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P.C. Ass'n Constitution

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions5849
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
File
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1992
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
File
Series Number
MG 3 1.14.1
File Number
903
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1992
Physical Description
1 file
Scope and Content
File consists of correspondence
Storage Location
RG 6 Brandon University fonds MG 3 Brandon University Teaching and Administration 1.14.1 W. Leland Clark - political career Box 38
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Green Binder- Constitution

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions5968
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
File
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1982-1992
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
File
Series Number
MG 3 1.14.1
File Number
1022
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1982-1992
Physical Description
1 file
Scope and Content
File consists of information about the Constitution
Storage Location
RG 6 Brandon University fonds MG 3 Brandon University Teaching and Administration 1.14.1 W. Leland Clark - political career Box 41
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BUFA constitution and invitation to join

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions4436
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
File
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1970-1975
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
File
Series Number
15
File Number
37
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1970-1975
Physical Description
1 file
Scope and Content
File consists of the BUFA constitution, informational materials and invitations to join. It also includes the BU Faculty list of publications, papers read etc. for 1974-1975.
Storage Location
RG 6 Brandon University fonds Series XV: BUFA Box 4
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A constitution for the socialist commonwealth of Great Britain

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/specialcollections419
Part Of
MG 2 2.16 Robert Dudley Howland Collection
Collection
Robert Dudley Howland Fabian Society Collection
Creator
Webb, Sidney, 1859-1947
Webb, Beatrice Potter, 1858-1943
Description Level
Item
Item Number
Archives 15-2-30
Item Number Range
Archives 15-2-30
Responsibility
by Sidney and Beatrice Webb
Start Date
1920
Date Range
1920
Publication
London ; New York : Longmans, Green and Co
Physical Description
xviii, 364 p. ; 22 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical footnotes and index
Name Access
Fabian Society (Great Britain)
Subject Access
Socialism Great Britain
Reconstruction (1914-1939) Great Britain
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Borough councils : their constitution, powers and duties

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/specialcollections610
Part Of
MG 2 2.16 Robert Dudley Howland Collection
Description Level
Item
Date Range
1920
Part Of
MG 2 2.16 Robert Dudley Howland Collection
Collection
Robert Dudley Howland Fabian Society Collection
Creator
Attlee, C. R. (Clement Richard), 1883-1967
Fabian Society (Great Britain)
Description Level
Item
Item Number
Archives 15-3-202
Item Number Range
Archives 15-3-202
Responsibility
by C. R. Attlee
Start Date
1920
Date Range
1920
Publication
London : The Fabian Society
Physical Description
15 p. ; 21 cm
Subject Access
Socialism Great Britain
Storage Location
2 copies in envelope
Storage Range
2 copies in envelope
Documents
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Manitoba organization of faculty associations constitution

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions4437
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
File
GMD
textual records
Date Range
[n.d.]
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
File
Series Number
15
File Number
38
GMD
textual records
Date Range
[n.d.]
Physical Description
1 file
Storage Location
RG 6 Brandon University fonds Series XV: BUFA Box 4
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Urban district councils : their constitution, powers and duties

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/specialcollections612
Part Of
MG 2 2.16 Robert Dudley Howland Collection
Description Level
Item
Date Range
1920
Part Of
MG 2 2.16 Robert Dudley Howland Collection
Collection
Robert Dudley Howland Fabian Society Collection
Creator
Lloyd, C. M
Fabian Society (Great Britain)
Description Level
Item
Item Number
Archives 15-3-204
Item Number Range
Archives 15-3-204
Responsibility
by C. M. Lloyd
Start Date
1920
Date Range
1920
Publication
London : The Fabian Society
Physical Description
15 p. ; 21 cm
Subject Access
Socialism Great Britain
Documents
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Westman Coalition on Equality Rights in the Canadian Constitution fonds

