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The conference featured presentations of papers, panel discussions, workshops and interviews relevant to such themes as: feminism, power and alternative structures doing it (i.e. developing work strategies), traditions and new directions. Following the conference, the West Coast Women and Word Society continued to fulfil their mandate by organizing poetry competitions, hosting readings and events, editing and compiling anthologies of women's writing, and running a mentorship program designed to connect young women writers with more established ones."],"collection_source_collection_id":["MsC 23"],"persistent_url":[""],"item_title":["Women and Words - \"Creating Alternative Structures: Mentors, Networks, Reading/Writing Support Groups\": Gay Allison, Mona Fertig, Victoria Freeman, Carol Gordon, Pam Hawthorn, Phyllis Webb at UBC on July 1, 1983"],"item_title_source":["Conference Program"],"item_language":["English"],"item_production_context":["Documentary recording"],"item_identifiers":["[]"],"rights":["Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)"],"creator_names":["Allison, Gay","Fertig, Mona","Gordon, Carol","Hawthorn, Pam","Freeman, Victoria","Webb, Phyllis"],"creator_names_search":["Allison, Gay","Fertig, Mona","Gordon, Carol","Hawthorn, Pam","Freeman, Victoria","Webb, Phyllis"],"creators":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Allison, Gay\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Presenter\"]},{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/107906424\",\"name\":\"Fertig, Mona\",\"dates\":\"1954-\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Presenter\"]},{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/105819195\",\"name\":\"Gordon, Carol\",\"dates\":\"1958-\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Presenter\"]},{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Hawthorn, Pam\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"First managing and artistic director of the New Play Centre in Vancouver. \",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Presenter\"]},{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/7034917\",\"name\":\"Freeman, Victoria\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"Panel moderator and presenter\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Presenter\",\"Speaker\"]},{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/29847238\",\"name\":\"Webb, Phyllis\",\"dates\":\"1927-2021\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Presenter\"]}]"],"contributors":["[]"],"Performance_Date":[1983],"material_description":["[{\"side\":\"\",\"image\":\"../Uploads/3886/IMG_7409.jpg\",\"other\":\"\",\"extent\":\"1/8 inch\",\"AV_types\":\"Audio\",\"tape_brand\":\"\",\"generations\":\"\",\"Conservation\":\"\",\"equalization\":\"\",\"playback_mode\":\"\",\"playing_speed\":\"\",\"sound_quality\":\"Good\",\"recording_type\":\"Analogue\",\"storage_capacity\":\"\",\"physical_condition\":\"Good\",\"track_configuration\":\"\",\"material_designation\":\"Cassette\",\"physical_composition\":\"Magnetic Tape\",\"accompanying_material\":\"\",\"other_physical_description\":\"Clear tape case\"}]"],"material_designations":["Cassette"],"physical_compositions":["Magnetic Tape"],"recording_type":["Analogue"],"AV_type":["Audio"],"digital_description":["[{\"file_url\":\"https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/women-and-words-creating-alternative-structures-mentors-networks-readingwriting-support-groups-gay\",\"file_path\":\"\",\"filename\":\"MSC23-4-SideA.mp3\",\"channel_field\":\"Stereo\",\"sample_rate\":\"44.1 kHz\",\"duration\":\"T00:47:04\",\"precision\":\"\",\"size\":\"51.3 MB\",\"bitrate\":\"32 bit\",\"encoding\":\"WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files\",\"contents\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"title\":\"\",\"credit\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"content_type\":\"Sound Recording\",\"featured\":\"\",\"public_access_url\":\"\"},{\"file_url\":\"https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/women-and-words-creating-alternative-structures-mentors-networks-readingwriting-support-groups-0\",\"file_path\":\"\",\"filename\":\"MSC23-4-SideB.mp3\",\"channel_field\":\"Stereo\",\"sample_rate\":\"44.1 kHz\",\"duration\":\"T01:34:14\",\"precision\":\"\",\"size\":\"107.9 MB\",\"bitrate\":\"32 bit\",\"encoding\":\"WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files\",\"contents\":\"\",\"notes\":\"recording of Side A plus new Side B content; break at 47:20 suggests it may be Side A and B together/the result of digitization\",\"title\":\"\",\"credit\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"content_type\":\"Sound Recording\",\"featured\":\"\",\"public_access_url\":\"\"}]"],"Dates":["[{\"date\":\"1983-07-01\",\"type\":\"Performance Date\",\"notes\":\"Friday at 2:00pm-3:30pm\",\"source\":\"Conference program\"}]"],"Location":["[{\"url\":\"https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/83433307\",\"venue\":\"Angus Building, University of British Columbia, Room A328\",\"notes\":\"\",\"address\":\"Vancouver, British Columbia\",\"latitude\":\"49.26503765\",\"longitude\":\"-123.25386541436339\"}]"],"Address":["Vancouver, British Columbia"],"Venue":["Angus Building, University of British Columbia, Room A328"],"City":["Vancouver, British Columbia"],"Note":["[]"],"Related_works":["[]"],"_version_":1853670556040167424,"timestamp":"2026-01-07T15:00:00.367Z","score":5.019931}]