From Rachel Carson to David Suzuki to Greta Thunberg
By Nasreen Pejvack In my latest essay/article I suggested: “We shouldn’t worry if our world will end with a pandemic, or as aresult of climate change, or with nuclear bombs […]
The Tragedy of War and Covid-19 in Afghanistan
By Khamosh, in Afghanistan, July 1, 2021 With the gradual withdrawal of foreign and American forces from Afghanistan, the Taliban have taken control of several districts in the past few […]
First Nations of North America Still Living with Many Difficulties
By Nasreen Pejvack The first hostile settlers arrived on the continents of the Americas in the1400s from Spain to lands where many tribes were already living. Then came the hostile […]
Oral Submission to United Nations by Dr. Lynn Gehl, Algonquin Anishinaabe-kwe
#IWagWid Gehl Oral Submission; 79th CEDAW General Discussion Session on Indigenous Women, June 24, 2021 June 18, 2021 (Deadline for submission) Date of Discussion: June 24, 2021 To: Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Intervenor: Lynn Gehl, Ph.D., Algonquin Anishinaabe-kwe (from Canada) Re: General Discussion of the General […]
National Action Plan Falls Short of Addressing the Needs of the Most Oppressed: Indigenous Women and Girls with Disabilities
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 […]
Happy Women’s Day
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، […]
Did Trump Cause Bigotry and Intolerance in America?
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 […]
Why Do Many Indigenous Communities of Canada Still Linger Behind the General Population of Canada?
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 […]
Indigenous women and girls with disabilities as bigger targets of sexual violence
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, […]
Gehl Urges Concrete Action Regarding the MMIWG 231 Calls for Action
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 […]
Less Spectacle, More Empathy Needed Says Peterborough IWD Speaker
“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 […]
