Category Archives: 2007

From the archives: Akua Benjamin (Herstory 2007)

Posted on May 21, 2014 by

“Why don’t we have social workers at the airport? The need is so great, considering that a large majority of immigrants and refugees arrive in Toronto, yet there are no social workers attached to immigration.” – Akua Benjamin, 2005. Akua … Continue reading →

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From the archives: Lucille Johnstone, “Tugboat Annie” (Herstory 2007)

Posted on May 7, 2014 by

Lucille Johnstone was born in 1924 in Vancouver. “Her grandparents advised her parents against sending her to high school, but she went anyway, working after school to pay for her books and clothes.”1 “I went to a high school that … Continue reading →

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From the archives: Bonnie Jeffery (Herstory 2007)

Posted on April 9, 2014 by

Dr. Bonnie Jeffery has spent most of her academic career working far from the University of Regina’s main campus. She lives and works out of Prince Albert, nearly 400 kilometres north-east of Regina. Much of her time is spent travelling, … Continue reading →

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From the archives: The Coloured Women’s Club of Montreal (Herstory 2007)

Posted on March 26, 2014 by

As the Boer War ended, industrialization was intensifying in Montreal – also the social ills it brought with it. Charities, usually women either religious or well-to-do, arose to addres society’s new needs; Black women, genearlly excluded from these, formed their … Continue reading →

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