Colleen Crawley in the Classroom: “Magical”
“I remember once during our Macbeth unit, we spent the class insulting each other using Shakespearean language. It was so much fun!” By Emma Jane, JOURNEY Magazine Ptbo Co-Op […]
Meet Gianne Broughton, Green Party Candidate & Life-long Peace Activist
Gianne Broughton worries about the plankton. Yes, the plankton — micro-organisms that fill the world’s oceans. They may be small but they are highly sensitive to environmental change, and their […]
IWD in Peterborough: The Art of Resistance
“We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often […]
Persons Day: The Indigenous Famous Five Contingent (Updated Version)
© Lynn Gehl Persons Day, October 18th, is a day when many women’s groups celebrate the efforts of The Famous Five for their role in gaining women’s rights in Canada. […]
Lisa Clarke — Living Life Her Own Way
Happy-ever-after storybook endings don’t always happen. But Lisa Clarke now knows that’s okay. Clarke, community engagement and project manager at Kawartha Sexual Assault Centre, (KSAC), was recently named as one of Peterborough’s […]
Painting Paddles By The Lake
Hope Zatorski at Harbour Art Gallery On Stoney Lake this summer, not only can you ‘paddle your own canoe’, you can ‘paint your own paddle’, too. On a recent rainy […]
Meet Keara Lightning, Red Pashmina Young Woman of Impact
Keara Lightning: “Indigenous scholar, activist, environmentalist, community builder, skilled writer, quiet leader, and an inclusive teacher with deep convictions and a passion for the many initiatives she takes on and […]
Meet Sneha Wadhwani, Red Pashmina’s Young Woman of Impact
Sneha Wadhwani speaks three languages, is enrolled in an academically-challenging International Baccalaureate (IB) school program, volunteers with dozens of local community groups, has a job throughout the school year and […]
Older Women as Social Activists: Still Kicking After All These Years
What comes to mind when you hear the words, “older women”? Is it the thought of frail and lonely grey-haired women who are burdens to the health care system? Maybe […]
“6(1)(a) All the Way”: Lynn Gehl Continues Fight Against Indian Act Sex-Discrimination
By Melodie McCullough (For an update on Bill S-3 see: https://www.change.org/p/canadian-government-remove-all-of-the-sex-discrimination-in-the-indian-status-registration-provisions-of-the-indian-act-enough-is-enough/u/20879596?) After 32 years of fighting the Canadian government over sex-discrimination in the Indian Act — and an Ontario Court of […]
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