Canadian feminist lawyer and women’s advocate
It will come as no revelation to those who know me that I like – no, need – to have a lot of control in my daily life: over the space I am in and the events that involve and Continue reading Letting go of control
On December 19th, Ontario Court Judge Doody dismissed all 19 charges against Joshua Boyle, in a verdict that took him three hours to present. Boyle, as many of you will recall, was charged with a number of offences against his Continue reading Women in struggle
When she was 11 years old, Robyn Hamlyn of Kingston watched a film at school about the world’s dire water situation and announced to her mother that she wanted to do something to fix it. Her mother suggested she write Continue reading “What can I do to fix it?”
The decision of Doug the Grinch Ford’s government to slash $133 million from Legal Aid Ontario’s (LAO) budget earlier this year had immediate and far-reaching consequences for thousands of low-income Ontarians needing legal services and those providing those services. A Continue reading Doug the Grinch (x 2)