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Pamela Cross

Canadian feminist lawyer and women’s advocate

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Women first?

Posted on April 20, 2021 by Pamela Cross — No Comments ↓

The Canadian tradition of finance ministers wearing new shoes to present their budgets is neither particularly long-standing (it originated only in 1955) nor consistent, with many finance ministers foregoing it entirely. However, it has been used by a number of Continue reading Women first?→

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Looking for hope (part three)

Posted on April 16, 2021 by Pamela Cross — No Comments ↓

In years past, when I would forget where I had put something or wander into a room and then wonder why I was there, I would laugh it off. However, I have noticed that I now worry in these situations, Continue reading Looking for hope (part three)→

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A step towards prevention

Posted on April 13, 2021 by Pamela Cross — 1 Comment ↓

When Clare Wood, who lived outside Manchester, England, broke up with her boyfriend in 2009, she thought that would be the end of it. However, like countless other women who leave or attempt to leave relationships in which they have Continue reading A step towards prevention→

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Looking for hope (part two)

Posted on April 9, 2021 by Pamela Cross — 3 Comments ↓

When I saw a picture of hundreds of Queen’s students gathered on Kingston’s waterfront on the first day of the new stay at home order, I gave serious consideration to conceding defeat on looking for hope in favour of fully Continue reading Looking for hope (part two)→

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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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