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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Second in a Series in a Partnership between JOURNEY Magazine and Kawartha Sexual Assault Centre By Melodie McCullough Are you sending your child off to a post-secondary school? Do you know that it is during the first eight weeks of classes in September and October that the majority of sexual […]
As an activist in Toronto, Daniel Braithwaite made sure the book Little Black Sambo was banned in Toronto schools in the 1950s ; his daughter, Jane, continues to spread his social justice […]
By Melodie McCullough Do you know Lynn Zimmer? Maybe you have met her through the Women’s Business Network of Peterborough, or perhaps through her volunteer work with the United Way […]
Hospice Peterborough’s Bedside Singers Reach Out to Palliative Patients By Melodie McCullough It is a gift for both the ones receiving and the ones giving. For the past seven years, a group of Hospice Peterborough, Ontario, volunteers have been singing at bedsides in the palliative care unit at Peterborough Regional […]
“All diseases have two causes: one pathological, the other political.”: Rudolf Virchow, 19th Century German pathologist. By Melodie McCullough (Originally Published August 2016) Every week, street nurse Kathy Hardill roams the […]
First in a Series in a Partnership between JOURNEY Magazine and the Kawartha Sexual Assault Centre. By Melodie McCullough Motherhood: A time of joy, a time of feeling loved, a […]
“Papa, if I give them all my toys, will they stop? If I give them one shekel? If I give them one kiss?”: Amira Khaled, age three, Gaza. By Melodie […]
