Canadian feminist lawyer and women’s advocate
After several months of intense work, Women’s Shelters Canada (WSC) today launches its Roadmap to a National Action Plan on Violence Against Women and Gender-Based Violence. Its report to guide the implementation of the NAP was submitted to Minister for Continue reading Achieving a GBV-free Canada
Kingston, like other cities across Canada, has been engaged in discussions about what to do with the many symbols of white colonialism that dot the community. As the home – however short-lived – of John A. Macdonald, there are plenty Continue reading Looking for hope (part 12)
As fathers are celebrated next Sunday, few of the toasts raised to dads at family barbecues or on Hallmark cards will ask what a father is. Easy, you say. A father is the male parent of a child. But, as Continue reading What makes a father?
Hope is buried more deeply some weeks than others. My morning walks over the past several days have been slow, and not just because of the weight of the humidity. Early in the week, I mulled over the largely rhetoric-filled Continue reading Looking for hope (part 11)