Welcome to the Ontario Women’s History Network’s news blog. We’d like to hear from you! We’re interested in all women’s and gender history-related content like conferences and events, historic site visits, new publications or exhibits, and teaching materials, among other things. Please also send along photos to accompany your news.
Materials can be sent to info@ohn-rhfo.ca
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The Canadian Archive of Women in STEM
The history of women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics in Canada is still poorly studied. The contribution of Canadian women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) is often overlooked and deserves to be highlighted. The absence of women’s representations in the archives may be one of the factors explaining the low amount of…
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Les Archives canadiennes des femmes en STIM
L’histoire des femmes en sciences, technologie, ingénierie et mathématiques au Canada est encore peu étudiée. L’apport des femmes canadiennes dans les domaines scientifiques est souvent méconnus et méritent d’être mis en lumière. L’absence de représentations des femmes dans les archives peut être un des facteurs expliquant le faible nombre de recherches effectuées dans ce domaine.…
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Interview with Ruth Latta, author of new historical novel
A new historical novel, Votes, Love and War by Ruth Latta, will be published in Fall 2019. It focusses on Winnipeg journalists and sisters Lillian Beynon Thomas and Francis Marion Beynon and their participation in the Manitoba women’s suffrage movement. Through a fictional narrator, Latta shows the warmth and vigor of the women’s suffrage movement…