Michelle Poirier Brown

Activism

After a legal battle that lasted more than six years, Michelle was the first woman in Canada to win a court case establishing reasonable accommodation in the workplace for breastfeeding women. 

Currently, fonds containing her legal materials, case-related presentations, scrapbooks, publications, and audio and audio visual materials can be found at the University of Victoria’s Special Collections and University Archives in Victoria, BC.

If you would like to view a more detailed inventory of what these fonds contain, or if you would like to visit the fonds to view the materials, you can find more information here. 

Please see more material regarding Michelle’s landmark case below.

From The Province, Aug. 12, 1997
From The Vancouver Sun, Aug. 12, 1997
From The Vancouver Sun, Aug. 12, 1997
From Times Colonist, Aug. 12, 1997