The Women’s History Project: 1000 Voices, 1000 Stories

Launched in 2021, The Women’s History Project is a not-for-profit organization focused on public education through an events program and development of Women’s History productions. 

“We believe that by knowing our shared history, women in Canada can be better advocates today and change-makers for tomorrow. By using an inclusive, intersectional, and inter-generational feminist perspective, we create experiences across various platforms to make history relevant.”

1000 Voices 1000 Stories is oral history captured on video as part of The Women’s History Project.  

“In this video podcast series we talk with leading feminists from the 1970s, 1980, and 1990s as well as with academics who specialize in the history of women from earlier decades. Produced in-house with contracted production support, we explore the lives and accomplishments of women across Canada, the organizations that promoted gender equality since Confederation and the issues and challenges women faced and overcame throughout the decades” 

Secondary & Post-secondary

Season 1, 14 x 45-minute interviews with:

FAIRLY EQUAL: Conversations Toward a Feminist Future

“FAIRLY EQUAL: CONVERSATIONS TOWARD A FEMINIST FUTURE is a timely, urgent and compelling digital web series that looks squarely at today’s threats to important women’s equality rights, which were achieved by decades of feminist activism, and warns that Canadian women cannot take past advances for granted.  Our conversations focus on a feminist future grounded in the accomplishments of the past and envision an expansive egalitarian future.”

Hosted by feminist lawyer and author Linda Silver Dranoff and created by award-winning documentary writers, producers, and directors Barri Cohen and Karen Shopsowitz, this series of conversations with knowledgeable feminists of diverse backgrounds explores ways to entrench and further advance what we have achieved.

Each wide-ranging conversation focuses on a specific area of concern, including
* Violence Against Women with Deepa Mattoo
and Elizabeth Renzetti
* Reproductive Rights with Debbie Owusu-Akyeeah and Leisha Toory
* Workplace Harassment with Danielle Bisnar
and Janice Rubin
* Child Care and Pay Equity with Constance Backhouse and Mary Cornish
* Power: Politics & Journalism with Karina Gould, Chi Nguyen and Karyn Pugliese

Secondary & Post-secondary

The Legacy of Studio D for Feminist Media Arts Activism

“The Legacy of Studio D” is the only website dedicated to the films and personnel of Studio D: the women’s unit of the National Film Board of Canada and the world’s first publicly funded feminist filmmaking studio. Created by Rebecca Sullivan and John Brosz, the website is hosted by the University of Calgary Library and Cultural Resources, with support from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Insight Grant program.

Founded by Kathleen Shannon, Studio D released over 140 films—including three Oscar winners—between 1974 and 1996. The interactive website allows viewers to learn more about Studio D’s history, films, themes, and creative networks through numerous data visualizations, including a timeline that puts Studio D into a larger historical context of the women’s movement in Canada.

Secondary & Post-secondary

Making Their Voices Heard

The exhibition Changemakers: Women at the University of Toronto and the Struggle for Equity features interviews with former and current students and faculty members about challenging gender discrimination at the university. Listen to the voices of Linda Silver Dranoff, Ceta Ramkhalawansingh, Joan Simalchik, Vanda Vitali, Laurel MacDowell, Kay Armatage, Lorna Marsden, and Helen Breslauer as they discuss fights to win access to student services and university facilities, open the door to professional and educational opportunities. start Women and Gender Studies courses, and gain pay and employment equity.

Exhibition curated by Bryna Bernstein, Camilo Mejia, and Kes Murray.

Secondary & Post-secondary

The Women’s Kit

The Women’s Kit is a hands-on, free-form, multi-media educational resource that promotes discussion on women’s history and the experiences associated with being a woman. Created at the Ontario Institute of Studies in Education (OISE) in1972-73, The Women’s Kit contains over 150 resources (pamphlets, images, articles, records and more) about women. The goal of the creators was to get high school and college-aged students to be aware of the positions and experiences as men and women, as well as to educate about women’s history.

Secondary & Post-secondary

Canadian Centre for Gender+Sexual Diversity: Sharing the History and Voices of 2SLGBTQ+ Canadians

The mission of the Canadian Centre for Gender+Sexual Diversity (CGSD) is “to empower gender and sexually diverse communities through education, research, and advocacy.” The program Commemorate Canada: Sharing the History and Voices of 2SLGBTQ+ Canadians was funded by the Department of Canadian Heritage “to mark the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalization of homosexuality in Canada. [It] is geared toward commemorating and sharing the history of the 2SLGBTQ+ community by focusing on key events that have significantly shaped the landscape we exist in today.” 

The following materials are part of a much larger collection of historical and other resources available through the CCGSD website.

The booklets Sister Vision Press, Black Women’s Collective, 101 Dewson Street, and Historic Black 2SLGBTQIA+ Community in Toronto: Reflections tell the stories of different groups and events that are part of the history of Black 2SLGBTQIA+ activism in Toronto during the 1980s and early 1990s. I Enjoy Being a Dyke is about The Brunswick Four – one of the first stories of resistance to homophobic treatment in Canada.

Secondary School

Women in Canadian History Education Guide

This guide complements provincial and territorial curricula in middle and high school history and social science classes. The historical thinking framework developed by Dr. Peter Seixas and the Historical Thinking Project has inspired classroom activities to promote research and analysis, engage critical thinking, promote communication skills, and explore ethical questions. The lessons may be used sequentially or individually.

There are two parts to the resource – the education guide and supplementary worksheets.

Middle & Secondary

The CBC Archives

Many of the original broadcast materials available through the former CBC Digital Archive are still online and offer opportunities for teachers and students to access videos, interviews, and programming touching on feminist activism and issues. We have compiled a list of some of these resources and links offering insights into the history of the Canadian women’s movement from the 1970s to 1990s. The current resource was updated in July 2025.

Secondary & Post-Secondary