Canadian feminist lawyer and women’s advocate
In November 2015, newly minted Prime Minister Trudeau announced his decision to implement Cabinet gender equality with the sunny ways statement: “Because it’s 2015.” Many of us took some hope from this positive beginning; a hope that has diminished steadily Continue reading Outnumbered & outranked
In a recent Zoom cocktail get-together, my colleagues and I found ourselves discussing whether or not we liked violent films and, if so, what appealed to us. Most of us agreed that we took some satisfaction from films in which Continue reading Feminism and revenge
In the mid-1980s, I ran for the NDP in a provincial election. I didn’t win; didn’t even come close, in fact. I ran against the Conservative incumbent, Keith Norton, a charming and gracious person, who later held the position of Continue reading A doctor by any other name
In September 2016, Peel Regional Police responded to a call from an elementary school for assistance with a student who was exhibiting significant behavioural challenges: the fourth such call that month relating to this student. The officers dispatched to the Continue reading Black children matter