Women's History Month in British Columbia

Events scheduled for Women's History Month in BC - two of them this week.

October 12, 2017, Thursday - The Struggle for Women's Suffrage in British Columbia.- A Panel Discussion.  Free, but seating limited. 7 pm at the City of Vancouver Archives, 1150 Chestnut Street, Vancouver. Doors open at 6:30 pm. Panelists: Lara Campbell (Professor, Simon Fraser University), Class and Militancy in Vancouver and Victoria; Sherry Edmunds-Flett (Doctoral Candidate, Simon Fraser), Black Women, Suffrage, and Social Reform in Victoria and Vancouver;
Veronica Strong-Boag (Professor Emerita, UBC), Where was Democracy? The Struggle for Suffrage.
Moderator: Willeen Keough (Professor, Simon Fraser University).

October 14, 2017, Saturday - "Where are the Women in My Family History?' with M. Diane Rogers (yes, that's me!) starting at 3:30. Finding Your Roots Seminar, Surrey, BC. Free, but you do need to register: http://findingyourroots.ca/  This Seminar is all day and features 38 different family history and genealogy topics.


October 14, 2017, Saturday - Meeting the Moodys exhibit opens Oct. 14 to Nov. 25, 2017 at the Port Moody Station Museum. The exhibit showcases original letters and photographs from the Royal BC Museum on the time Mary and Richard Moody spent in British Columbia 1859–1863. October 14, 2-4 pm - Opening reception 
October 29, 2 to 3 p.m., Dr. Hilary Lewin, Exhibit Curator, will speak on "Making Memories: A History of Souvenir Albums". 
November. 5,  2-3 p.m., Dr. Jacqueline Gresko will speak on "Windows on the Past: Mary Moody’s letters on life in the Royal Engineer Camp 1859-1863". 
Museum website: http://portmoodymuseum.org/  Address: 2734 Murray St. Port Moody


POSTPONED - October 17, 2017, Tuesday -  Jolene Castillou Cumming shares 3 West End alley stories:
- “Indians at the Kitchen Door”
-   Emily Carr’s adventurous student field trips
-  Elwy’s Alley: How a 7 block long Vancouver Civic Asset came to be named after a 1915 U.S.A. Patented Toiletries. 6 pm at JJ Beans, just off of Davie St, on Bidwell, Vancouver.


October 29, 2017, Sunday - Women's History in the BC Archives (tentative title). 1-3 pm with Archivist, Genevieve Weber and panelists - author, Vanessa Winn and myself. At the Royal BC Museum in Victoria. Watch for info soon on the Royal BC Museum calendar: https://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/calendar  BC Archives website: https://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/bc-archives/visitor-information


Status of Women Canada has asked each of us to #claimyourplace on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook to "celebrate the courageous women and girls who inspire you to #ClaimYourPlace.
Join the conversation on social media by using the hashtag #ClaimYourPlace and share photos, videos and words of inspiration."


Merna Forster is one of those inspiring Canadian women. Do visit her site right now - Heroines.ca A Guide to Women in Canadian History: http://www.heroines.ca

It doesn't appear the British Columbia government is interested this year (or last), but you might like to see the previous years' handouts.

If you know of other women's history events coming up, please let me know. Thanks!

Edited 10 Oct. 2017 - event added.