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Pamela Cross

Canadian feminist lawyer and women’s advocate

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Justice delayed

Posted on July 7, 2020 by Pamela Cross — 1 Comment ↓

As I have written about in the past, the provisions of Canada’s Divorce Act that address parenting of children after their parents divorce were significantly revised in 2019. Bill C-78 squeaked through Third Reading in the Senate and received Royal Continue reading Justice delayed→

Posted in Family law, Parenting arrangements, Violence against women in the family | 1 Reply

Finding community

Posted on July 3, 2020 by Pamela Cross — No Comments ↓

For many years, my partner and I worked to establish an intentional community. Our dream was that we would, working with others, build a rural setting in which like-minded people could come together to live, share resources, grow food, support Continue reading Finding community→

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Outbreak!

Posted on June 30, 2020 by Pamela Cross — No Comments ↓

Kingston, where I live, has been relatively untouched by the pandemic. Due in large measure to the well-informed approach of Kieran Moore, the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox and Addington Public Health Unit, there have been Continue reading Outbreak!→

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Negotiating social contact

Posted on June 26, 2020 by Pamela Cross — 1 Comment ↓

According to Canada’s criminal law, without active consent, sexual contact/activity is sexual assault. It is not enough for one party to say the other did not object: there must be clear agreement, in the moment, to whatever activity is being Continue reading Negotiating social contact→

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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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