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Part Of
RG 5 Western Manitoba Manuscript Collection
Description Level
Fonds
GMD
multiple media
Date Range
1987-1999
Accession Number
9-2004
4-2011
Part Of
RG 5 Western Manitoba Manuscript Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Accession Number
9-2004
4-2011
GMD
multiple media
Date Range
1987-1999
Physical Description
1.2 m textual records
9 video tapes
History / Biographical
In 1988, Sheila Doig was the Rural Liaison Coordinator for the Manitoba Action Committee on the Status of Women. That winter, she travelled to Crystal City, Manitoba, to meet with a group of women that included Verna Menzies. At the meeting, the women were concerned about the efforts of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney to amend the Constitution so that Quebec would sign on. They believed that the amending document, The Meech Lake Accord, would jeopardize women’s rights under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Thus began a chain of events that resulted in the formation of The Westman Coalition for Equality Rights under The 1987 Meech Lake Accord. The group became known simply as The Westman Coalition. During the years 1988-1990, these women—almost all grassroots rural women with no special training in things constitutional—met with and lobbied politicians, other feminists, and the public in order to change Meech Lake or defeat it. There were many high points to this campaign. Sheila conducted an extensive tour of rural and northern Manitoba, recruiting women to express their concerns in writing to Ottawa. The Coalition presented briefs to the Manitoba hearings and to the Charest Commmission. They were only permitted to appear at the latter after they picketed the hearings in Winnipeg and demanded that women be heard. They were courted by the national media for comments, and became adept at handling interviews and public appearances. After much turmoil, in June 1990, Meech Lake was defeated in the Manitoba legislature by Elijah Harper on behalf of Aboriginal peoples, who had largely been left out of the constitutional debate. The Coalition was there to support him and to show the face of women, who also felt that they had not been heard. This should have been the end of Canada’s constitutional debate, but Prime Minister Mulroney was determined to succeed where others had failed, and so a new process (the Charlottetown Accord, as it became known) was soon under way to bring Quebec into the fold by amending the Constitution. This time there was endless consultation with the public, and the women scrambled to respond to the many commissions and hearings. There were the Spicer Commission, the Manitoba hearings, the Dobbie/Beaudoin committee and so on. Finally, there were five (and later, six) constitutional conferences to be held around the country. Ordinary Canadians would be invited to apply to attend, and they would be chosen randomly. The women were invited to 5 of the 6 conferences. Just a coincidence of random selection? Or a consequence of their high profile in the debate? They thought the latter. In any event, Terri Deller, Kady Denton, Paula Mallea and Sheila Doig all attended at various venues and advanced the position of women on equality rights and on the other issues on the table. A high point of this second campaign was the visit to Brandon of Marcelle Dolment from Quebec City. As one of the few vocal feminists in Quebec who opposed the new Charlottetown proposal, she was a precious ally. She came to meet with the women, forge solidarity, and show that French and English, Quebec and The Rest of Canada, were capable of meeting and coming to agreement. Sheila conducted another rural tour in 1992, and also attended the Annual General Meeting of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women, where she felt she was given short shrift. The women were discouraged on many fronts during this campaign. They were out of pocket many thousands of dollars, and the promised funding from the Secretary of State for the Status of Women was finally denied. As well, despite herculean efforts to put their position to politicians and the media, the women felt again as though they were not being heard. By this time, the Coalition had developed a position on all of the salient issues under the Charlottetown process: property rights, distinct society, an interpretative clause, equal representation of women in the Senate, the economic agenda and the Canada Clause. In the summer of 1992, Canadians were finally shown the text of the Charlottetown Accord and were told that they would be voting on it in a referendum, even though the text was not in its final form. The women waged a final campaign asking people to vote “No” to the Charlottetown proposals. Politicians, business leaders, many academics and constitutional experts were saying that “No” would mean immediate Quebec separation and the breakdown of the country. The same had been said of Meech Lake. The women of the Coalition did not believe that the country was so frail, and they were proved right. On October 26, 1992, the country voted “No”. Secretary of State finally came through with funding to cover the Coalition’s many expenses, thanks largely to the efforts of M.P. Lee Clark. Sheila Doig was awarded the prestigious Governor General’s Award in Commemoration of the Person’s Case for her work on behalf of rural women. Paula was given the Manitoba Human Rights Award for her work on the constitution. All of the women who were involved in the Meech and Charlottetown campaigns felt that their lives had been changed by the experience. Like ordinary Canadians everywhere, they did not believe that they could have any real influence over constitutional affairs, much less national politics. They knew nothing about constitutions or the law of the Charter, but they educated themselves on the issues, and became articulate and incisive advocates. They were fearless in front of Prime Ministers and news anchors. They entered corridors of power that they had never thought possible. They were, then and now, a force to be reckoned with. The Westman Coalition became Women for Equality (WE) after the Charlottetown campaign. They met for many years every week to discuss the issues of the day. Then, as various members dispersed, the group waned. A new crisis threatening the equality rights of women, however, would surely revive what was once a powerful grassroots lobby.
