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Simon Fraser University Women's Centre fonds
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Education, advocacy and outreach files

Series comprises records relating to the planning, organization and implementation of Women's Centre projects, programs and events. Activities documented include International Women's Day events, December 6 vigils, and film nights; interventions on campus issues and controversies such as pornography on campus and the development of the Harassment Policy; workshops; participation in conferences; and a survey of Women's Centre users (1981). Records include correspondence; proposals and reports; programs and presentations; notes, drafts and working papers; brochures, posters and other publicity material; press clippings; meeting minutes; survey data and analysis; and photographs.

Simon Fraser University Women's Centre fonds

  • F-40
  • Fonds
  • 1972 - 2000; predominant 1974-1999

Fonds consists of records made or received by the Women's Centre in the course of carrying out its functions and programs. The geographical focus of the activities documented is the Lower Mainland of British Columbia and especially the Simon Fraser University campus in Burnaby. Activities documented include provision of facilities, resources and referral services; meetings of the Women's Centre Collective and the Women's Centre Board; correspondence and liaison with other individuals and groups; Centre funding, budget planning and management of its financial resources; planning and organization of projects, programs and events; and maintenance of library and reference material. Records include logbooks, correspondence, reports, account books and summaries, minutes and meeting support papers, brochures, handbooks, photographs, reference files and audio cassettes.

Simon Fraser University Women's Centre

Off-campus issues files

Sub-series consists of records relating to the Centre's involvement in feminist issues of a more general nature extending beyond the SFU campus, including the portrayal of women in the media, abortion, homophobia, violence against women, gun control, immigration, sexual harassment, children's rights, and other topics. For a list of organizations included in the correspondence, see "Access points" below. Records include correspondence, notes, minutes, drafts, policies, news clippings, flyers, newsletters, and reports.

Logbooks

Series comprises records created by Women's Centre staff to document day-to-day operations, staff activities and messages, and women's use of the Centre's facilities. Records include logbooks (1979-1992) containing daily entries by staff recording work completed, messages, phone calls, proposals, comments and opinions, and occasional correspondence; daily work reports (1984-1986) tabulating the number of phone calls and drop-ins by category; mail logs (1991) registering incoming and outgoing mail; phone logs (1991); and sign-in books (1988-1992) signed by women using the Centre, recording name, date, purpose or other comments relating to the visit.

Liaison and cooperation files

Series consists of records relating to the Women's Centre's interaction and work with outside organizations, in particular, the B.C. and Yukon Association of Women's Centres and the Women's Studies Student Union at SFU. Records include reports, minutes, newsletters, correspondence and other documents.

Correspondence files

Series consists of correspondence conducted by the Women's Centre with campus and off-campus individuals and organizations, including university administrators, the Simon Fraser Student Society, the Women's Studies Coordinating Committee, the Vancouver Status of Women, and the Women's Building Society of Vancouver. Activities documented include requests for information; support and participation in events and projects; funding proposals; and liaison with other groups and organizations. Records consist of correspondence.

Promotion and communication files

Sub-series consists of records relating to the promotion of Women's Centre programs and activities, the production of the Women's Centre newsletter and zine, and production of The Peak column "Surfacing." Records include posters, brochures, artwork, newsletters, and news clippings.

Women's centres

Sub-series consists of records relating to the SFU Women's Centre's interaction with other women's centres. See access points for the list of organizations. Records include reports, minutes, correspondence, newsletters, and other documents.

General files

Subseries consists of records relating to general programming initiatives of the Women's Centre and general information on topics of interest. Records include correspondence, surveys, flyers, pamphlets, news clippings, notes and other documents.

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