A Mother/Daughter Story of Pandemic Grief in Long-Term Care
Margaret* was someone. Someone who loved music. Someone who was a precious and valued mother and grandmother, adored by many. Someone who was once a foster child, and then became […]
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Trent University researchers study impact of social isolation on seniors
Local seniors and their “circle of care” — families, friends, caregiver staff and agency volunteers — are being asked to share their experiences and stories of imposed social isolation during […]
Zingha: New Afrocentric Women’s Enterprise Aims to Educate While You Shop
Would you like to learn about Afrocentric history and culture, or how to be an ally to Black people, while also supporting a new Black women’s business initiative? Two Peterborough […]
Gehl Urges Concrete Action Regarding the MMIWG 231 Calls for Action
©Lynn Gehl 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 […]
Meet Activist Jill Jones: Stickin’ to the Union
In the early 1970s, a worker sweeping the floors of the Canadian General Electric (GE) factory in Nogojawanong/Peterborough, Ontario, earned a higher wage than a skilled machinist — if, of […]
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 […]
OPINION: Happy Women’s Day – “Our Task Is Not Yet Done” by Nasreen Pejvack
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 […]
Is There a Mystery to “Blind Obedience?”
By Nasreen Pejvack What did I do? Who did I kill? Why didn’t I challenge the orders? The discipline of Psychology teaches us that Blind Obedience is a behaviour whereby […]
Opinion: Does Voting Mean Anything?
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, […]
Walking to Waken the Nation About Climate Crisis
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 […]
Are We There Yet? Women’s Unrecognised Achievements
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 […]
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