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Institute of Commonwealth Studies

Canada: Pressure Groups Material


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0101 PG.CN

Held at: Institute of Commonwealth Studies

Title: Canada: Pressure Groups Material

Date(s): 1968-

Level of description: Collection (Fonds)

Extent: 3 boxes

Name of creator(s): Institute of Commonwealth Studies

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The pressure and interest group materials assembled here date predominantly from the 1970s and 1980s and their content has almost certainly been influenced by the research interests of those collecting them as well as by the prevailing issues of the time. Thus whilst the lobbying efforts of the business community are not represented in this collection a variety of women's groups and pro-labour organisations are, along with several movements concerned with human rights in general. In addition there is a wide selection of materials from different Québécois groups, dealing both with the province's constitutional status around the time of the 1980 referendum and with other domestic issues.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Leaflets, letters, newsletters, journals, posters and pamphlets at federal and state level issued by the British Columbia Federation of Women, the Canada West Foundation, the Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women, the Canadian Alliance in Solidarity with the Native Peoples, the Canadian Association in Support of the Native Peoples, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, the Canadian League of Rights, Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women, the Committee of Anglophones for Sovereignty-Association, the Citizens for Foreign Aid Reform, the Comité pour le réveil indépendantiste, the Conseil du patronat du Québec, the Elector's Action Movement (Vancouver), the Fondation des Québécois pour le Oui, the Groupe socialiste des travailleurs du Québec, Human Action to Limit Taxes, In Struggle!, the Ligue des droits de l'homme, L'organisation des jeunes indépendantistes pour un Québec communautaire, the Mouvement etudiant pour le oui, the Mouvement québécois pour combattre le racisme, the National Council of Women of Canada, the National Women's Liberal Commission, the Progressive Youth Movement, the Public Service Alliance of Canada, the Vancouver Status of Women, the Workers' Defence Alliance.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English and French.

System of arrangement:

Alphabetically by group, and then in rough chronological order.

Conditions governing access:

Open to all for research purposes; access is free for anyone in higher education.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies can usually be obtained - apply to library staff.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Records at item level on library catalogue (SASCAT)

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Accruals:

Further accruals are expected, some in electronic form.

Archival history:

The Commonwealth Pressure Group Materials collection was built up alongside that of the Political Parties, which was begun in 1960-61, and likewise concentrated on the collection of primary material. The main method of gathering material has been to appeal directly to pressure groups throughout the Commonwealth, though contributions from Institute members and staff following visits to relevant countries have been significant. More recently material has been collected by means of downloading documents from the websites of significant groups and movements.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Institute of Commonwealth Studies

ALLIED MATERIALS

Related material:

See also Canada: Trades Unions Material (TU.CN) and Canada: Political Party Material (PP.CN), as well as Political Party, Trades Unions and Pressure Group Materials for other Commonwealth countries, and related material in the library's main classified sequence, all held at ICS.

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Description compiled by Daniel Millum, Political Archives Project Officer at the Institutes of Commonwealth and Latin American Studies.

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Created 28/01/2004 AIM25


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Federalism | Political doctrines
Labour movements | Labour relations
Politics | Political science
Separatism | Political doctrines
Womens liberation movement | Liberation movements | Political movements

Personal names

Corporate names
British Columbia Federation of Women
Canada West Foundation
Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women
Canadian Alliance in Solidarity with the Native Peoples
Canadian Association in Support of the Native Peoples
Canadian Civil Liberties Association
Canadian League of Rights
Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women
Citizens for Foreign Aid Reform
Comité pour le réveil indépendantiste
Committee of Anglophones for Sovereignty-Association
Conseil du patronat du Québec
Elector's Action Movement (Vancouver)
Fondation des Québécois pour le Oui
Groupe socialiste des travailleurs du Québec
Human Action to Limit Taxes
In Struggle!
Ligue des droits de l'homme
Mouvement etudiant pour le oui
Mouvement québécois pour combattre le racisme
National Council of Women of Canada
National Women's Liberal Commission
Progressive Youth Movement
Public Service Alliance of Canada
Vancouver Status of Women
Workers' Defence Alliance

Places
British Columbia | Canada | North America
Quebec | Canada | North America
Vancouver | Canada | North America