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Pamela Cross

Canadian feminist lawyer and women’s advocate

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What makes a spouse?

Posted on June 1, 2021 by Pamela Cross — No Comments ↓

Can two people who have never lived together be considered legal spouses? What does living together mean? These and similar questions can arise in the context of a spousal support claim by one person when the other person argues that Continue reading What makes a spouse?→

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Looking for hope (part nine)

Posted on May 28, 2021 by Pamela Cross — No Comments ↓

Although I have lived in this neighbourhood for almost a decade, I have just gotten to know it over the past year. Until the pandemic put a fast and total stop to my work and other travel, I landed at Continue reading Looking for hope (part nine)→

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Awards season

Posted on May 25, 2021 by Pamela Cross — 4 Comments ↓

It’s not just the movie, television and music industries that celebrate their achievements; the not-for-profit and academic worlds do, too. Given the cancellation of such events as the Golden Globes because of their deeply rooted lack of diversity, it seems Continue reading Awards season→

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Looking for hope (part eight)

Posted on May 21, 2021 by Pamela Cross — 1 Comment ↓

No doubt, there was a time before clotheslines, when laundry was spread out on bushes or other flat surfaces to dry in the sun and, in some parts of the world, that approach continues. However, the concept of hanging washed Continue reading Looking for hope (part eight)→

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Book cover: And sometimes they kill you: Confronting the epidemic of intimate partner violence. Pamela Cross. Learn about my book, And Sometimes They Kill You: Confronting the epidemic of intimate partner violence

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Pamela lives, works and plays on land that is the traditional territory of the Huron-Wendat, Anishnaabec and Haudenosaunee peoples, whose presence, along with that of Metis, Inuit and other First Nations peoples from across Turtle Island, endures here.

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