Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1974 - 2015 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
Audio
Overall total number of items: 244. Overall total runtime: 153:20:53.
• 75 audio cassettes, RT 59:58:15
• 1 audio cassette : DAT, RT 0:52:07
• 14 audio records : 33 1/3 rpm ; 12 in., RT 5:52:56
• 1 audio record : 45 rpm ; 12 in., RT 0:16:43
• 16 audio records : 45 rpm ; 7 in., RT 2:26:53
• 1 open reel : audio ; 1/4 in., 4 in. reel, RT 0:04:00
• 6 open reels : audio ; 1/4 in., 5 in. reel, RT 1:25:20
• 6 open reels : audio ; 1/4 in., 7 in. reel, RT 0:33:24
• 6 open reels : audio ; 1/4 in., 10 in. reel, RT 1:24:50
• 9 open reels : audio ; 2 in., 10 1/2 in. reel, RT 2:55:25
• 87 optical discs : CD ; audio, RT 61:36:53
• 19 optical discs : CD-R ; audio, RT 12:15:12
• 1 video cassette : Beta, RT 0:20:00
• 2 video cassettes : Betacam, RT 3:18:55
Data
Overall total number of items: 17.
• 1 computer disk : magnetic ; 3 1/2 in. EZ 135 Drive
• 1 computer disk : magnetic ; 5 1/4 in. floppy
• 14 optical discs : CD-R ; data
• 1 optical disc : DVD-R ; data
Graphic
Overall total number of items: 383. Total b&w: 126. Total colour: 257.
• 1 ad slick : b&w ; 8 1/2 x 11 in.
• 12 art proofs : b&w ; dimensions variable
• 8 flyers : b&w ; 4 x 5 in.
• 6 flyers : b&w ; 4 x 5 1/2 in.
• 2 flyers : b&w ; 4 x 9 in.
• 15 flyers : b&w ; 8 1/2 x 11 in.
• 1 flyer : b&w ; 8 1/2 x 14 in.
• 3 flyers : b&w ; dimensions variable
• 1 negative transparency : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
• 1 photoreproduction : b&w ; 7 x 11 in.
• 2 postcards : b&w ; 4 x 6 in.
• 11 posters : b&w ; dimensions variable
• 26 posters : b&w ; 8 1/2 x 11 in.
• 16 posters : b&w ; 8 1/2 x 14 in.
• 1 poster : b&w ; 10 x 16 in.
• 1 poster : b&w ; 10 x 16 in., mounted
• 3 posters : b&w ; 11 x 14 in.
• 5 posters : b&w ; 11 x 17 in.
• 1 poster mock-up : b&w ; 10 x 15 in., mounted on cardboard
• 10 transparencies : b&w : dimensions variable
• 8 architectural drawings : colour ; 11 x 17 in.
• 16 art proofs : colour ; 8 1/2 x 11 in.
• 25 art proofs : colour ; 11 x 14 in.
• 2 artwork reproductions : colour ; dimensions variable
• 3 cassette case inserts : colour ; dimensions variable
• 1 drawing : coloured pencil on paper ; 8 1/2 x 12 in.
• 9 drawings : ink on paper ; 8 1/2 x 11 in.
• 46 drawings : ink on acetate ; 8 1/2 x 11 in.
• 34 drawings : ink on tissue ; 8 1/2 x 11 in.
• 7 flyers : colour ; 3 x 4 in.
• 4 flyers : colour ; 4 x 6 in.
• 6 flyers : colour ; 5 x 6 in.
• 8 flyers : colour ; 5 x 7 in.
• 4 flyers : colour ; 8 1/2 x 11 in.
• 11 flyers : colour ; dimensions variable
• 1 photoreproduction : colour ; 7 x 8 1/2 in., mounted on cardboard
• 2 postcards : colour ; 4 x 6 in.
• 13 posters : colour ; 8 1/2 x 11 in.
• 10 posters : colour ; 8 1/2 x 14 in.
• 11 posters : colour ; 11 x 17 in.
• 5 posters : colour ; 18 x 24 in.
• 26 posters : colour ; dimensions variable
• 5 poster proofs : colour ; 8 1/2 x 11 in.
