Canadian feminist lawyer and women’s advocate
In 1989, I was a second-year law student at Queen’s University. December 6 began like any other Wednesday in our busy household. In other words, it was not memorable. I assume that, as usual, I rose before the sun to Continue reading A time to reflect
Cherie (not her real name) left her abusive partner three years ago and, with her children, moved to a new community for a fresh start. She signed up to volunteer in her son’s kindergarten class and was told she had Continue reading Starting over
A lot of changes are needed to make the family law/court system work for survivors of family violence and their children. One of the first is for the system to stop treating violence within families as though it is a Continue reading What about the men?
In 1927, section 24 of the British North America Act – at the time, Canada’s Constitution and therefore its highest law – said that only “qualified persons” could be appointed to the Senate. Until this time, the government had interpreted Continue reading Iron in our souls