Skip to content
Pamela Cross

Pamela Cross

Canadian feminist lawyer and women’s advocate

Menu

Primary menu

  • Home
  • About
  • Presentations
  • Media
  • Publications
  • Disclaimer

Category Archives: Systemic analysis

Standing up, sitting down, speaking out

Posted on September 28, 2021 by Pamela Cross — No Comments ↓

There are varying opinions about how many of the 94 Calls to Action contained in the Final Report of Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) have been implemented. According to a June 2021 article in the National Post, 13 recommendations Continue reading Standing up, sitting down, speaking out→

Posted in Systemic analysis | Leave a reply

“Who’s to say it can’t happen to me?”

Posted on September 21, 2021 by Pamela Cross — No Comments ↓

These words, from a student at Western University last week, should serve as a powerful and plaintive reminder that we need to do more — much more — to end the rape culture prevalent at post-secondary institutions in this country. Continue reading “Who’s to say it can’t happen to me?”→

Posted in Sexual violence, Systemic analysis | Leave a reply

It could happen here

Posted on September 7, 2021 by Pamela Cross — No Comments ↓

State Bill 8 (SB 8) came into effect in Texas a week ago. This law bans abortions once a woman is six weeks into a pregnancy. As anyone who has been pregnant knows very well, not many women know they Continue reading It could happen here→

Posted in Systemic analysis | Leave a reply

Half the population

Posted on August 31, 2021 by Pamela Cross — No Comments ↓

Now is certainly a better time than ever before to be a girl or woman in Canada. It is also better to be a girl or woman here than in many other parts of the world; the present situation in Continue reading Half the population→

Posted in Systemic analysis, Women's equality | Leave a reply

Post navigation

← Older posts
Newer posts →

Primary Sidebar Widget Area

Book cover: And sometimes they kill you: Confronting the epidemic of intimate partner violence. Pamela Cross. Learn about my book, And Sometimes They Kill You: Confronting the epidemic of intimate partner violence

Learn about my professional services on the issue of violence against women and the law.

Recent posts

  • It’s never okay
  • The ancestors of tomorrow
  • Dignity, autonomy & equality
  • Staying isn’t choosing
  • Still not getting it right

Sign up

Receive an email notification when I post a new article

I will not sell your email address. You may unsubscribe at any time.

Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription.

Categories

  • Criminal law
  • Family law
  • Femicide
  • Lawyers & legal aid
  • Marriage & divorce
  • Media
  • Medical assistance in dying
  • Ontario government
  • Parenting arrangements
  • Restorative justice
  • Safety
  • Sexual assault
  • Sexual violence
  • Systemic analysis
  • Uncategorized
  • Violence against women in the family
  • Women's equality

Archives

  • About
  • Professional Services
  • Presentations
  • Media
  • Publications

Pamela lives, works and plays on land that is the traditional territory of the Huron-Wendat, Anishnaabec and Haudenosaunee peoples, whose presence, along with that of Metis, Inuit and other First Nations peoples from across Turtle Island, endures here.

Copyright © 2026 Pamela Cross. All Rights Reserved.
Theme: Catch Box by Catch Themes
Go to Header Section