The following is a media release issued June 3, 2021 by Lynn Gehl, an Algonquin Anishinaabe-kwe, advocate, artist, and writer living in Nogojawanong/Peterborough, Ontario. Gehl was part of a media conference of leading Indigenous women critiquing the National Action Plan. While I am happy to learn that an intersectional lens was […]
WOMENThe vital essence of lifeThe embryo of the futureThe foundation of existenceWoman, mother, daughter and sisterEradicate them, and there is nothing…Nasreen Pejvack زنگوهر حیاتی زندگیرویش و جوهر آیندهپایه هستیزن، مادر، […]
By Nasreen Pejvack I am fairly sure none of us believe Trump was a singular source of intolerance or that he created extreme racist behaviour in America. Many Americans were […]
By Nasreen Pejvack I arrived in Canada as a new immigrant in the 1980s, and soon began my life by learning about the education system and planning my options. Whenever […]
The Honourable Maryam Monsef, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and RuralEconomic Development;The Honourable Carla Qualtrough, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development, andDisability Inclusion;The Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Indigenous ServicesNovember 12, 2020Re: Indigenous Women and Girls with Disabilities are Bigger Targets of Sexual Violence Dear Ministers Monsef, Qualtrough, and Miller, […]
Lack of concrete action by the federal government regarding calls to action in the one-year-old national inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls will be the focus of a “public call” led by Lynn Gehl at the constituency office of Maryam Monsef, federal minister for Women and Gender […]
“The negative is more powerful than the positive.” “Anger and anxiety are more effective than empathy and compassion.” But the use of negative emotions like anger and anxiety to achieve […]
By Nasreen Pejvack Women — organize in every community, district, and city … wherever you can. The time is now to surge forward and build on the gains of our […]
Who are we voting for? The corporations and their never-ending gluttony? . . . These companies dedicate massive resources to politicians in America, Europe, and here in Canada as well, […]
Update: Ann Cognito reached Ottawa today, Oct. 16! A smashed-up knee; stolen belongings; a dog attack; a run-in with a tractor trailer ; pain from fibromyalgia; threats from coyotes and […]
By Nasreen Pejvack Women have always been the essential foundation of every aspect of our lives, but they have consistently been deprived of their rights, and their talents and achievements have […]
