Canadian feminist lawyer and women’s advocate
Today is the 30th anniversary of the Montreal massacre, and the misogyny-caused deaths of women continue. Here is just one story. On November 5th, Michele Messina (MM) killed herself in Quebec’s Leclerc Prison. She was a woman fleeing abuse who, Continue reading Death sentence for mothering
Millions of Canadians have cast their ballots in the federal election. The new government will lead us until the next election rolls around, and we can sit back, satisfied at having carried out our responsibility as citizens in a democracy. Continue reading Democracy is more than voting
A year ago, Farrah Khan and I announced our decision to resign as co-chairs of Ontario’s Violence Against Women Roundtable due to the government’s lack of response to our repeated inquiries about its commitment to address the issue of violence Continue reading Looking for transformation
Many of us grew up steeped in a version of the first Thanksgiving that was created south of the border: pilgrims and “Indians” sitting down together to share a fall harvest meal; peace and harmony apparently the order of the Continue reading Truth, reconciliation and Thanksgiving