Moving Image
Overall total number of items: 79. Overall total runtime: 15:45:12. Total b&w: 15. Total colour: 64.
• 2 reels : b&w negative ; 16mm, 1400 ft., RT 0:38:53
• 4 reels : original b&w negative ; 16mm, 3100 ft., RT 1:26:05
• 9 reels : b&w print : 16mm, 2830 ft., RT 1:18:34
• 7 reels : colour negative ; 16mm, 4170 ft., RT 1:55:56
• 3 reel : original colour negative ; 16mm, 900 ft., 0:25:00
• 9 reels : colour negative ; 35mm, 5900 ft., RT 1:05:29
• 2 reels : original colour negative ; 35mm, 1615 ft., RT 0:17:56
• 11 reels : colour print ; 16mm, 4575 ft., RT 1:52:03
• 1 reel : colour print ; 35mm, 100 ft., RT 01:01:06
• 20 reels : colour print ; 8mm, 1500 ft., RT 1:27:00
• 5 reels : colour print ; Super 8mm, 2000 ft., 2:15:00
• 1 reel : colour reversal ; 16mm, 100 ft., 0:02:46
• 4 reels : magnetic audio ; 16mm, 4000 ft., RT 1:51:04
• 1 reel : optical soundtrack ; 16mm, 300 ft., 0:08:20
Object
Overall total number of items: 66.
• 22 banknotes : dimensions variable
• 2 CD cases : 5 x 5 1/2 in.
• 2 cotton T-shirts : dimensions variable
• 2 gobos : dimensions variable
• 26 identification cards : dimensions variable
• 1 identification card : 3 1/2 x 4 in., with lanyard, 17 in.
• 3 lanyards : 16 in.
• 1 photo album : 2 1/2 x 8 x 13 in.
• 3 record sleeves : 7 x 7 in.
• 4 statuettes : dimensions variable
Photograph
Overall total number of items: 1717. Total b&w: 475. Total colour: 1242.
• 43 contact sheets : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
• 90 contact sheets : b&w ; dimensions variable
• 1 Polaroid photograph : b&w ; 3 1/2 x 4 in.
• 16 prints : b&w ; 3 1/2 x 5 in.
• 12 prints : b&w ; 5 x 7 in.
• 157 prints : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
• 8 prints : b&w ; dimensions variable
• 141 frame negatives : b&w ; 35mm
• 7 negative transparencies : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
• 11 contact sheets : colour ; 8 x 10 in.
• 2 contact sheets : colour ; dimensions variable
• 68 frame negatives ; colour ; 35mm
• 1 negative transparency : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
• 2 optical discs : CD-R ; 30 JPEG files
• 13 Polaroid photographs : colour ; 3 1/2 x 4 in.
• 19 Polaroid photographs : colour ; 4 x 4 in.
• 56 prints : colour ; 3 1/2 x 5 in.
• 407 prints : colour ; 4 x 6 in.
• 33 prints : colour ; 5 x 7 in.
• 14 prints : colour ; 8 x 10 in.
• 2 prints : colour ; 8 1/2 x 11 in.
• 320 transparencies : colour ; 35mm, mounted
• 14 transparencies : colour ; 35mm, unmounted
• 280 transparencies : colour ; 120mm
Textual
Overall total: 4.29 meters, textual materials.
Video
Overall total number of items: 209. Overall total runtime: 184:10:02
• 1 digital video disc : DVD, RT 1:05:53
• 5 digital video discs : DVD-R, RT 6:22:51
• 1 open reel : video ; 1 in., 6 1/2 in. reel, RT 0:04:20
• 1 open reel : video ; 1 in., 8 in. reel, RT 0:05:00
• 41 video cassettes : 3/4 in. Umatic, RT 16:11:09
• 12 video cassettes : Betacam, RT 3:26:40
• 21 video cassettes : Betacam SP, RT 8:52:22
• 1 video cassette : MiniDV, RT 1:00:00
• 126 video cassettes : VHS, RT 147:01:47
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Lorraine Segato, CM (b. 1956) is a musician, songwriter, filmmaker, event producer and social justice activist. Born in Hamilton, Ontario in 1956, Segato became interested in music at a young age, and started playing guitar at the age of 11. Her first gig was at her own high school graduation from Sir Allan MacNab Secondary School. After high school, Segato attended Sheridan College from 1974-1976, majoring in film while also studying audio recording and engineering.
