Canadian feminist lawyer and women’s advocate
This post is a slightly edited version of an op-ed that originally appeared in Chatelaine magazine. December 6, 1989, is seared into the memories of millions of Canadians. It’s the day that a gunman shot and killed 14 women, wounding Continue reading December 6, 2024
The 16 days of activism to end gender-based violence began on November 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, and run until December 10th, which is recognized as Human Rights Day around the world. Over those Continue reading It will take all of us
On October 28th, less than a year after the federal government passed Bill C-48, which tightened up the Criminal Code provisions dealing with bail, Ontario’s government issued a media release calling on the feds to make “concrete changes that will Continue reading Going in circles
When Brkti Berhe was stabbed to death last week, Ottawa police did not waste any time in declaring the killing to be an act of femicide. The media release read: “[the killer] had a domestic violence relationship with a family Continue reading Making progress, slowly