Canadian feminist lawyer and women’s advocate
Keira Kagan’s favourite t-shirt was emblazoned with the words “I can change the world.” Tragically, she had little time to do that: on February 9, 2020, four-year-old Keira died while in her father’s care in a manner that Ontario’s Domestic Continue reading Changing the world
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
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
Last week, I wrote about the report prepared by the Domestic Violence Death Review Committee (DVDRC) into the 2020 death of four-year-old Keira Kagan. Another report, prepared by child protection expert and Toronto Metropolitan University professor Kim Snow for the Continue reading A damning report (part two)