Canadian feminist lawyer and women’s advocate
My partner and I recently spent a few days in Algonquin Park. Admittedly, ours was not a rugged camping trip; rather, we stayed in a very comfortable lodge, where our every need and comfort were anticipated and attended to. We Continue reading The othering of nature
And that is not a good thing when the subject is attitudes about sexual violence. In 1989, I was a 35-year-old second-year law student at Queen’s University. That fall, the Women’s Centre, working with the Sexual Assault Centre of Kingston, Continue reading Everything old is new again
September 22, 2015: A day that began like any other late September day for most of us. In Renfrew County, where the morning was cool but sunny, the day exploded into horror, as news of the murders of Carol Culleton, Continue reading Remembering and honouring Carol, Anastasia and Nathalie
These are the words a 16-year-old woman used to describe how she felt when she attended a party in the Queen’s University student district with friends in October 2015. It was not how she felt by the end of the Continue reading “I thought I was safe”