Featured Resources
Abolition. Feminism. Now by Call Number: Fennell STACKS HV7936.R3 D38 2022Publication Date: 2022Abolition. Feminism. Now. is a celebration of freedom work, a movement genealogy, a call to action, and a challenge to those who think of abolition and feminism as separate--even incompatible--political projects.
Resources
Gender and Women's Studies in Canada: Critical Terrain by Call Number: FENNELL RESERVES HQ1181.C2 .G46 2018Publication Date: 2018
Framing Our Past: Canadian Women's History in the Twentieth Century by Call Number: Fennell STACKS HQ1453 .F73 2001Publication Date: 2001
Paddling Her Own Canoe : The Times and Texts of E. Pauline Johnson (Tekahionwake) by Publication Date: 2017eBook
- How Much Do You Know about the Roles Women Played in Canadian History? (Video duration 41 minutes)
Who were the key women in Canadian history? How well do we know their stories?
Women and Gendered Violence in Canada: An Intersectional Approach by Call Number: Fennell STACKS HV6250.4.W65 .B77 2018Publication Date: 2018
Becoming Strong : Impoverished Women and the Struggle to Overcome Violence by Call Number: Fennell STACKS HV4505 .H85 2018Publication Date: 2018
- We are the deadA months’-long Maclean’s investigation into intimate-partner violence reveals how systems, politicians and people have failed women and girls.
- TED Talk: Find your voice against gender violence (Video duration 14 minutes)
This talk begins with a personal story of sexual violence that may be difficult to listen to. But that's the point, says citizen journalist Meera Vijayann: Speaking out on tough, taboo topics is the spark for change.
As We Have Always Done: Indigenous Freedom Through Radical Resistance by Call Number: Fennell and IAHS STACKS E99.C6 .S659 2017Publication Date: 2017
Forever Loved: Exposing the Hidden Crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Canada by Call Number: Fennell STACKS HV6250.4.W65 .F68 2016Publication Date: 2016
In Search of April Raintree by Call Number: Fennell STACKS PR9199.3.C767 .I5 1999Publication Date: 1999
- Shining Light on the Dark Places: Addressing Police Racism and Sexualized Violence against Indigenous Women and Girls in the National InquiryThis article seeks to highlight the lesser-known problem of police-involved racialized and sexualized abuse and violence against Indigenous women and girls as a root cause of the large numbers of murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls in Canada.
- Reclaiming Power and Place: The Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and GirlsThe two volume report calls for transformative legal and social changes to resolve the crisis that has devastated Indigenous communities across the country.
- TED Talks: We should all be feminists (Video duration 30 minutes)We teach girls that they can have ambition, but not too much ... to be successful, but not too successful, or they'll threaten men, says author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. In this classic talk that started a worldwide conversation about feminism, Adichie asks that we begin to dream about and plan for a different, fairer world -- of happier men and women who are truer to themselves.
- TED Talks: Confessions of a bad feminist (Video duration 12 minutes)When writer Roxane Gay dubbed herself a "bad feminist," she was making a joke, acknowledging that she couldn't possibly live up to the demands for perfection of the feminist movement. But she's realized that the joke rang hollow. In a thoughtful and provocative talk, she asks us to embrace all flavors of feminism -- and make the small choices that, en masse, might lead to actual change.
- What is Feminism's Future? (Video duration 31 minutes)
An interview with the writer, activist, actor and director Amber Tamblyn regarding the future of feminism. - The Pay Gap: Sexism or Something Else? (Video duration 9 minutes)
This brief ABC News segment considers opposing views of the pay gap. Is it about supply and demand, sexism, or does higher compensation generally mean bigger sacrifices on the home front—a cost most women are less willing to bear. - TED Talks: How women in Pakistan are creating political change (Video duration 14 minutes)Activist Shad Begum has spent her life empowering women to live up to their full potential. In a personal talk, she shares her determined struggle to improve the lives of women in her deeply religious and conservative community in northwest Pakistan -- and calls for women around the world to find their political voice. "We must stand up for our own rights -- and not wait for someone else to come and help us," Begum says.
- TED Talks: Empower a girl, transform a community (Video duration 13 minutes)Kakenya Ntaiya turned her dream of getting an education into a movement to empower vulnerable girls and bring an end to harmful traditional practices in Kenya. Meet two students at the Kakenya Center for Excellence, a school where girls can live and study safely -- and uplift their community along the way.
Databases
The following databases are a good start for general research.
- Academic Search Premier
Multidisciplinary research database. Covers the subjects of biology, chemistry, engineering, physics and psychology. Includes peer-reviewed, full-text articles and videos from the Associated Press.
- ProQuest Databases
Search selected Proquest databases. Subject coverage varies according to the database.
