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Equality First: The Royal Commission on the Status of Women
The Royal Commission on the Status of Women, called by Prime Minister Pearson in February 1967, held the notion of equal opportunity as its precept. Chaired by journalist Florence Bird, the panel was criticized both for exceeding traditional boundaries and also for hedging on the conservative. But the great undercurrent born of the Bird Commission was a renunciation against inequality.
Photo of Florence Bird from THE CANADIAN PRESS/Peter Bregg
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Status of Aboriginal women
Broadcast Date: May 3, 1968
At the Commission hearing in Regina, an impassioned speech on the status of aboriginal women unexpectedly moves the crowd to tears. Mrs. Sam Lavallee articulates the breadth of problems women living on reserves must overcome. Life, she explains, is a constant renegotiating of stereotypes, expectations and entitlements.Status of Aboriginal women
• Jeannette Vivian Corbiere Lavell led the fight for changes in the Indian Act. The Act nullified status and band membership rights to Aboriginal women who had married non-Aboriginals. In 1985, this part of the Indian Act was repealed.Status of Aboriginal women
Medium: Radio
Program: Matinee
Broadcast Date: May 3, 1968
Guest(s): Mrs. Sam Lavallee
Reporter: Ed Reid
Duration: 6:50
Last updated:
March 5, 2008
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Last updated: March 5, 2008.
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