Canadian feminist lawyer and women’s advocate
Just over three weeks ago, I wrote about the new directions my work would be taking me. A few days later, I wrote about my partner of many years on the occasion of his 75th birthday. Not long after I Continue reading Life is full of surprises
Remember when turning 50, let alone 60 or 70 was unimaginable? My partner turned 75 last week, an event we celebrated by having a dinner party with 10 friends, four of whom are 80 and older, and guess what? We Continue reading Three-quarters of a century
I have never made a real career plan. When I was a kid, I wanted to be a lawyer, but life intervened, and I didn’t get to law school till I was in my mid-30s. I graduated from law school Continue reading New year, new directions
Dawn Walker’s decision last summer to take her child and disappear puts her in the good company of many mothers who find themselves facing criminal and family law systems that do not understand the realities of intimate partner abuse. It Continue reading No other choice