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Pamela Cross

Canadian feminist lawyer and women’s advocate

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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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We need more than laws

Posted on June 23, 2020 by Pamela Cross — 1 Comment ↓

Note: This article is adapted from one originally published by The Lawyer’s Daily (www.thelawyersdaily.ca), part of LexisNexis Canada Inc. Since Gabriel Wortman killed 22 people in Nova Scotia in April, there has been much talk about what needs to be Continue reading We need more than laws→

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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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