Canadian feminist lawyer and women’s advocate
Canada’s first federal prison for women opened in Kingston in 1934. Known by most simply as P4W, it housed women who had received federal sentences (any sentence over two years long) from across the country and was part of the Continue reading Gone but not forgotten
As I raced against the clock to complete my tax return by the April 30th deadline, I was reminded that, while I make a reasonable income, many women do not. The wage gap between women and men remains pretty much Continue reading Money, money, money . . .
Labelling acts of violence “terrorist attacks” has become almost automatic in recent years. The phrase is pulled out at the drop of a hat to describe events that, while violent, are not always acts of terrorism. Once the words “terrorist” Continue reading Is misogyny terrorism?
Women’s issues always disappear at election time, so I decided to take a quick pre-election look at the platforms of Ontario’s main political parties to see what they had to say on this topic. I found a desert. What do Continue reading Make women’s issues election issues