Canadian feminist lawyer and women’s advocate
Many years ago, my partner and I went to a weekend gathering at a rural community of political activists whose work was deeply rooted in their Christian beliefs. When we arrived, we were assigned sleeping quarters for the weekend. Much Continue reading Wedded or not
In Miriam Toew’s remarkable book, “Women Talking,” the women members of an isolated religious sect come together to talk about what they should do in response to the realization that, over many years, most of them, as well as many Continue reading Screaming into the void
Last week, the final report of the Nova Scotia Mass Casualty Commission, entitled Turning the Tide Together, was released. The Commission was an independent public inquiry convened by the federal government and the government of Nova Scotia in October 2020 Continue reading Declaring hard truths
Almost exactly a year ago, I wrote here about a groundbreaking family court decision, in which Justice Mandhane of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice recognized a new family law tort of family violence and awarded the wife in the Continue reading Our day in court