Segato moved to Toronto in 1978 and became the vocalist for the radical feminist rock band, Mama Quilla II. The band played various rallies and benefit concerts and appeared regularly at venues such as the Horseshoe Tavern, the El Mocambo, and Cameron House. While playing with Mama Quilla II, Segato also joined the world-music infused band V alongside Mama Quilla II drummer Billy Bryans.
In 1982, Bryans was approached by the organizers of the Toronto International Film Festival to perform at the festival. Bryans agreed, but there were scheduling conflicts with the members of Mama Quilla II and V, so Segato and Bryans formed The Parachute Club to play the gig. The new band - featuring Segato on vocals, Lauri Conger on keyboards and vocals, Julie Masi on percussion, Margo Davidson on saxophone, Steve Webster and David Gray on guitar, and Bryans on drums – was an overnight success. The band was signed by Current Records shortly after their performance, and on July 11, 1983 they released their self-titled debut album.
The lead single from the first record was “Rise Up”. Written by Segato, Bryans, Conger, and Lynne Fernie and produced by Daniel Lanois, the song was a positive call for peace, freedom, and social change that resonated powerfully with listeners. The Parachute Club first performed the song at the Toronto Pride Parade in 1983, and the parade attendees embraced the song with so much enthusiasm that they rushed the stage. The song became an anthem at various times for gay rights, feminism, anti-racism, as well as the New Democratic Party. It was also a major hit for the group, reaching number 9 on the Canadian RPM 50 singles charts, and number 26 on the Billboard Dance Music/Club Play Singles charts. It also won a Juno Award for Single of the Year in 1984, while The Parachute Club won a Juno for Most Promising Group of the Year that same year.
Following personnel changes (Steve Webster left the band and was replaced by Keir Brownstone), The Parachute Club released their next album, “At the Feet of the Moon” in 1984. The title track becoming another Canadian Top 40 hit. In 1985, the group received both the Juno Award and CASBY Award for Group of the Year. That same year, the released a limited edition EP, “Moving Thru' The Moonlight”, which featured dance remixes of some of their most popular songs.
The band followed up this success with the album “Small Victories”, in 1986, which spawned the group’s third Canadian Top 40 hit, “Love is Fire” with guest vocals by John Oates of the group Hall & Oates. This single earned the band another Juno Award for Video of the Year in 1987. That year, both Julie Masi and Lauri Conger left the band. The remaining group members released a single in 1988, “Big Big World” in support of activists hoping to halt a clear-cutting campaign in the Stein Valley in British Columbia. The Parachute Club officially disbanded in 1989, with former members going on to pursue other careers and projects. Over the years, the Parachute Club reunited occasionally with various lineups. Founding members Margo Davidson and Billy Bryans passed away in 2008 and 2012 respectively.
After The Parachute Club broke up, Segato focused on a solo music career. Her first solo record, “Phoenix” was released in 1990, followed by “Luminous City” in 1998 and “Invincible Decency” in 2015.
“Phoenix” also gave Segato more opportunities to explore her interests in filmmaking. Before her solo debut, Segato had co-directed a short film, “Worth Every Minute” (1987), and served as a creative contributor on several of The Parachute Club’s music videos. For “Phoenix,” Segato stepped into the co-director role for her music videos, including “Givin’ It All We Got” and “Don’t Give it Away.” Segato also directed the music video for “Good Medicine”, which doubled as a national drug and alcohol awareness campaign video for the Canadian Auto Workers.
Segato continued to work in film, directing, writing, and producing “QSW: The Rebel Zone” (2001), a documentary about the thriving music and art scene of Toronto’s Queen Street West in the late 70s and early 80s. In 2015, she worked with filmmaker Shelley Saywell on the documentary film “Lowdown Tracks.” She has also worked as a composer for film and television on projects such as CTV’s “National Drug Test,” (1988) Lynne Fernie’s film “Apples and Oranges” (2003) and “Status Quo: The Unfinished Business of Feminism in Canada” (2012). And, as an actor, Segato appeared in the short film “Heart Songs” (1992) and the comedic documentary “The pINCO Triangle” (1999).
