presentations - Deadline June 30, 2009
The Women’s History Network of British Columbia (WHN/BC) invites proposals for papers and oral or visual presentations on the theme of Historical Perspectives on Women and Sport and Physical Recreation.

Topics might focus on individual sportswomen or women’s sport teams, on the role of sports and outdoor recreation in girls’ and women’s groups and in female education, on media coverage of women’s sports and public recognition of women athletes or sport groups, or on women’s role in (or exclusion from) sports organizations, for example.

The Women’s History Network of British Columbia (WHN/BC) is a broadly based not-for-profit society that exists to enhance interest and encourage activity in women's history across BC and to celebrate the contributions women have made to the history of the province.

WHN/BC’s yearly conference, during Canada’s Women’s History Month in October, is an opportunity for networking, sharing & learning about new ideas & current research into women’s history.

The Women’s History Network of B.C. is committed to inclusivity with respect to gender, race, ethnicity, class, sexual orientation, region, religion and ability.

Location: The 2009 Conference will be in Vancouver in October. Locations to be announced.

Deadline for proposals – June 30, 2009

Contact: Proposals of maximum 350 words for papers or presentations of 20 minutes in length should include contact information and a brief biography.

Please submit proposals by e-mail attachment to Dr. Linda Quiney: linda.quiney@ubc.ca
or by mail Dr. Linda Quiney, University of British Columbia, History Department, 1297-1873 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z1

My Mother's Story - May 10 2009 - Granville Island Stage - Vancouver British Columbia Canada

My Mother's Story at the Granville Island Stage

Mother's Day, Sunday May 10th, 2009 at 4 pm

Twenty of of Vancouver's best loved actresses collaborate to share inspirational, hilarious and unforgettable stories about Motherhood.

My Mother's Story combines the life stories of 20 extraordinary ordinary women as written and told by their daughters. Storytelling at its best, this 90 minute show documents the lives of women all over the world, all races, living through all kinds of heartache and joy.

My Mother's Story was presented in Vancouver for Mothers' Day in 2006, 2007 and 2008. This collaborative, evolving work all started with a five minute story about a mother told to Vancouver actor Marilyn Norry.

Marilyn Norry will be giving evening workshops May 14, 21, 28, and June 4 to encourage and assist those who'd like to write about their mother's lives. Space is limited, so sign up now.

The book, My Mother's Story, will be published this May.

There is now a website, My Mother's Story: The Extraordinary Lives of Ordinary Women, where both longer and shorter stories can be shared on-line, if wanted.

For more information: mymothersstory@gmail.com

For theatre tickets: 604-629-8849 or http://www.vancouvertix.com

Good Wives and Wise Mothers: Japanese Picture Brides in Early Twentieth-Century British Columbia - Talk May 15, 2009 - Burnaby British Columbia Canada

The Japanese Canadian National Museum and the Herstory Cafe present

Good Wives and Wise Mothers: Japanese Picture Brides in Early Twentieth-Century British Columbia

a talk by Dr. Michiko Midge Ayukawa

Friday May 15, 2009 at 7 pm

Without the large influx of Japanese wives following the Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907, permanent settlement of Japanese may not have taken place. These brave, enterprising and adventurous women laid the foundation of the society and molded the character of their Canadian-born children.

Guest speaker Michiko Midge Ayukawa lives in Victoria, British Columbia and has published widely on Japanese Canadian history.

Her most recent book is Hiroshima Immigrants in Canada, 1891-1941, UBC Press 2008. A book signing follows the talk.


Rree admission; light refreshments

National Nikkei Museum & Heritage Centre, 6688 Southoaks Crescent (at Kingsway & Sperling), Burnaby, BC

Telephone: 604 - 777 - 7000 ext. 109

Nikkei Museum & Heritage Centre: www.jcnm.ca

Herstory Cafe: www.herstorycafe.ca

Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves", or Not: Aunts and Caregiving in Canada - Herstory Cafe event, March 25, 2009, Vancouver, BC

Herstory Cafe event, March 2009

"Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves", or Not: Aunts and Caregiving in Canada. UBC historian and author Veronica Strong-Boag explores the history of women's longstanding role in family caregiving, focusing on aunts and their relationships with sisters, sisters in law, children and childcare.

At the Sylvia Hotel, 1154 Gilford St., Vancouver, BC.
Free event.
March 25, 2009, 7 pm, limited seating.

Herstory Cafe website: www.herstorycafe.ca

International Women' Day 2009

Today is International Women's Day (IWD).

