Canada and Title IX

"The New Women's Movement." The New Women's Movement. Web. 30 Apr. 2012. <http://thenewwomensmovement.tumblr.com/>.

 
Origin: "Canada Says No to Title IX." Stand Your Ground. Web. 03 Apr. 2012. <http://standyourground.com/forums/index.php?topic=12688.0>.


Summary: The source is about how the Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sports  (CAAWS) wants Canada to adopt a similar to Title IX like the United States. It provides statistics about how Title IX was extremely beneficial for women but not necessarily for men. Between 1985 and 1997, opportunities for men fell 12 percent, while they rose 16 percent for women. Despite Canada not having a  policy like Title IX many Canadians argued that many universities already have gender policies and give females the leverage to force change on campus. In June 2000, Canada adopted a policy from the CIS that required institutions to provide the same number of athletic awards to male and female athletes by 2005. The source mentions that 66% of athletic awards go to men.


Value: Primary Source, Compares women statistics to men, mentions important dates, one perspective, comments from other people, not only about Canada, and it's informal. 


Limitation: Bias, doesn't say why Canada doesn't have the Title IX policy, doesn't tell institutions that do have gender policies, and it doesn't mention institutions that don't have gender policies.

Analysis: This source is an example of a failure of the feminist movement but at the same time an accomplishment. It shows that America has changed it's ways and adopted a policy making things equal for women but not other places in the world. The feminist movements primary focus was in America when it should have been on women all over the world. It shows that they were successful because the Title IX was established in America but unsuccessful because the policy doesn't apply anywhere else. At the same time it's an accomplishment because Canada sees what the American women did during the feminist movement and it aspires them to do the same. It gives other women hope and motivates them to get equal right for themselves. Even though it isn't a policy in Canada, because of Title IX gender equalities are already established in certain institutions in Canada. They just need to work to make it a policy so everywhere in Canada all women will have the same opportunities.