Blog Posts tagged: Women
Inspiring Stories of Women and Food, and an Upcoming Event!
We gave you a heads up about a week ago on the Women and Food: A Vancouver Historical Perspective event that took place on Tuesday night at City Hall. I think that everyone reading this that was lucky enough to... Continue reading »
Celebrating Women’s History Month: panel discussion on women and food
Mary Hale canning herring for BC Packers City of Vancouver Archives – CVA 1184-59 Among the many interesting events coming up in the next few days is this one — looking at the historical connections between women and food in... Continue reading »
Women and Public Space
Helena Gutteridge, first woman elected to Vancouver City Council (Photo: BC Archives, Call#C-07954) Today is the 99th anniversary of International Women’s Day. Over the past few decades, attention to the role that gender plays in city-building and the public realm has... Continue reading »
Women’s Memorial March
A crowd of several thousand people gathered in front of the Carnegie Centre for the 19th annual Women’s Memorial March. The event honours the lives of missing and murdered women – not only in the Downtown Eastside but across the... Continue reading »