Segato has also worked as a writer, contributing articles to publications such as “NOW” and “Xtra”, as well as a chapter in the anthology book “Shakin’ All Over: The Rock N' Roll Years in the U.S. and Canada.”
Never far from her activist roots, Segato has also continued to uplift voices for social change. In 2003, Alongside Lynne Fernie, Segato wrote a campaign song for Jack Layton. As an event producer, Segato has worked on the Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards, “House Party,” a benefit concert for the homeless in Toronto, and “Hope Rising”, a benefit concert for the Stephen Lewis Foundation. As the Regent Park Artist in Residency, Segato produced a series of concerts entitled “Wild Women Don’t Get the Blues” to promote established and emerging female artists. “Rise Up” has also continued to be a rallying cry. In 2011, Segato performed a rendition of the song at the state funeral of Jack Layton. A remix of the song was also released in 2014 to coincide with WorldPride in Toronto. And in 2019, Segato released another new version of the song with the New Parachute Collective to raise funds for the “RiseUp Share Your Power Initiative,” a mentorship program pairing newer artists with more experienced ones.
Lorraine Segato was named to the Order of Canada in 2022. She was also recently shortlisted for the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2023 City of Hamilton Arts Awards. In 2023, the Parachute Club was inducted into Canada’s Walk of Fame.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
This fonds has been arranged in two different ways. The first is an arrangement scheme based on the creator’s order by box number. The second arrangement divides the fonds into a series of functional classifications based on the creator’s career and work. Those series, and subseries are as follows:
Series One: Early Recording Career
This series includes audio recordings made by Segato in 1977 while she was attending Sheridan College. It also includes two recordings by the No Frills Band (which included members of Segato’s first band, Mama Quilla II).
Series Two: Mama Quilla II
This series includes records related to Segato’s first band, Mama Quilla II. It has been arranged into subseries as follows:
Subseries One: Press Clippings
This subseries includes press materials pertaining to Mama Quilla II, including press kits, newspaper and magazine clippings, and a softcover book featuring Mama Quilla II.
Subseries Two: Photos and Posters
This subseries includes posters for various Mama Quilla II gigs, as well as photographs of the band.
Subseries Three: Recordings
This subseries includes a commercial 12” record released by Mama Quilla II, as well as outtakes and songs on ¼ in. audio tape.
Series Three: V
This series includes records related to Segato’s band with Mojah, Jeffrey Holdip, Terry Wilkins and Billy Bryans. This series includes posters for various V gigs.
Series Four: Parachute Club
This series includes records related to The Parachute Club. It has been arranged into subseries as follows:
Subseries One: Business and Legal Files
This subseries includes records related to the business and legal affairs of The Parachute Club. This includes correspondence, various contracts, music licensing and sync agreements, royalty statements, budgets, financial details and expense reports, tour riders, tour itineraries, management company proposals and strategies, and merchandising reports. This subseries also contains records related to a lawsuit launched by members of The Parachute Club against EMI for use of the song “Rise Up” in advertising.
Subseries Two: Press Clippings
This subseries includes various newspaper and magazine clippings pertaining to The Parachute Club.
Subseries Three: Ephemera
This subseries includes ephemeral materials related to The Parachute Club, including invitations, flyers, guests lists and other planning documents related to their self-titled album release party at the Bamboo Club. It includes various programmes, flyers, photographs, and backstage passes relating to Parachute Club gigs. It also includes notebooks belonging to Segato, containing song lyrics and journal entries. Finally, this subseries includes promotional items such as a branded folder for “At the Feet of the Moon” as well as a Parachute Club t-shirt.
