News topic: Feminist Groups Remembered
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UNPAC (United Nations Platform for Action Committee Manitoba) Closes June 11
UNPAC dies prematurely due to lack of funding The social justice community in Manitoba mourns the loss of UNPAC (the United Nations Platform for Action Committee) which is closing its doors. At the same time, the innovative organization that supported… Read more of UNPAC (United Nations Platform for Action Committee Manitoba) Closes
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Funding Casualities Under the Harper Government October 2
Casualties: Have you Heard? by Senator Elaine McCoy The Canadian Health Network (CHN) is the latest in a series of services to be shut down by the Harper government. As of April 1, 2008, the CHN's superb website will be… Read more of Funding Casualities Under the Harper Government
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Federal Government Cutbacks Force Feminist Leader to End Tenure August 22
For immediate release: 21 April 2008, Ottawa: The Executive Director of the Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW) will be ending her ten year tenure at the helm of the central women's equality-seeking organization this week. Lise… Read more of Federal Government Cutbacks Force Feminist Leader to End Tenure
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The Women's Future Fund Winds Down Operations March 27
For almost 10 years, the WFF aimed to expand Canadians' support for women's equality, raising money primarily through a unique workplace giving mechanism, and disbursing it to a diverse range of national women's organizations. We grew from 3 participating workplaces… Read more of The Women's Future Fund Winds Down Operations
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Low Income Women's Group Goes Under December 11
WISE began in 2003 as one woman's vision, to make a difference in the lives of low-income women like herself. Over the next four years, WISE gathered homeless and other women in poverty into its fold and grew into a… Read more of Low Income Women's Group Goes Under
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Kamloops Women's Resource Centre closes doors November 1, 2006 November 2
Society calls on BC Government to provide emergency funding to BC?s Women?s Centres After 27 years of service to women and their families, in Kamloops and the surrounding communities, the Kamloops Women?s Resource Centre (KWRC) is unable to keep operating… Read more of Kamloops Women's Resource Centre closes doors November 1, 2006
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Kamloops Women's Resource Centre Forced to Close it Doors in the Fall of 2006 October 4
September 25, 2006: On September 26, the Kamloops Women?s Resource Centre (KWRC) presented to the BC Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services. At that time, they discussed their situation as an organization, as part of their submission to… Read more of Kamloops Women's Resource Centre Forced to Close it Doors in the Fall of 2006
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MediaWatch 'in limbo' November 30
Due to staff changes, MediaWatch has temporarily dissolved, to be reassembled at a later date."It's in limbo," says Shari Graydon in Ottawa, former president of the not-for-profit feminist organization in Toronto that worked to eliminate sexism in the media.Two resignations… Read more of MediaWatch 'in limbo'
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LGBT Parenting Network Closing December 31, 2005 October 5
The Famil Service Association of Toronto announced in September 2005 that the LGBT Parenting Network will be winding up its work at the end of the 2005 calendar year. While the end of the LGBT Parenting Network is not good… Read more of LGBT Parenting Network Closing December 31, 2005
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Vancouver's Women in Print to Close September 11, 2005 September 1
Dear Friends,It is with mixed feelings we announce that WOMEN IN PRINT will close on September 11th.When WOMEN IN PRINT opened in 1993 women?s presses/publishers and bookstores across North America were still active, vibrant, and relevant. Our space has been… Read more of Vancouver's Women in Print to Close September 11, 2005