Showing posts with label WHNBC. Show all posts
Showing posts with label WHNBC. Show all posts

Monday, October 19, 2009

Women & Sports History Conference - October 23-24 - Vancouver BC

WHN/BC - Women’s History Network of BC
“Women, Sports and Physical Recreation”

Vancouver, 23-24th October, 2009
Conference Registration Form
You may register at the door if your form is not already mailed.

WHN/BC Blog: http://www.whnbc.blogspot.com/

E-mail: whnbc@shaw.ca
or call 604 724 8744


Friday, 23 October 2009 – Registration begins at 7:00 pm in the Salmonberry Room, Stanley Park Dining Pavilion, Vancouver. See the WHN/BC blog for details/map.(link above)

7:00 pm Registration
7:30 pm – 9 pm RECEPTION

Saturday, 24 October 2009 – Registration begins 9:30 am

10 am – 4 pm at the British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame, 777 Pacific Blvd S., Vancouver.

Registration 9:30 – 10:00 am

OPENING REMARKS 10:15 am

SPEAKERS: 10:20 – 11:30 am

“Gender Justice and Gender Politics in Women’s Ski Jumping: An Historical Analysis” by Patricia Vertinsky and Shannon Jette, University of British Columbia.

“Governing Risk, Exercising Caution: Western Medical Knowledge, Exercise and Pregnancy” by Shannon Jette, University of British Columbia.

11:30 – 1:00 pm LUNCH

SESSION 2 – 1:00 – 2 pm

TOUR OF ‘IN HER FOOTSTEPS: CELEBRATING BC WOMEN IN SPORT’ GALLERY AND DISCUSSION

2:00 – 2:15 pm BREAK

2:15 – 3:15 pm WHNBC - ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

3:15 – 3:30 CONFERENCE WRAP-UP

Tuesday, September 08, 2009

Reminder - Talk on Mountaineer Phyllis Munday - September 10 Vancouver BC

Reminder:

Thursday, September 10, 2009 7 pm

A presentation on the famous local mountaineer Phyllis Munday by author and historian Kathryn Bridge at the Vancouver City Archives in Vanier Park.

Mount Munday
in British Columbia is named after Phyllis Munday and her husband, Don, and Baby Munday Peak is named for their daughter Edith.

The public is encouraged to bring their Munday memorabilia to show the group.

Co-sponsored with the City of Vancouver Archives and the Women's History Network of British Columbia.

Free. Details: http://www.herstorycafe.ca

Thursday, October 02, 2008

Votes for Women, 1908 - Wordless Thursday

LEAP-YEAR; or, The Irrepressible Ski [Agitation], from Punch, January 1, 1908


Women's History Network of BC Conference, October 3-4, 2008 Victoria, B.C.
Raising the Bar: Historical Perspectives on Women and the Law

Website: www.members.shaw.ca/whnbc

Monday, September 22, 2008

Women's History Network of BC Conference - October 3 - 4, 2008 - Victoria, BC, Canada

"Raising the Bar: Historical Perspectives on Women and the Law" - Women's History Network of BC's Annual Conference

October 3, 2008 Opening Reception and Presentation

Friends Meeting House, 1831 Fern St., Victoria, BC

James Burnham Sedgwick, “The Sin of Silence: The Invisibility of Women at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, 1946-1948”

October 4, 2008 All Day Session

Maritime Museum of British Columbia, 28 Bastion Square, Victoria, BC

Session 2 – Probate Records, Patents, and Separation Agreements: Negotiating Real and Intellectual Property Rights - Karen Pearlston, Ireh Iyioha, Kristine S. Knaplund

Session 3 - Women and the Law: Images, Perceptions, and Realities - Susan C. Boyd, Judy Fudge, Hester Lessard, Bonnie Schmidt

Session 4 - The Neo-Colonial Rule of Unruly Subjects: The Expulsion of Sex Workers from Vancouver’s West End, 1975-1985 - Jamie Lee Hamilton, Rachael Sullivan, Becki Ross.

For the registration form and schedule, see the website
Women's History Network of BC: www.members.shaw.ca/whnbc