Canadian feminist lawyer and women’s advocate
The mandate of Ontario’s Domestic Violence Death Review Committee (DVDRC) is to assist the Chief Coroner in the review of domestic violence related deaths after an initial investigation has been completed by a coroner, and to make recommendations to help Continue reading Learning from the dead to help the living
Dog the Bounty Hunter who, with his gang of thugs – sorry, I mean, team of relatives — hunts down those who have skipped out on their bail and drags them back to court may have no place in the Continue reading A bill we don’t need
Almost 40 years ago, then-Chair of the Frontenac County Board of Education, Bruce Warmington, made some blatantly homophobic remarks about gay teachers. I was a school board trustee at the time and, at the next school board meeting, called for Continue reading Everything old . . .
Last Thursday, when I spoke at the AGM of The Redwood — a women’s shelter celebrating 30 years of operation — was a hot and steamy day. The event was held in a community hub with no air conditioning and, Continue reading 30 years of serving women