Custodial History
Paula Mallea was using the records in accession 9-2004 to write a book on the Westman Coalition on Equality Rights ("The Fight for Women's Rights: Meech, Charlottetown and Manitoba women" published 2005). Once she was finished with the records, her husband, former president of Brandon University John Mallea, delivered three boxes of records to the Archives in 2004. A small number of photographs were donated later. The records in accession 4-2011 were originally in the possession of Shiela (Doig) Kingham. They were given to Terri Deller who donated them to the McKee Archives in 2011.
Scope and Content
Accession 9-2004 (96 cm textual records, 9 video tapes - 1987-1993) contains the records of the Westman Coalition on Equality Rights in the Canadian Constitution including newspaper clippings 1988-1991, dealing with the Meech Lake Accord and the Charlottetown Accord and the failed ratification of both; meeting notes and agendas of the Coalition 1987-1993; miscellaneous documents dealing with Canadian constitutional reform circa 1988-1993; documents related to the Manitoba Task Force on Meech Lake; correspondence 1987-1993; budget matters; rural tour by Coalition members; constitutional proposals development and submitted by the Coalition; miscellaneous files relating to Meech Lake and Charlottetown; a file dealing with Manitoba first-wave feminist Nellie McClung; and published commentary on the Charlottetown Accord. Accession 9-2004 also contains 2 video tapes of an interview conducted with Elsie McLaughlin, niece of Nellie McClung, as well as 7 additional video tapes consisting of panels with Coalition members, information sessions, Meech Lake workshops, the Westman Coalition meeting with Jean Chretien and Sheila Doig receiving the Governor General's Award. Accession 4-2011 (6.5 cm textual records - 1989-1999) consists of the records of the Westman Coalition on Equality Rights in the Canadian Constitution including notes on the origin and activities of the Coalition; a grant application - 1992 - by the Coalition; Coalition proposals and lobbying stragegies concerning the Meech Lake Accord; a brief to the Special Committee on the Companion Resolution to Meech April 1990; a brief to the Manitona All-Party Task Force on the Meech Lake Constitutional Accord, April 1990; a brief to the Dobbie Commission, November 1991; correspondence, clippings and e-mails concerning Coalition activities; book drafts - history of the Coalition - Paula Mallea, February 1996 and spring 1996; a brief to the Manitoba Legislative Task Force on Canadian Unity [nd]; copies of letters "Rural Tour" 1992; and several published sources on constitutional matters.
Notes
History/Bio information provided by Paula Mallea. See Paula Mallea, The Fight for Women's Rights: Meech, Charlottetown and Manitoba Women (Kagawong, Ont.: Paula Mallea, 2005).
Name Access
Paula Mallea
Shiela Doig
Shiela Kingham
Mary Annis
Terri Deller
Kady Denton
Subject Access
women's rights
Storage Location
2004 accessions
2011 accessions
Related Material
Brandon Chapter - Manitoba Action Committee on the Status of Women
Arrangement
For accession 9-2004 Box 1 File 1 Meech Westman Coalition File 2 Correspondence 87-91 File 3 Clippings 87-88 File 4 Budget meech File 5 Rural Tour Meech File 6 Final Document 1990 File 7 Minutes and Correspondence Meech File 8 Meech lake Correspondence File 9 Correspondence File 10 Meech – Our Own Stories Box 2 File 1 Meech cartoons File 2 Meech Effects on Economy File 3 Meech proposed legislation and early Responses File 4 Meech Charest Committee File 5 Analysis and Clippings 1989 File 6 Clippings January - February 1990 File 7 Clippings March - April 1990 File 8 Clippings May 1990 File 9 Clippings June 1990 Box 3 File 1 Meech – General Information – members, terms of reference File 2 Nellie McClung File 3 Coalition Financial File 4 Coalition Financial File 5 Manitoba Task Force on Meech File 6 Books on Meech File 7 Miscellaneous Meech File 8 Miscellaneous c. 1990 File 9 Meech miscellaneous Box 4 File 1 Shiela’s (Doig)Rural Tour fall 87’ File 2 Actions for Change - women File 3 Charter of Rights File 4 WE Meetings 1993 File 5 WE & WC correspondence File 6 Meech WE analysis File 7 Addresses File 8 Petition Box 5 File 1 Meech miscellaneous File 2 Westman Coalition 1987 File 3 Women for Equality 1993 File 4 Womens’ Centre Tapes and recordings Box 6 File 1 Meetings 1992 File 2 Correspondence 92-93 File 3 Fundraising general File 4 Minutes 1992 File 5 Miscellaneous File 6 Charlottetown documents for book File 7 CBC Commentary 1992 File 8 Charlottetown Bulletins File 9 Referendum Box 7 File 1 Charlottetown & referendum clippings File 2 Charlottetown – Manitoba task Force File 3 Charlottetown Conferences File 4 First Peoples and the Constitution 1992 – Report File 5 Report of the special Joint Committee on a Renewed Canada 1992 File 6 Charlottetown – Lobbying File 7 Charlottetown – Rural letters File 8 Charlottetown – correspondence File 9 Press Releases 1992 Box 8 File 1 WC Brief 1991 File 2 Charlottetown – clippings March 92-November 92 File 3 Published Analysis and Commentary on Charlottetown File 4 Published Analysis and Commentary on Charlottetown File 5 Published Analysis and Commentary on Charlottetown File 6 Photographs and Press clippings related to the activities of the organization
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Grants: Westman Coalition for Equality Rights in the Canadian Constitution SS

