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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.

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.

Reference files

Series consists of publications and other documents collected by the Women's Centre and compiled as a women-centred information and library resource. The Women's Centre Library acquires and maintains books, journal subscriptions and vertical files accessible to all visitors to the Centre, while women who pay membership dues have borrowing privileges. Documents include reports, publications, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, papers, presentations, and audio recordings of interviews, talks and presentations.

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

Organization records

Series consists of records relating to the evolution of the Women's Centre as an organization. Activities documented include the development of Centre policies, procedures and organizational structure; meetings of the Women's Centre Steering Committee, the Women's Centre Collective and the Women's Centre Board; and participation of the Women's Centre Coordinator in Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) staff meetings. Records consist of agendas, minutes, correspondence, proposals, reports, and handbooks.

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.

Financial records

Series consists of records relating to the funding of the Women's Centre and its management of financial resources. Activities documented include funding proposals and grant applications, budget planning and approval, and review and management of accounts. Records consist of correspondence, proposals, reports, budgets, financial statements, account books and ledgers, and grant applications and supporting documentation.

Photographs

Sub-series consists of informal photographs and slide transparencies of Women's Centre social events, parties, retreats, meetings, collective members, and the interior of the 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.

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