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon last year designated a multi-year " campaign calling on people and governments the world over to unite to end violence against women and girls. The campaign will run through 2015, the target date for achieving the Millennium Development Goals. The link with the Goals is clear. We must stop the habitual and socially ingrained violence that mars lives, destroys health, perpetuates poverty and prevents us from achieving women’s equality and empowerment...." To read UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's complete address go to 'Messages' on the IWD UN site link below.

This week, in honour of IWD, his Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro launched the Secretary-General’s database on violence against women.

International Women's Day, United Nations: www.un.org/events/women/iwd/2009

UN Violence Against Women Database, Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ): http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/vaw/v-faq.htm

Status of Women Canada (note the new website links) : www.swc-cfc.gc.ca/index-eng.html

Mary Campbell, only surviving member of UBCs 1930 World Champion Women's Basketball Team dies

Mary Campbell, Physical Education teacher at John Oliver High School in Vancouver, BC, from 1938-1961, passed away yesterday, 4 March, 2009 at 98 years of age. She was the school's oldest known surviving teacher.

Mary Campbell was also the only surviving member of the University of British Columbia's 1930 World Champion Women's Basketball Team which won 18-14 over France.

In 2007 when the 1930 UBC Women's Basketball Team was inducted into the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame, she was one of only two surviving members. Her teammates were: Rene Harris, Claire Menton, Jean Whyte, Rettie Tingley, Marian Shelley, Lois Tourtelotte, Florence Carlisle, Thelma Mahon, and coach Jack Barberie.

The team was also inducted into the UBC Sports Hall of Fame, the British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame and the Basketball BC Hall of Fame.

1929/30 UBC Women's Basketball team, UBC Sports Hall of Fame

Mary Campbell first taught English and coached girls' basketball in Penticton, then moved to Templeton Junior in Vancouver. After that she went to John Oliver where she worked till 1961 when she took a position at Windemere Secondary in Vancouver. In April of this year, the John Oliver Girls' Gymnasium is to be renamed in her honour.

A photographic tribute to her career by Ken Macleod of the John Oliver High School Historical Committee.

Ashleigh McIvor of Whistler wins Gold in Ski Cross Competition, Japan, 2009 - BC Women in Sport

Whistler, British Columbia, Canada's Ashleigh McIvor wins the gold medal in the ski cross competition at the FIS freestyle world championships in Inawashiro, Japan.


"Whistler's McIvor captures world ski cross crown", Canwest News Service, March 2, 2009 9:02 AM: http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Whistler+McIvor+captures+world+cross+crown/1344729/story.html

British Columbia Historical Federation Conference, May 2009 - Nelson, BC

British Columbia Historical Federation Conference 2009
May 14-17, Nelson BC

Conference information is now available.

For Registration forms, the Conference programme and a list of accommodations: http://bchistory.ca/conferences/2009/index.html

For the Workshops: http://bchistory.ca/conferences/workshops/index.html


The Women's History Network of British Columbia is a member of the British Columbia Historical Federation: www.bchistory.ca

Call for Papers - Women, Sports and Physical Recreation - Women’s History Network of British Columbia 2009 Conference

Women’s History Network of British Columbia 2009 Conference
Vancouver, BC

Theme: Historical Perspectives on Women, Sports and Physical Recreation

Call for Papers and Presentations (Deadline June 30, 2009)

The Women’s History Network of British Columbia (WHN/BC) invites proposals for papers and oral or visual presentations on the theme of Historical Perspectives on Women and Sport and Physical Recreation.

Topics might focus on individual sportswomen or women’s sport teams, on the role of sports and outdoor recreation in girls’ and women’s groups and in female education, on media coverage of women’s sports and public recognition of women athletes or sport groups, or on women’s role in (or exclusion from) sports organizations, for example.

The Women’s History Network of British Columbia (WHN/BC) is a broadly based not-for-profit society that exists to enhance interest and encourage activity in women's history across BC and to celebrate the contributions women have made to the history of the province.

WHN/BC’s yearly conference, during Canada’s Women’s History Month in October, is an opportunity for networking, sharing & learning about new ideas & current research into women’s history.

The Women’s History Network of B.C. is committed to inclusivity with respect to gender, race, ethnicity, class, sexual orientation, region, religion and ability.

Location: The 2009 Conference will be in Vancouver in October. Locations to be announced.

Deadline for proposals – June 30, 2009

Contact: Proposals of maximum 350 words for papers or presentations of 20 minutes in length should include contact information and a brief biography.

Please submit proposals by e-mail attachment to Dr. Linda Quiney: linda.quiney@ubc.ca or by mail Dr. Linda Quiney, University of British Columbia, History Department, 1297-1873 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z1