Subseries Four: Awards and Honours
This subseries includes records related to awards and honours received by The Parachute Club. This includes Juno nomination certificates, a Northern Lights for Africa Society certificate and correspondence from various dignitaries. It also includes a Juno Award for Best Video, “Love is Fire,” a CASBY Award for Album of the Year, “Small Victories”, and two CFNY U-Know Awards, 1983 Most Promising Female, Lorraine Segato and 1984 Female Vocal of the Year, Lorraine Segato. This subseries also includes the Juno Awards Official 1984 Program, the year The Parachute Club won the Juno for Single of the Year, “Rise Up.”
Subseries Five: Music Videos
This subseries includes records related to the making of The Parachute Club’s music videos. This includes rushes and raw footage on video as well as film. It includes rough cuts and offlines of various videos on video, as well as some finished, final music videos on VHS. This subseries also includes music video budgets, treatments, proposals, crew lists, shoot schedules, and set designs (particularly for the U.S. version of “Rise Up”).
Subseries Six: Performances & Appearances
This subseries includes records related to The Parachute Club’s performances and appearances. It includes set lists from various shows, videos of live performances, as well as videos of interviews and appearances on television.
Subseries Seven: Photos
This subseries includes photographs, negatives, transparencies, and contact sheets related to The Parachute Club. This includes candid snapshots of tours, performances, events, and studio recording sessions, as well as promotional and press photographs.
Subseries Eight: Posters
This subseries includes posters and flyers for various Parachute Club gigs.
Subseries Nine: Recordings
This subseries includes records related to recordings by The Parachute Club. This includes original recordings on ¼” audio tape, as well as commercial LPs, 45s and cassettes of The Parachute Club’s singles and albums. This subseries also includes liner notes and sample album artwork for a demo recording.
Subseries Ten: Billy Bryans’ Materials
This subseries includes records created by and related to Billy Bryans of The Parachute Club and Mama Quilla II. This includes press clippings, flyers, posters, photos, and ephemera related to his time in Mama Quilla II and The Parachute Club. This subseries also includes photographs and press kit materials related to his first band, MG & The Escorts. Finally, this subseries includes records related to Billy Bryans’ music promotion and DJ-ing work, post-Parachute Club – which consists of photographs, flyers, press clippings, album charts, and ephemera.
Series Five: Solo Career
This series includes records related to Lorraine Segato’s solo music career. It has been arranged into subseries as follows:
Subseries One: Business and Legal Files
This subseries includes records related to the business and legal affairs of Lorraine Segato’s solo music career. This includes correspondence, various contracts and agreements, album budgets, loan applications and loan agreements, album investor reports, royalties and publishing statements, press releases, performance agreements and gig riders.
Subseries Two: Press Clippings
This subseries includes various newspaper and magazine clippings pertaining to Lorraine Segato’s solo music career.
Subseries Three: Ephemera
This subseries includes ephemeral materials related to Segato’s solo music career, and consists of festival, concert, and theatre performance programmes and 1 t-shirt.
Subseries Four: Music Videos
This subseries includes records related to the making of Lorraine Segato’s music videos. This includes rushes and raw footage on video tape as well as film. It includes rough cuts and offlines of various videos on video tape, as well as some finished, final music videos on video tape. This subseries also includes music video scripts, treatments, director notes, storyboards, budgets, crew lists, call sheets, and location scouting photographs.
Subseries Five: Performances and Appearances
This subseries includes records related to Lorraine Segato’s solo performances and appearances. It includes performance agreements, guest lists, ticket stubs, and set lists. It also includes photographs of performances, as well as video tapes of performances and interviews.
Subseries Seven: Posters
This series includes posters and flyers related to various Lorraine Segato solo performances.
Subseries Eight: Recordings
This subseries includes records related to solo recordings by Lorraine Segato. Included in this are original recordings on 2” audio tape, as well as track sheets and cue lists, and commercial 45s, cassette and compact discs of Segato’s singles and albums. This series also includes reference tapes and demo tapes on cassette.
Series Six: Filmmaking
This series includes records related to Lorraine Segato’s filmmaking work. It is arranged in the following subseries:
Subseries One: Early Work
This subseries consists of records related to Segato’s early filmmaking work, particularly work done at Sheridan College. This includes original negatives, prints of rushes and films, and magnetic audio. It also includes a small amount of correspondence, a film festival participation certificate and programme, and a broadcast acceptance sheet pertaining to Segato’s short film “Larking.”
