Canadian feminist lawyer and women’s advocate
On the first day of the CKW inquest, Malcolm Warmerdam, the son of one of the three women whose murders were under review, urged the jury not to think of the man who had killed his mother as a monster. Continue reading The circle is broken
As I – ever so slowly – begin the process of retiring, I’m thinking a lot about what I need to do so I will enjoy this stage of my life as much as I have my years of work. Continue reading Retiring with intention
With my 70th birthday rapidly approaching, my eyes have begun to gravitate towards articles with headlines like “Can I afford to retire?”, “Living on a pension income”, “Housing crisis for senior women,” and the like. One January morning, my interest Continue reading Length, quality or both?
As I wrote here in February, the House of Commons is considering whether or not to criminalize coercively controlling behaviours. Coercive control is an umbrella term that describes a pattern of behaviours – including psychological, financial and other forms of Continue reading To criminalize or not (part 2)