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions5516
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
File
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1993
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
File
Series Number
MG 3 1.14.1
File Number
579
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1993
Physical Description
1 file
Scope and Content
File consists of grant info.
Storage Location
RG 6 Brandon University fonds MG 3 Brandon University Teaching and Administration 1.14.1 W. Leland Clark - political career Box 21
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Constitutions - other universities

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions4439
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
File
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1977-1978
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
File
Series Number
15
File Number
40
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1977-1978
Physical Description
2 files
Scope and Content
Files consist of research materials.
Notes
File was divided July 14/06 (CMH).
Storage Location
RG 6 Brandon University fonds Series XV: BUFA Box 4
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Meetings- Lee (Constitutional, April 6/91)

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions6096
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
File
GMD
textual records
Date Range
April 1991
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
File
Series Number
MG 3 1.14.1
File Number
1150
GMD
textual records
Date Range
April 1991
Physical Description
1 file
Scope and Content
File consists of correspondence
Storage Location
RG 6 Brandon University fonds MG 3 Brandon University Teaching and Administration 1.14.1 W. Leland Clark - political career Box 47
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Report and resolutions of the Special Committee appointed to consider Socialist representation in parliament ; Committee on amendments to the constitution ; Fabian Society business meeting, March 8th, 1907 ; [Motion presented to] Fabian members' meeting January 8th [1909]

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/specialcollections592
Part Of
MG 2 2.16 Robert Dudley Howland Collection
Description Level
Item
Date Range
[1907-09]
Part Of
MG 2 2.16 Robert Dudley Howland Collection
Collection
Robert Dudley Howland Fabian Society Collection
Creator
Fabian Society (Great Britain)
Description Level
Item
Item Number
Archives 15-3-184
Item Number Range
Archives 15-3-184
Start Date
[1907-09]
Date Range
[1907-09]
Publication
London : Fabian Society
Physical Description
5 parts ; 21 cm
Subject Access
Socialism Great Britain
Storage Location
2 copies of Fabian members' meeting Jaunary 8th [1909]
Storage Range
2 copies of Fabian members' meeting Jaunary 8th [1909]
Documents
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