Subseries Two: “Good Medicine”
This subseries consists of records related to Lorraine Segato’s directorial work on “Good Medicine,” a music video for the single of the same name and campaign video for CAW, produced with Barna-Alper productions. This includes work tapes and rushes on video cassette. It also includes auditions on video cassette. This series also includes finished copies of the campaign video on VHS and Betacam. Note that other materials pertaining to “Good Medicine” can also be found in Series Five, Subseries Four: Music Videos. For other records pertaining to the CAW campaign, see also Series Twelve: Issues & Activism.
Subseries Three: Queen Street West: The Rebel Zone
This subseries consists of records related to Lorraine Segato’s research, producing, and directorial work on the documentary film “Queen Street West: The Rebel Zone” as well as the film’s soundtrack. This includes an extensive number of research documents pertaining to the Toronto film music and art scene in the 1970s and 1980s. It also includes correspondence, press clippings, documentary treatments and outlines, budgets, funding applications, shot lists, scripts, lists of interview subjects, credits, and supers lists. This subseries also includes raw interview footage, work tapes, archival and research footage, and final copies of the completed production on video cassette. Finally, this subseries includes records related to the film’s soundtrack, including license agreements, soundtrack production budgets, liner notes, and album artwork proofs.
Subseries Four: Poetry Film
This subseries includes a video tape labeled “Poetry Film,” directed by Lorraine Segato.
Subseries Five: Worth Every Minute
This subseries includes a copy of the final mix version of “Worth Every Minute,” a film co-directed by Lorraine Segato, on video cassette. This subseries also includes a Mayworks Film Festival, at which this film was shown.
Subseries Six: Keep the Tribe Alive
This subseries consists of records related to a series of PSAs directed by Lorraine Segato. Included in this subseries are work tapes and dubs of these PSAs on video cassette.
Subseries Seven: Proposals
This subseries includes a music video proposal and budget for a Lillian Allen music video, to be directed by Lorraine Segato. It also includes a proposal for a television series created by Lorraine Segato and Rita Davies, as well as related correspondence.
Subseries Eight: Miscellaneous
This subseries includes film and video records that could not be ascribed to a particular production. It includes several reels of Super 8 film, as well as VHS tapes.
Series Seven: Acting
This series includes records related to Lorraine Segato’s acting career. This includes a copy of the film “Heart Songs” on Betacam and VHS, as well as press clippings and a flyer related to that film. It also includes a copy of the film “The pINCO Triangle”, as well as a flyer for that film.
Series Eight: Composing
This series includes related to Lorraine Segato’s composing work and original scores for film and television productions. Included are records related to “Apples and Oranges”, a film by Lynne Fernie with original music by Lorraine Segato. These consist of music cue sheets and lists, correspondence, invoices, music commission contracts, song lyrics, storyboards, work tapes, rough cuts, and finished versions of the production. It also includes records related “The National Drug Test”, a documentary with original music by Segato. These consist of documentary scripts, treatments, proposals, and a finished copy of the production on VHS. Finally, this series contains records related to documentary film “Status Quo: The Unfinished Business of Feminism in Canada,” with music by Lorraine Segato. These include correspondence, various contracts and agreements, correspondence and notes.
Series Nine: Event Management and Coordination
This series includes records related to Lorraine Segato’s event management and coordination work. It is arranged into subseries as follows:
Subseries One: The Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards
This subseries includes records to Segato’s event production work on the Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards in 2003 and 2004. Records included in this series include correspondence, event schedules and show running orders, invoices and estimates, show budgets, award nomination forms, lists of nominees and winners, seating charts, performer bios and releases, photographs of nominees and winners, performer itinerary and travel details, stage plots and technical requirements, scripts, speeches, media and press reports, show programmes, and backstage passes. This subseries also includes a substantial number of audio recordings on compact disc, submitted by potential nominees and performers for evaluation by the Awards. It also includes some video elements from the 2003 awards show, including nominee packs and a sponsor reel on Betacam SP cassettes.
