Canadian feminist lawyer and women’s advocate
November is my least favourite month. The increased darkness and cold and the loss of colour as leaves fall and flower gardens get put to bed are part of it, but mostly it’s knowing we are at the beginning of Continue reading Keeping despair at bay (part one)
In 1989, two friends of mine became so offended by the little white crosses positioned outside an evangelical church in Kingston, each one symbolizing a “child” “killed” by abortion, that they undertook a late night run to remove all of Continue reading My body, my choice
For many, November is now synonymous with “Movember,” an international campaign to raise money for and awareness about men’s health through a wide range of activities, including the growing of moustaches. As the facial hair of men around us blossoms Continue reading Prevent and respond
Some recent and pending law reform has me thinking, not for the first time and likely not for the last, about how much faith our society places in “the law” and how, often, that faith proves to be misplaced. Don’t Continue reading What’s law got to do with it?