Table des matières

Acknowledgements

Karen A. Blackford, Marie-Luce Garceau et Sandra Kirby

Introduction

• Celebrating Success — Célébrons nos réussites

Part I: Education — Partie I : Éducation

Education

Linda Christiansen-Ruffman, Francine Descarries et Mary Lynn Stewart

The Unfinished Story: SSHRC’s Strategic Grant Program on Women and Work

• Once Upon a Time…
• In the Beginning... Initiation of the Women and Work Strategic Grant Program
• So What’s the Story?
• Accomplished Success
• Increased Research on Women
• Increased Research by Women
• Increased Multidisciplinary/Team Research
• Importance of a Different Style of Research for Women
• Gains — Won and Lost
• Non-Sexist Research Objective
• Support for Private Scholars
• Unaccomplished Potential
• The Subject Matter
• Partnerships
• Innovative Methodologies
• Women’s Studies/Feminist Research
• The End/Beginning of this Unfinished Story

Monique Hébert

Mais où sont-elles ? Fragments de l’histoire des Franco-Manitobaines de 1916 à 1947

• Des rapports instructifs
• Nombre d’écoles
• Institutrices en tête de liste
• Des maîtresses d’école en chair et en os
• Âge et renouvellement de la population enseignante
• Féminisation de la profession pour les francophones
• Conclusion

Juanita Ross Epp

The University’s. New Clothes: Morality Tales for Feminists in Modern Academe

• Introduction
• In Search of the Stories
• The University’s New Clothes
• Morality Tales for Feminists in Modern Academe
• The Feminist Pedagogues
• The Quest for a Mentor
• The Day Women’s Studies Became a Department
• The Amazing Birth of a Research Centre
• The Disappearing Female Students
• The Good Idea
• The Moral of the Story

Sandra Kirby

Gender Equity in the Canadian Sport Council: The New Voice for the Sport Community

• Introduction: Readiness for Action
• The Beginnings of Institutional Change: The First Four Building Blocks
• Moving Quickly and Efficiently: More Building Blocks, More Interaction
• Conclusion

Part II: Women at Work — Partie II : Femmes et travail

Women at Work

Linda Briskin

Feminisms, Feminization, and Democratization in Canadian Unions

• Introduction
• Representation
• Leadership, Process, and Participation
• Separate Organizing
• Redefining Union Issues and the Collective Bargaining Agenda
• Feminisms, Feminization, and Democracy

Marianne Parsons et Starla Goggins

Intersecting Multiple Sites of Marginalization: The Work of Feminizing Within an Educational Workers’ Union

• Starla Goggins
• Marianne Parsons
• Joining Our Perspectives and Taking Action
• Locating Ourselves as Part-time Educational Workers
• Feminizing Within the Mainstream
• Mainstream Resistance/Caucus Struggle
• Strategies for Inclusion/Methods of Resistance
• Recruitment/Committee Membership
• Networking
• Changes to the Collective Agreement
• The Poster
• Final Word

Lyne Bouchard et Chantal Cholette

La création de nos propres institutions : une voie à emprunter

• Critères de féminisation
• Absence de hiérarchie
• Flexibilité
• Inclusion
• Autonomie
• Exemple de féminisation : La coopérative Convergence
• Absence de hiérarchie et autonomie
• Mécanismes décisionnels
• Distribution des avoirs et responsabilités financières
• Flexibilité
• Inclusion
• Engagement
• Développement de stratégies
• Conclusion

Part III: Reinventing Ourselves at Any Age — Partie III : Réinventons nos vies

Reinventing Ourselves at Any Age

Patricia Whitney

Girl Guides of Canada: The Feminist Promise in the “Promise and Law”

• Introduction
• The Crystal Palace
• Agnes Baden-Powell and the Girl Guides
• Fitness, the Empire, and Social Control
• Guiding in Canada
• The Promise and Law
• Project of Renewal
• Making the Model

