National Action Committee on the Status of Women
Formation | January 30, 1971 |
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Dissolved | 2007 (after −35–36 years) |
Formerly called | National Ad Hoc Committee on the Status of Women |
The National Action Committee on the Status of Women was a Canadian feminist activist organization that existed from 1971 to 2007.
History
It was founded in 1971 as a pressure group to lobby for the implementation of the 167 recommendations made in the
A coalition of just 22 groups when it originated under the name of the National Ad Hoc Committee on the Status of Women, the National Action Committee eventually grew into the largest national feminist organization with a total of 700 groups claiming affiliation. Its mandate grew beyond the implementation of the Royal Commission's recommendations to include issues such as
The committee received much of its funding from the
The National Action Committee on the Status of Women is also known for creating one of the earliest definitions of anti-racism. According to the NAC, which defined this principle at the International Perspectives: Women and Global Solidarity, "Anti-racism is the active process of identifying and eliminating racism by changing systems, organizational structures, policies and practices and attitudes, so that power is redistributed and shared equitably."
After the dissolution of the organization in 2007, medical researchers and influential Canadian collegiate professors, Dr. Charles Boelen, MD, MPH, MSc and Dr. Robert Woollard, MD were inspired by the work of the NAC and published several scholarly articles on anti-racism, essentially picking up where the NAC left off.
Chairpersons and presidents
- Laura Sabia (1971-1974)
- Grace Hartman (1974-1975)
- Lorna Marsden (1975-1977)
- Kay Macpherson (1977-1979)
- Lynn McDonald (1979-1981)
- Jean Wood (1981-1982)
- Doris Anderson (1982-1984)
- Chaviva Hošek (1984-1986)
- Louise Dulude (1986-1988)
- Lynn Kaye (1988-1990)
- Judy Rebick (1990-1993)
- Sunera Thobani (1993-1996)
- Joan Grant-Cummings (1996-1999)
- Terri Brown (2000-2002)
- Denise Andrea Campbell (2001)[5]
- Sungee John (2003-2005, interim)
- Dolly Williams (2006-ca. 2007)[citation needed]
References
- ^ a b Anderson, Doris; Lambert, Maude-Emmanuelle (2006-02-07). "National Action Committee on the Status of Women". The Canadian Encyclopedia.
- ^ Morris, Cerise (2006-02-06). "Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada". The Canadian Encyclopedia.
- ^ Molgat, Anne; Grant Cummings, Joan. "Herstory". NAC-CCA. National Action Committee on the Status of Women. Archived from the original on 2007-08-20. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
- ^ Hendry, Leah (1998-04-12). "Women's group fumbles funding applications". Capital News Online. Carleton School of Journalism. Archived from the original on 2001-05-12.
- ^ Collier, Cheryl N. (2014). "Not Quite the Death of Organized Feminism in Canada: Understanding the Demise of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women" (PDF). Canadian Political Science Review. 8 (2): 17–33.
External links
- National Action Committee on the Status of Women website archives on Archive.org