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- Women's suffrage: 
Vote won by Euroamerican women in Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan (1916), Nova Scotia (1918), New Brunswick and Ontario (1919), British Columbia (1920), Prince Edward Isalnd (1922), Newfoundland (1925), and Quebec (1940).  Federal vote won by Euroamerican women over age 21 in all provinces in 1918.  In 1949 "universal" suffrage, excluding Native peoples, granted throughout Canada; in 1960, Native Indians (male and female) won the vote.

- Equal rights: 

1977 Canadian Human Rights Act prohibits discrimination  in employment on the grounds of sex, age, marital status, race, religion; each province has a similar code or ordinance.
 

WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS

Association de Collaboratrices et partenaires en Affaires (ACPA)
Charlotte Thibault
2099 boul Edouard
J4T 2A2 Saint Hubert, 
Quebec Canada
T:  001 514 456 45 65
F:  001 514 923 0810

CUSO
Debby Cote
135, Rideau Street
K1N 9K7 Ottawa, 
Ontario Canada
T:  001 613 241 1242
F:  001 613 241 8068

Canada Tibet Committee
Tenzin Jinpa
4675 Coolbrook
H3X 2K7 Montreal, 
Quebec Canada
T:  001 514 487 06 65
F:  001 514 487 78 25

Canada Tibet Committee
Paulette MarchettiŒ4675 Coolbrook
H3X 2K7 Montreal, 
Quebec Canada
T:  001 514 487 06 65
F:  001 514 487 78 25

CANADIAN ADVISORY COUNCIL ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN (CACSW)
Senior advisor: Dr. Judith Nolte
P.O. Box 1541, Station B
Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5R5
Canada
T:  613-992-4975
Telex:  613-992-1715
- founded in 1973
- 30 members, appointed by the Prime Minister
- two regional offices: Calgary, Alberta, and Montreal, Quebec
- a full-time paid President located in Ottawa, two full-time paid vice 
  presidents, one in Calgary andone in Montreal, and 27 part-time volunteer 
  members, who represent the linguistic, geographic, and ethnic diversity 
  of Canada
- publications: free

Primary objectives are to advise and educate the government on issues of
concern to women in Canada and to educate the public on those same issues.
CACSW writes background papers, fact sheets, and briefs to committees and
commissions, and recommendations to the government. 

Canadian Beijing Facilitating Committee
Linda Archibald
151, Slater Street, Suite 408
K1P 5H3 Ottawa, 
Ontario Canada
T:  001 613 563 2550
F:  001 613 568 8658

Canadian Beijing Facilitating Committee
Donna Lee
879 Beaverbrook
R3N 1P2 Winnipeg, 
Manitoba Canada
T:  001 204 489 3531
F:  001 204 943 6159

Canadian Beijing Facilitating Committee
Lise MartinŒ151 Slater Street, Suite 408
K1P 5H3 Ottawa, 
Ontario Canada
T:  001 613 568 2550
F:  001 613 568 8658

Canadian Beijing Facilitating Committee
Micheline Simard
151 Slater Street, Suite 408
K1P 5H3 Ottawa, 
Ontario Canada
T:  001 613 563 2550
F:  001 613 563 8658

Canadian Beijing Facilitating Committee
Lucya Spencer
151 Slater Street, Suite 408
K1P 5H3 Ottawa, 
Ontario Canada
T:  001 613 563 2550
F:  001 613 568 8658

THE CANADIAN FEDERATION OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S CLUBS 
La Federation Canadienne des Clubs de Fees 
de Carriere Commerciales et Professionnelles 
President: Dr. Beverly Hoy 
Contact person: Ms. Shirley Cote, 
General Secretary 56 Sparks St., # 308 
Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5A9
Canada T:  613-234-7619 
- founded in 1930
- 3,000 members
- 2 staff members
- 92 affiliates
- funded by membership fees
- directed by 18 executive and provincial presidents
- publication: "The Business and Professional Woman"; $3.00 per year

The purpose of CFBPWC is to improve the economic, employment, and social
conditionsof women; to stimulate interest in federal, provincial, and
municipal affairs, and to encourage women to participate in the business
of government at all levels; to develop and train women in business, the
professions, and industry; to improve standards of service in business,
the professions, industry, and public life; to encourage and assist women
and girls to acquire education and training; to affiliate with other
organi zations to promote mutual interests. CFBPWC implements these goals
by writing briefs to government and by organizing seminars and workshops. 

