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Many women who joined the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace participated in disarmament efforts, politics and social justice work within their respective communities. [7] Throughout its first few months of activism, the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace quickly became one of the largest Canadian peace movement organizations. [3] [7]
She moved to Montreal, Canada in 1935 to work as a physiotherapist after working five months in Selly Oak. [2] [3] Her activism began in the 1950s with her work with the Association of Women Electors in Toronto. [2] In 1960, Macpherson was a founding member of the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace, serving as president for a number of years. [2]
The Nova Scotia Voice of Women for Peace (NSVOW) is an active branch of the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace (VOW). Established in 1960, VOW is a local, national and international feminist Non Governmental Organization (NGO) composed of diverse women with consultative status at the United Nations Economic & Social Council (ECOSOC).
Weatheradio Canada (French: Radiométéo Canada) is a Canadian weather radio network owned and operated by Environment and Climate Change Canada's Meteorological Service of Canada division. It is one of the two weather radio systems across North America along with the NOAA Weather Radio , and is an official partner of the National Weather Service .
She was a founding member of St. John's Status of Women Council and the Newfoundland Status of Women Council, and served on the National Action Committee on the Status of Women from 1982 until 1986, acting as vice-president from 1984. [2] In 1988, she represented Canadian Voice of Women for Peace as a delegate to the 1988 Conference on ...
At CKSO-TV, she made history as the first woman employed by a Canadian television station as a weather reporter, and also presented segments on fashion. [1] She later became an account executive for CHNO , [ 2 ] and married Voito (Vic) Erola, the owner of a marina on Lake Panache , in 1955.
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She moved to Winnipeg in the 1960s and joined Canadian Voice of Women For Peace protests. [2] [3] She graduated from Brandeis University in 1962. [4] She left Winnipeg to pursue her PhD at York University in Toronto, Ontario. [5] In order to complete her thesis, Reiter worked at a Toronto-based Burger King to observe how work is organized in ...