Canadian feminist lawyer and women’s advocate
In June 2017, 29-year-old Sandra Ameralik, who had six children and was 29 weeks pregnant, stabbed her husband, Howie Aaluk, with a kitchen knife, and he died. Sandra was charged with second-degree murder. More than three and a half years Continue reading Judges making a difference
Many of us have – with varying degrees of enthusiasm and success– adapted to spending hours a day on Zoom. Some of us have become fairly proficient, learning how to share our screens and use backdrops that hide our messy Continue reading Keeping despair at bay (part 12)
In February 2020, before the pandemic became the only news any of us followed, the big story for many of us was the Indigenous resistance to stop development of Coastal GasLink’s natural gas pipeline across the land of the Wet’suwet’en Continue reading One year later
When the week began, I felt a bit like this snow sculpture. Once a cheerful friend I passed on my daily walks, it has been slowly disappearing through a few thaws and refreezes; its jaunty top hat is now missing Continue reading Keeping despair at bay (part 11)