Canadian feminist lawyer and women’s advocate
The sexual assault trial earlier this year of five former members of Canada’s national junior hockey team focused attention across the country on sexual violence as well as on hockey culture. Many of us who work with survivors and victims Continue reading Taking back the night
When we had friends over for dinner recently, we found ourselves – as usual – talking about the state of the world. The general consensus was that these are the worst times in all the years we have been alive. Continue reading Thinking globally
After following and commenting on the hockey player sexual assault trial earlier this year, which culminated last month in not-surprising acquittals for the five former Team Canada players who had been charged, I thought I could put hockey and sexual Continue reading A gap that didn’t need filling
It would be a mistake to dismiss the final report of the independent review into B.C.’s legal system’s treatment of intimate partner violence and sexual assault as just another list of recommendations that we’ve already heard before. While there are Continue reading “We know what to do”