November 2001
HOTFLASH
Northwestern Ontario Women's Centre
184 Camelot Street, Thunder Bay, On
P7A 4A9

Resource News

Videos:
My left breast: An unusual film about breast cancer.

Reports:
Woman in Transition Out of Poverty. 2001. Janet Murray and Mary Ferguson.
Training Manual for Educating and Empowering Nishnawbe Women on Self Government Initiatives. Equay Wuk, Sioux Lookout, ON.

Journals:
Young Women: feminists, activists, grrrls. 2001. Canadian Women's Studies. Vol 20/21 (4/1).

Books:
On Women health sharing. 1994 Ed. Dua, Enakski et al. Women's Press.
The Wisdom of Menopause: Creating Physical & Emotional Health and Healing During the Change. 2001. Christiane Northrup, M.D.
Two of Us Make a world: The Single Mothers Guide to Pregnancy, Childbirth and the First Year. 1996. Prudence & Sherill Tippins.
Trust After Trauma: A Guide to Relationships for Survivors and Those Who Love Them. 1998. Aphrodite Matsakis.
Dislocating Cultures: Identities, Traditions and third World Feminism. 1997. Uma Narayan
Feminist Spirituality: An Introduction to Feminist Theology in Judaism, Christianity, Islam and Goddess Worship. 1998. Johanna H. Stuckey.
Language in Her Eye. 1990. Ed. By Libby Scheier.
Saqiyuq: Stories From The Lives of Three Inuit Women. 1999. Nancy Wachowich.
No End of Grief: Indian Residential Schools in Canada. 1996. Agnes Grant.
Iskwewak: Neither Indian Princesses Nor Easy Squaws. 1995. Janice Acoose.


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Events / News

November 23. Press Release for Thunder Bay Coordinating Committee to End Woman Abuse. Violence Prevention Campaign, 11 am, Multi cultural Centre, Court Street.

December 6th Memorial to Remember and Honour Women Killed by Male Violence. Lakehead University Agora. 12 p.m. Reception to follow at the GIC.

V-DAY is coming to Thunder Bay! Lakehead University Gender Issues Centre will be staging a production of the infamous Vagina Monologues on February 14th, 2002. Proceeds to local women's organizations. Call the GIC for ticket information: 343-8879.

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The NWO Women's Centre now has a computer and an Internet connection available for women visiting the Centre, courtesy of the VOLNET program. And, we can help you find information for yourself!
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