Canadian feminist lawyer and women’s advocate
Today’s blog contains subject matter that may be distressing to some readers. Trigger warnings first appeared a few decades ago. They initially existed largely in the academic world and social media and were intended to let students/readers know that the Continue reading Warning!
British Columbia lawyer Michael Ranspot, who I’ll come back to in a minute, is not someone for the profession to be proud of; but jokes are not the way to deal with him. Some of those many lawyer jokes are Continue reading No joking matter
The federal government’s Status of Women Committee is currently conducting a study on intimate partner and domestic violence in Canada, in which it is examining: the causes of intimate partner violence (IPV), including toxic masculinity, specifically in teen relationships; how Continue reading Taking it to the Hill
On September 22, 2015, Basil Borutski killed Carol Culleton, Anastasia Kuzyk and Nathalie Warmerdam; all women with whom he had been intimately involved. Borutski, who had a history of violence towards women dating back at least 30 years, is now serving Continue reading We remember