Jane Gordon

Dancing the Road to Success: Metro Dance and Women

• Metro Dance: An Introduction
• Successful Feminizing
• The Culture of Metro Dance
• The People of Metro Dance
• Metro Dance as a Community Resource
• The Volunteer: Organization Resource and Treasure
• Gender and Dance: Some Reconsiderations
• Conclusion: Success

Marie-Luce Garceau

Place aux actrices sociales ! Les Franco-Ontariennes de 45 à 64 ans

• Origine du projet de la FFCFO
• Quelques bribes d’histoire
• Phases du projet
• Phase I : formation et élaboration des objectifs
• Formation à la recherche
• Élaboration des objectifs de la recherche
• Place aux sujets !
• Phase II : questionnaire et cueillette de données
• Construction du questionnaire
• Cueillette des données
• Phase III : analyse et plan d’action
• Analyse des résultats
• Mise en place du plan d’action de la FFCFO
• Et les transformations...
• Transformations individuelles et collectives
• Transformations au sein de la FFCFO
• Conclusion

Susan Hare et Laura Day-Corbiere

Aboriginal Women’s Economic Renewal: A Project of Re-inventing Strengths from the Past

• M’chigeeng Kwe’uk and Economic Development
• Pilot Project Priorities
• Priority 1: Development of the Individual
• Priority 2: Retaining Ojibwe Community Culture
• Priority 3: Towards Self-Sustaining Self-Employment
• The Imposition of the Values of Patriarchy and Foreign Religions on Ojibwe Society
• How the Legal System Affects Aboriginal Women
• 1937...
• Unique Measures of Success for Aboriginal Women’s Renewal
• The Nature and Outcome of Legal Limitations
• Conclusion

Part IV: Healing Body and Spirit — Partie IV : Santé du corps et de l'esprit

Healing Body and Spirit

Monique Dumais

Sous le soleil féministe en théologie

• Entrée en vigueur des expériences des femmes
• Dimension critique, dénonciatrice
• Dimension créatrice
• Conclusion

Elsy Gagné

Réflexion sur les méthodes et la féminisation de l’institution médicale

• Méthodes de recherche et résistance au changement
• Critères de succès de la recherche qualitative
• Une méthode et une approche qualitative faite auprès des femmes vivant leur culture minoritaire
• Points saillants : Expérience sociale de l’institution médicale et système de réseautage
• Conclusion

Marilyn E. Laiken

Alternatives to Hierarchy in Feminist Organizational Design: A Case Study

• Introduction
• The Refuge
• Key Issues Identified
• The Structural Dilemma
• Managing Conflict
• Issues of Difference
• Scarcity of Workable Models and Lack of Skill in Implementing Alternatives
• The Consulting Intervention
• The Organizational Design: An Alternative to Hierarchy
• Conclusion

Diana A Coholic et Colette T. Prévost

Personal and Organizational Change: A Feminist Sexual Assault Program

• Sexual Assault Program
• Background
• Program Rationale and Objectives
• Program Description
• Systemic Barriers
• Program Outcomes
• Future Directions

Bernice Moreau

The Feminization of the Black Baptist Church in Nova Scotia

• Introduction
• Faith, Hope, and Love
• Feminization in The Church
• Conclusion

Part V: Caring — Partie V : Question de soins et de services

Caring

Baukje Miedema et Nancy Nason-Clark

Mothering for the State: Three Stories of Working Class Foster Mothers

• Introduction
• A Window Into the Lives of Foster Mothers
• Annie’s Story
• On the decision to foster...
• On the impact of fostering...
• On attachment...
• On the type of care Annie provides...
• On the rewards...
• On the relationship between the Department of Health and Community Services and Annie...
• Barbara’s Story
• On the decision to foster...
• On the impact of fostering...
• On attachment...
• On the type of care provided...
• On fostering and rewards...
• On the relationship between the Department of Health and Community Services and Barbara...
• Connie’s Story
• On the decision to foster...
• On the impact of fostering...
• On attachment...
• On rewards...
• On the relationship between the Department of Health and Community Services and Connie...
• Understanding Foster Mothers’Stories