Subseries Two: Peter Gzowski Event
This subseries includes records related to Segato’s event production work on “An Evening With Peter's Friends: A Celebration in Support of Peter Gzowski College", at Trent University. This includes the show script and programme, as well as the event schedule, correspondence, theatre rental contract, insurance documents, venue technical specifications and requirements, and performer technical riders. It also includes a compact disc of songs played at the event.
Subseries Three: House Party
This subseries includes records related to Segato’s event production work on “House Party”, a benefit concert for the Toronto Disaster Relief Committee. These records consist of correspondence, event project management reports, budgets, receipts and invoices, press releases, press clippings and media relations summaries, venue rental information, poster and art proofs, and photographs from the event. It also includes audio recordings by artists participating in the concert, as well as recordings of the concert on VHS.
Subseries Four: Jack it Up
This subseries includes records related to Segato’s event production work on “Jack it Up”, a fundraiser for Jack Layton. These records include and event proposal and budgets, a production meeting agenda, press releases, press clippings, media sign-in sheets, ticket stubs, riders, performance contracts, stage plots, as well as an all-access pass to the event.
Subseries Five: Hope Rising
This subseries includes records related to Segato’s event production work on “Hope Rising”, a benefit concert for the Stephen Lewis Foundation. Records in this subseries include correspondence, event schedules, show running orders, budgets, tech requirements, performer itineraries, and stage plots. It also includes original drawings of stage show artwork.
Subseries Six: Events – General
This subseries consists of records related to Segato’s event production company “It’s a Wrap,” including a promotional mailer and art proofs for company logos.
Series Ten: Public Speaking
This series consists of an audio tape of Lorraine Segato and others speaking at the 71st Annual Couchiching Conference: Urban Diversity and Cultural Expression.”
Series Eleven: Writing
This series consists of records related to Lorraine Segato’s writing work. This includes a speech written for the 2004 Junos. It also includes an author’s agreement for a chapter in the anthology book “Shakin’ All Over,” as well as drafts of said chapter and a copy of the book. It also includes articles for various publications, including Xtra and NOW, written by Segato. Finally, this series includes a folder of general correspondence.
Series Twelve: Issues & Activism
This series consists of records related to various issues and causes supported by Segato. This includes records related to Segato’s involvement with efforts to prevent clear cutting in the Stein Valley in British Columbia, including correspondence, press clippings, petitions, proposals, reports, and a thank you card from Chief Leonard Andrew, and Chief Ruby Dunstan. This series also includes a video tape of a performance by Lorraine Segato and others to benefit the Stein Valley conservation effort.
This series also includes records related to Segato’s involvement with the Kumbaya Festival, to benefit charities doing work around HIV and AIDS. This includes two Kumbaya Festival calendars.
This series also includes records related to the CAW “Good Medicine Substance Abuse Campaign”, consisting of correspondence, program brochures, a press kit and press clippings.
This series also includes the music and lyrics for a song written by Lorraine Segato and Lynne Fernie for Jack Layton’s 2003 federal NDP leadership campaign.
This series also includes records related to Segato’s research into women in music, for a Status of Women Report.
Finally this series includes two books about people experiencing homelessness in Toronto.
Series Thirteen: General Career
This series includes records related to Segato’s career in general, not easily ascribed to particular musical groups or events. It is arranged into the following subseries:
Subseries One: Press Clippings
This subseries consists of press clippings pertaining to Segato’s career in general, as well as flyers and photographs.
Subseries Two: Ephemera and Miscellaneous
This subseries consists of ephemera and other miscellaneous materials related to Segato’s career. Included in this series are an event pass, Segato’s bio and resume, and a Juno Awards Tenth Anniversary Special Issue book. There are also four video cassettes of various programs.
Subseries Three: Posters
This subseries includes posters with artwork by Barbara Klunder.
Series Fourteen: Box Inventory Lists
This series consists of original box inventory lists.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
TBD
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Preservation concerns may limit access, consult archivist.
Conditions governing reproduction
Media Commons Archives does not own copyright of collection materials. Consult rights holder for reproduction(s).
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Contact archivist for further finding aid information.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Dates of creation revision deletion
December 14, 2023