Canadian International Development Agency
M. Girvan
200 Promenade du Portage
12th Floor, Policy Branch
K1A OG4 Hull, Quebec Canada
T:  001 819 997 0893
F:  001 819 953 6354

Canadian Labour Congress
Carol Phillips
2841 Riverside Drive
K1V 8X7 Ottawa, 
Ontario Canada
T:  001 613 521 3400
F:  001 613 521 6160

CANADIAN WOMEN'S FOUNDATION
Executive Director: Dr. Rosemary Brown
Contact person: Ms. Norah Cassidy Frood
48 St. Clair Avenue West, 6th floor
Toronto, Ontario M4V 2Z2
Canada
T:  416-975-1703
F:   416-961-3543
- founded in 1989
- not a membership organization
- 1 staff member
- funded by corporate funds and individuals' contributions
- directed by 15 board members and 11-member Council of Advisors
- computer: Macintosh SE

The objective of the Canadian Women's Foundation is to raise funds to
provide support for programs and projects in Canada designed to meet
special needs of women and girls that will help them develop greater
self-reliance, economic independence, and power in the decision-making
process. The foundation implements its objectives through four primary
activities: fundraising, grantmaking, advocacy, and public education. 

Canadian Voice of Women for Peace (VOW)
Madeleine Gilchrist
425 Davisville Ave.
M4S 1H7Toronto, Canada
T:  001 416 485 9043
F:  001 416 485 0974

Canadian Women Studies Journal
Shelagh Wilkinson
212 Founders College, 
York University
4700 Keele Street
M3J 1PC North York, 
Ontario Canada
T:  1 416 736 53 56
F:  1 416 736 57 65

Centre for Feminist Research
York University
Nancy Mandell
228 York Lanes
4700 Keele Street
M35 1P3 North York, 
Ontario Canada
T:  001 416 736 5915
F:  001 416 736 5416

FRAPPE
(Femmes regroupees pour l'accessibilite au pouvoir politique et economique)
(Women for Access to Political and Economic Power)
822 Sherbrooke Street East
Suite 322, 3rd floor
Montreal, Quebec H2L 1K4
Canada
T:  514-521 01 52
- founded in 1985

FRAPPE promotes and supports all individual or collective action likely to
help women gain access to power at all political and institutional levels
and in every sector of public, parapublic, and private activities;
compiles a job bank to be used by any c ompany with senior
executive positions to be filled, and highlights the accomplishments of
women in every field. 

GROOTS Canada
Jennifer Cobb
P.O. box 24, Station P
M58 2S6 Toronto, 
Ontario Canada
T:  001 416 516 1188
F:  001 416 656 4585

GROOTS
ŒDebie 'Connell
2156 E. 10th Ave
V5N 1Y1 Vancouver, 
BC Canada
T:  001 604 255 5624
F:  001 614 683 6649

GROOTS
Harriet Xanthakos
77 Helena Avenue
M6G 2H3 Toronto, 
Ontario Canada
T:  001 416 656 4585

Meg Hogarth
517 Wellington St. West, 
Suite 204
M5V IG1 Ontario, Canada
T:  001 416 408 2065
F:  001 416 408 2069

Human Resources Development Canada
Women's Program
Jackie Claxton
15 Eddz Street, Room 10FI
K1A OM5 Hull, Quebec Canada
T:  001 819 994 3190
F:  001 819 994 3220

Human Rights Centre for Research 
Centre for International Studies
Marion Mathieson
University College of Cape
Breton
84 Union Street
B1P 4XS Sydney, Nova Scotia
Canada
T:  1 902 562 5233
F:  1 902 562 5545

