By Melodie McCullough Imagine a world without music; a home where a mother cannot hum to her baby; a house in which children’s toys that make sounds are banished; a […]
Holocaust survivor says learn from the past, speak out against current climate of hate By Melodie McCullough Warning: This article contains content that some may find disturbing. “They went through the chimney.” How could someone go through a chimney, wondered an innocent 15-year-old Jew, Max Eisen, when someone replied to his […]
If you could step in and change the outcome of a sexual assault, would you? How? What would you do? What would you say? And why? Thousands of Ontario youth recently had the chance to experience this scenario during Sheatre‘s recent tour of the play, “Far From the Heart”, — an interactive, educational […]
By Melodie McCullough Each year the holiday season brings a significant spike in domestic violence in Peterborough, Ontario, and elsewhere, but Jennifer Martin wants women to know the YWCA is here to help with its 24/7 crisis line, and even before a crisis point is reached with its START […]
Wondering what toys to buy your children, nieces and nephews this Christmas that won’t send a stereotyped message? We’ve come across lots of suggestions to help you out, thanks to […]
By Lynn Gehl, Ph.D, Algonquin Anishinaabe-kwe I was happy to learn that CEDAW’s concluding observations about Canada’s violations against women and girls addressed the matter of unknown and unstated paternity and the Indian Act. As many know this has been an issue that I have taken on for over 30 […]
To Remember is to End All War
The Ontario Court of Appeal has granted the Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF) leave to intervene in Lynn Gehl’s case challenging sex discrimination in the Indian Act, after LEAF filed a factum Sept. 23 in Gehl v Attorney General of Canada. Gehl, PhD, who lives in Peterborough, Ontario, has been […]
By Melodie McCullough Glancing recently through Peterborough’s backpages.com (an online site for advertising sex), Carly Kalish, in the space of five minutes, found numerous and obvious signs of human trafficking […]
Introducing Intersectionality When creating a more liberating world inclusive of all people, an intersectionality lens, or an intersectionality methodology, is required. Intersectionality theory was first articulated by Black women who were dissatisfied with the efforts and knowledge emerging from White feminism as it fails to speak to their experience. In […]
By Melodie McCullough When Gabriel Allahdua found out he was coming to Canada, he couldn’t believe his good luck. But shortly after arriving, the reality of life as a migrant […]
