Rise up! Canadian Women’s Activism & Liberation Movements
Nov 17, 1:30 PM–3:00 PM
RIM Park
2001 University Ave E, Waterloo, ON N2J 4G8, Canada
$10
Organized by Third Age Learning Kitchener-Waterloo (TAL-KW)
Lecture by Tarah Brookfield, part of the TAL-KW Fall 2026 series “Eras of Turmoil: 1960s and Now”.
From feminist liberation groups to reproductive and civil rights movements, plus peace, labour, and environmental activism, Canadian women were busy in the 1960s and into the 1970s fighting for equality and improving people’s lives locally and internationally. This talk will exam the unique nature of women’s mobilization in era called “second wave feminism” while finding continuity in women’s political and social action in earlier periods and contemporary times.