Seven kids, Grades 1 to 6, at varying levels of learning English. Seven different teachers. Two different schools. Parents who don’t read or write English. A volunteer in a different […]
“I don’t know what my future will be or the future for the next generations. . . . It scares me that people and societies are not changing, that we […]
When Hilda Walsh of Douro, Ontario died at the age of 101 three years ago, she left behind a legacy — a gift that would grow in the heart of […]
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 […]
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 […]
#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 […]
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, […]
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