Match International Centre
Enid Page
1102-200 Elgin Street
K2P 1L5 Ottawa, Ontario
CanadaŒT:  001 613 238 1312
F:  001 613 238 6867

Sharon McIvor
P.O. Box 177
L0K 2BO Washago, Ontario
Canada
T:  001 705 689 8291
F:  001 705 689 8291

Metis National Council of Women
Deborah Barron-McNabb
Box 166B
RR2 Dugold
R0E OKD Manitoba Canada
T:  001 204 444 2974
F:  001204 444 2974

National Action Committee on the Status of Women
Shelagh Day
606 Shaw Street
M6G 3L6 Toronto, Ontario
Canada
T:  001 416 532 8584
F:  001 416 532 7688

National Action Committee on the Status of Women
Sunera Thobani
606 Shaw Street
M6G 3L6 Toronto, Ontario
Canada
T:  001 416 532 8584
F:  001 416 532 7688

National Action Committee on the Status of Women
Felicita Villasin
606 Shaw Street
M6G 3L6 Toronto, Ontario
Canada
T:  001 416 532 8584
F:  001 416 532 7688

NATIVE WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF CANADA
Executive Director: Dr. Debbie Meness
Œ251 Laurier Avenue, West
Suite 600
Ottawa, Ontario KIP 5J6
Canada
T:  613-236-6057
F:   613-235-4957
- founded in 1974
- 16 provincial member associations
- 3 staff members
- 16 offices in different provinces in Canada
- funded by government
- 5 executive councils and 17 board members
- computer: IBM laptop

The Native Women's Association was founded on a collective goal to
enhance, promote, and foster the social, economic, cultural, and political
well-being of First nations and Metis women within aboriginal and Canadian
Societies. The NWAC has been solidly grounded by community-based
representation since its inception in the early 1970s, in accordance with
the objectives of its founding members. In recent years, it has
concentrated on affecting amendments to the Indian Act, attaining
guaranteed equality rights in the Canadian Constitution and increasing the
participation in the movement toward re-establishment of aboriginal
governments. NWAC has taken an active part in both the Parliamentary
Sub-Committee on Indian Women and the Indian Self-Government. 

The North-South Institute
Joanna Kerr
55 Murray Street, Suite 200
K1N 5M3 Ottawa, Canada
T:  001 613 241 3535
F:  001 613 241 7435

Presbyterian Church in Canada
Barbara McLean
50 Wynford Drive
M3C 1J7 North York, Ontario
Canada
T:  1 416 441 1111 223
F:  1 416 441 2825

Soroptimist International
Joyce Blake
60, Turgeon Crescent
S4S 3Z9 Regina, Saskatchewan
Canada
T:  001 306 584 2226
F:  001 306 586 3566

ΪSoroptimist International
Corinne M. Rivers
120 Carlton Str., Suite 410
Toronto, Ontario Canada
T:  001 416 923 9842
F:  001 416 922 1963

South Asian Workers Forum
Tania Das Gupta
200, Roehampton Ave, #1202
Toronto, Ontario M4P 1R8
Canada
T:  001 416 489 2768

Union culturelle des Franco-Ontariennes
Gisele Seguin
435 boul St. Laurent, Piece 212
K1K 2Z8 Ottawa, Ontario
Canada
T:  001 613 741 1334
F:  001 613 741 8577

WILPF
Silvia McFadyen-Jones
1740 Southmere Cr. #217
V4A 6E4 White Rock, BC
Canada
T:  001 604 536 3047
F:  001 604 535 4693

WITT Network
Joyce A. Rankin
P.O. Box 90 Stuartburn
MB Roazbo, Canada
T:  1 204 425 3818
F:  1 204 786 8951

World University Service - WUS
Britta Gundersen-Bryden
P.O. Box 3000
Station C
K1Y 4M8 Ottawa, Ontario 
Canada
T:  001 613 798 7477
F:  001 613 798 0990

YWCA
Susan Scott
218 Randolph Road
M4G 3S7 Toronto, Ontario
Canada
T:  001 416 424 2936
F:  001 416 971 8084