This sub-series comprises records relating to a broad array of progressive organizations and initiatives in the fields of social welfare, health care, and culture in which June Callwood played an active role. Her files for Mothers on Trial, a group representing women involved in court cases for custody of their children, hold letters and legal documentation from group spokesperson Christina Benson, mothers discussing their family law cases, and even some fathers describing their experiences with child custody law. There is also correspondence from lawyers and government officials commenting on her articles on Mothers on Trial, including letters from Judge Lynn King and Dr. Jim Henderson, and printed reference material on the judicial system and family law. Callwood's records relating to the Harmony Movement, an organization promoting racial harmony and cultural diversity, show her involvement as a contributor to its newsletter and publicity campaigns, and her work on the planning committee for a travelling exhibit created by "PhotoSensitive", titled "Them=Us". Her files hold minutes, exhibition schedules, newsletters, and an introductory text to the book on the exhibit. She solicited literary contributions for the book from writers Anne Michaels, Tomson Highway, Uma Parameswaran, Rosemary Sullivan, Wayson Choy, Guy Vanderhaeghe, Margaret Atwood, Timothy Findley, Carol Shields, Sky Dancer Louise, Nino Ricci, Dennis Lee, Myrna Kostash, Pierre Berton, Susan Musgrave, Austin Clarke, Lesley Choyce, and Marie-Claire Blais.
The cultural field is heavily represented with her work for the Canada Council, the CBC Ours to Keep Campaign, and the Toronto Arts Awards. She served as juror for the Governor-General's Awards for Non-Fiction for the Canada Council for which there is judging notes, clippings, press releases, and correspondence with John H. Archer, George Bain, and Kenneth McNaught. She was also a member of its Writing and Publishing Advisory Committee for which her files hold minutes, notes, correspondence with Erna Paris, Susan Crean, and Ann Charney. Callwood was a founding member of the CBC Ours to Keep Campaign in 1996, which lobbied on behalf of the CBC in response to budget cuts. This material includes correspondence, minutes of meetings, newsletters, petition forms, clippings, and music and words to the CBC Unity Train Song. June was also active at the municipal level on the Board of Directors and jury committees for the Toronto Arts Awards. Her files include the proposal for the creation of an arts award, minutes of meetings, draft incorporation documents, lists of potential jurors, the program for the 1st Awards, financial records, and correspondence, including letters from Charles Taylor, Peter Herrndorf, and Peter Caldwell.
In the field of health care, Callwood served on the Board of Directors of The Willow Ontario Breast Cancer and Resource Centre for which her files include correspondence (including a letter from its president Sharon Hampson, of Sharon, Lois and Bram fame) on her resignation from the Board, minutes of meetings, by-laws, reports of the Ministry of Health, and a directory of support services for persons with breast cancer. She was a founding member of the Kumbaya Festival Foundation, a group raising money for AIDS hospices, AIDS education programs, and financial assistance for people living with AIDS, primarily through the proceeds of an annual charity concert. The Kumbaya files contain minutes, publicity material, financial statements, lists of AIDS hospices and support services, and correspondence with other members, including Molly Johnson and Theresa Dobko. Records of Callwood's work on behalf of the Maggie's Toronto Prostitutes Community Service Project, Canadian Mental Health Association, and Ontario Advisory Committee on Assistive Devices are described more fully at sub-sub-series level.
In addition to the organizations described above, Callwood served on the Board of Directors or in other active capacities with an array of social, educational, and health organizations ranging from the national level to the neighbourhood which are documented in this sub-series, including Fair Vote Canada; the Canadian Centre for Philanthropy's Imagine Project; Connecting Seniors of Canada; Women's Television Network; Dufferin Mall Family Place; the United Way of Metro Toronto; Etobicoke General Hospital; Frosst Health Care Foundation; Muriel McQueen Fergusson Foundation; North York Library as Writer-in-Residence; Statistics Canada's symposium on effective citizenship; and the Sparrow Lake Alliance.
