Canadian feminist lawyer and women’s advocate
What a week it has been on Turtle Island. As I write this on Friday morning, VIA rail has indefinitely suspended all passenger train service across the country, with the exception of two short routes, one in northern Ontario and Continue reading Standing strong
Some days it is hard to know whether or not we are making progress in addressing gender-based violence. It often seems that for every step we manage to take forward there is one of at least equal size that moves Continue reading Forward or backward?
Breaking the law has played an important role in resisting social injustice for centuries; in particular, civil disobedience and other forms of non-violent direct action. Whatever the issue — workers’ rights, anti-racism, women’s rights, the environment, anti-militarism, Indigenous rights, and Continue reading Direct action works
Candelaria is, originally, a Roman Catholic celebration dating back many centuries. It arrived in Latin America with Spanish invaders beginning in the 15th century but, as with much of the Catholic religion brought to the Americas, the Indigenous peoples ignored Continue reading Greetings from San Miguel