Series F-40-7 - British Columbia Federation of Women (BCFW) records

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British Columbia Federation of Women (BCFW) records

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F-40-7

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  • 1976 - 1986 (Creation)
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    British Columbia Federation of Women

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37 cm of textual records

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(1974 - 1989)

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The British Columbia Federation of Women (BCFW) was founded in 1974 as an umbrella group of women's organizations. Its objective was to bring about women's liberation through fundamental social change, providing a provincial network of support, information- and resource-sharing, and coordinated action. Groups joined as affiliate members and were organized into regional units; federation-wide matters were overseen by the Coordinating Collective, several standing committees (Finance, Communications and Convention), and various ad hoc committees established to address specific issues and projects. At the Annual General Convention delegates from each of the regions elected committee members and voted on policy resolutions. The BCFW disbanded in 1989.

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Series consists of records made or received by the Women's Centre in its capacity as a member of the British Columbia Federation of Women (BCFW). The SFU Women's Centre was an affiliate member of the BCFW in the Lower Mainland Region. As the BCFW disbanded in 1989, it made a donation to the SFU Women's Centre Development Fund of $1600. This money along with other private donations to the Women's Centre is intended to support work which is feminist and activist in nature but which falls outside the scope of the Centre's usual operations. The Women's Centre Development fund is not used for ongoing operating expenses of the Women's Centre.

Activities documented in this series include annual BCFW conventions; meetings of the Coordinating Collective, the Lower Mainland Region, and the finance committee; correspondence with various action committees (including the Structure Committee, Rights of Lesbians Committee, Women and Prisons Committee, Women's Heath Committee, Women Against Violence Against Women Committee, and Human Rights Committee); budget planning, grant applications, and accounts management; administration of membership applications, renewals and correspondence; and publications and public relations. Records consist of constitution and policy handbook; correspondence; agendas, minutes and meeting support papers; reports and proposals; financial statements, ledgers and daybooks; membership lists and records; and BCFW newsletters, publications and brochures.

Note that some of these records were information copies received by the Women's Centre as an affiliate member of the BCFW; others, however, appear to be the original records of the BCFW itself (e.g. some of the financial and membership records).

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The arrangment of the series into five sub-series was supplied by the archivist in order to facilitate intellectual access to the material. The sub-series are organized to group records that were generated by similar functions and activities.

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Other records relating to the BCFW can be found in other fonds held by the Archives. See also:

  • F-45, Working Women Unite fonds, series 2 (BCFW records, 1977-1982).
  • F-82, Ellen Frank fonds, series 2 (BCFW. 1975-1986)
  • F-111, Kathleen Hudson Women's Bookstore Collection, series 5 (BCFW records, 1974-1982).
  • F-134, Press Gang Printers fonds, series 8 (BCFW files, 1977-1988).

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