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Reference code
AC-S1-SS1-F5
Title
Léonie Couture
Date(s)
- 2011 (Creation)
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1 born digital moving image file in MP4 format (Moving Pictures Expert Group 4)
1 born digital textual transcript in PDF (Portable Document Format)
1 born digital textual transcript in PDF (Portable Document Format)
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Name of creator
(2010-)
Administrative history
Research and Curation was established in 2010, when it was originally called Research, Content and Scholarship. In 2011, when Collections moved to the Design + New Media department (later called Design + New Media & Collections), the Research, Content and Scholarship department name was then changed to Research and Curation.
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This file consists of an oral history interview with Léonie Couture, and associated documents. The interview was conducted by Isabelle Masson on December 14, 2011.
Ms. Couture speaks about:
• Her family life and childhood, and her experience with child abuse.
• Her interest and work in women’s movements in Montréal.
• Her interest in health and homelessness, and why she works with homeless women.
• Founding Herstreet, its services and what it offers homeless women in Montréal.
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Access to this material is restricted to users of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights Reference Centre. Please contact the Archivist at archivist [at] humanrights.ca to make an appointment to access this material.
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- French
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- Research and Curation (Creator)
- Léonie Couture (Subject)