I just received my copy of the latest Room Magazine. Had my first browse through and I'm really looking forward to reading all of this issue - the theme is 'Past and Present'. The fiction writers included are Pearl Luke. Tracy Oliver, Lorrie Miller, Kristin Andrychuk, Jann Everard, Heather Debling and Valerie Laub, and the poets, Jan Wood, Adele Graf, Sandy Pool, Elena E. Johnson, Janet Hepburn, Lesley Washington, Lauren Carter, Bronwen McRae and Lesley Pasquin. And there's more...
This issue includes a thank you to the Women's History Network of BC (WHN/BC) as Room Magazine was one of the participants in WHN/BC's Women's History Fair earlier this year. Thanks for the thanks, Room!
And I noticed that two of my genealogy friends are mentioned, Lorraine Irving who gives cemetery tours at Mountain View Cemetery in Vancouver and Celia Lewis who teaches genealogy.
Room Magazine began with the Growing Room Collective in Vancouver in the 1970s and was originally called Room of One's Own - from Virginia Woolf 's writing, so Room's already made lots of history itself. It's now Canada's oldest literary journal by and about women.
To learn more about Room, this Past and Present issue, future issues, or to subscribe, go to Room Magazine's website: http://www.roommagazine.com/magazine.html
Diane R
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Thursday, November 4, 2010
Friday, April 9, 2010
Women's History Fair Participants - Vancouver April 10, 2010
More groups participating in the Women's History Fair, Central Branch, Vancouver Public Library, Saturday, April 10, 2010 from 1-4 pm.
The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), Vancouver will be showing information about WILPF's work on peace issues since 1915 showcasing a display of historical material of the organization's work, publications, archival photographs and a record of past activities.
Website: http://www.wilpf.int.ch/world/canada.htm
WE*ACT: Women Elders in Action is funded by the Women’s Program of Status of Women Canada and the 411 Senior Centre Society. The group’s focus is to raise awareness and to act on the most pressing social and economic issues facing older women in BC. They have recorded and transcribed the life stories of nearly 80 women elders around the province and published these materials.
Website: www.411seniors.bc.ca/Contentpages/we_act.htm
Room Magazine (formerly Room of One’s Own) is Canada’s oldest feminist literary journal, published since 1975, by, for, and about women by an all-volunteer Vancouver editorial collective. Room's display includes issues with a focus on BC women’s history.
Website: www.roommagazine.com
Pioneer Indian Women Settlers Centenary Celebration 2010: In recognition of the first Indian women who in 1910—despite the law against them—emigrated to Canada from India to reunite their families. Display includes photographs and information on “first wave” women and children by researcher Mahinder Kaur Doman Manhas.
The Chinese Canadian Historical Society of British Columbia will feature a display on Chinese Canadian Women: A Legacy of Serving their Communities.The Society is dedicated to broadening our shared understanding of history of the Chinese in British Columbia through research, documentation, preservation and education.
Website: www.cchsbc.ca
The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), Vancouver will be showing information about WILPF's work on peace issues since 1915 showcasing a display of historical material of the organization's work, publications, archival photographs and a record of past activities.
Website: http://www.wilpf.int.ch/world/canada.htm
WE*ACT: Women Elders in Action is funded by the Women’s Program of Status of Women Canada and the 411 Senior Centre Society. The group’s focus is to raise awareness and to act on the most pressing social and economic issues facing older women in BC. They have recorded and transcribed the life stories of nearly 80 women elders around the province and published these materials.
Website: www.411seniors.bc.ca/Contentpages/we_act.htm
Room Magazine (formerly Room of One’s Own) is Canada’s oldest feminist literary journal, published since 1975, by, for, and about women by an all-volunteer Vancouver editorial collective. Room's display includes issues with a focus on BC women’s history.
Website: www.roommagazine.com
Pioneer Indian Women Settlers Centenary Celebration 2010: In recognition of the first Indian women who in 1910—despite the law against them—emigrated to Canada from India to reunite their families. Display includes photographs and information on “first wave” women and children by researcher Mahinder Kaur Doman Manhas.
The Chinese Canadian Historical Society of British Columbia will feature a display on Chinese Canadian Women: A Legacy of Serving their Communities.The Society is dedicated to broadening our shared understanding of history of the Chinese in British Columbia through research, documentation, preservation and education.
Website: www.cchsbc.ca
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