Karen A. Blackford

Caring to Overcome Differences, Inequities, and Lifestyle Pressures: When a Parent Has a Disability

• Introducing Transformation into Discussions of Disability
• Women with Disabilities and Feminism in Canada
• Women, the Family, and the Social Relations of Caring
• Respecting Difference
• Equity
• Dailiness
• Conclusion

Marge Reitsma-Street et Pat Rogerson

Implementing Principles: An Alternative Community Organization for Children

• Introduction
• The Better Beginnings, Better Futures Research Demonstration Project
• The Development of Principles to Guide the Organization
• (1) Promoting Active Participation
• (2) Creating Egalitarian Work Relationships
• (3) Nourishing Dailiness
• (4) Caring for the Caregivers
• (5) Expanding the Capacity to Act Powerfully
• (6) Nurturing Partners and Networks
• Discussion

Heather L. Garrett

Feminizing Social Welfare: The Needlework Guild of Canada, 1892-1995

• Feminizing Social Welfare: The Needlework Guild of Canada, 1892-1995
• Maternal Feminism
• Origin of the Needlework Guild
• The Needlework Guild of Canada, Toronto Branch
• Feminizing Social Welfare

Part VI: What We Have Learned — Partie VI : Leçons de nos expériences

Karen A. Blackford, Marie-Luce Garceau et Sandra Kirby

What We Have Learned

• Sites of Oppression and Feminist Processes. Lieux de l’oppression et stratégies féministes
• Principles of Change. Principes du changement
• Strategies for Bringing about Change. Stratégies pour le changement
• Placing Women at the Centre — Approche centrée sur les femmes
• Partnerships — Partenariats
• Education Which Includes Consciousness Raising — Éducation, formation et prise de conscience
• Respecting Diversity — Respect de la diversité
• Remembering the Historical Context — Contexte historique
• Critical Evaluation of Outcomes — Évaluation critique des résultats
• Current Discussions in Canadian Feminist Thought. Thèmes actuels du féminisme canadien
• The Theme of Socialization. La socialisation
• Action: Transforming the Process of Socialization — Socialisation en changement
• Modelling and Mentoring — Modélisation et mentorat
• Assertiveness Training — Affirmation politique
• The Theme of Symbolic Power. Le pouvoir symbolique
• Action: Gaining and Regaining Symbolic Power — Lutte symbolique et prise de pouvoir
• Using Words to Gain Power in Civil Society — Prendre la parole comme moyen d’acquérir du pouvoir dans la société civile
• Using Words to Gain Power in Relations with the State — La parole comme moyen d’acquérir du pouvoir face à l’État
• The Theme of the Canadian Economy. L’économie canadienne
• Action: Transforming the Economy — Transformer l’économie
• Women in the Workplace — Femmes et travail rémunéré
• Recognition for Women’s Unpaid Work — Femmes et travail non rémunéré
• Fighting Against Cut Backs and Privatisation — Lutte aux compressions budgétaires et à la privatisation
• The Theme of Women’s Leadership. Femmes et leadership
• Action: Establishing Women’s as Leaders — Femmes de tête et modèles
• Preparing Girls and Women far Leadership — Former les femmes au leadership
• Outcomes of Women’s Leadership — Leadership des femmes et résultats
• The Theme of Human Rights and Responsibilities. Droits et responsabilités
• Actions Claiming Human Rights and Responsibilities — Réclamer nos droits
• Valuing Caring and Interdependence — Interdépendance et soutien mutuel
• Dailiness — Quotidienneté
• Clarifying Responsibility Within an Organization — Rôles et responsabilités dans les organisations
• Pursuing Harmony with Nature — L’écologie

Karen A. Blackford, Marie-Luce Garceau et Sandra Kirby

Conclusion. The Faces of Feminist Change

Contributors