Canadian feminist lawyer and women’s advocate
It’s pretty easy to become so caught up in our daily activities that we don’t take the time to just slow down for a few minutes and appreciate what is around us. I am very guilty of this: there is Continue reading Taking a moment
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
When the Ontario Provincial Police announced, in late September, that it would no longer identify the gender of victims and accused people, Sgt. Carolle Dionne said: “It doesn’t matter if it was a male or a female who was an Continue reading Missing the point