Emotions and politics in the wake of the Kavanaugh Crisis
By Michael Orsini
The fallout from the confirmation of President Trump’s Supreme Court pick, Brett Kavanaugh, riveted people on both sides of the border and provides ample evidence that feelings can become weaponized in politics to uphold (white) male privilege. In his blistering, scripted opening statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee, Kavanaugh performed the role of the aggrieved party, […]
By Debra Parkes Indigenous teen, Indigenous women, life-without-parole, mandatory life sentences, mandatory minimum sentences, murder, self-defence claim
Indigenous women vastly overrepresented among those sentenced to life What’s wrong with mandatory minimum sentences? Plenty. Especially when it comes to murder. High profile serial murderers come to mind when Canadians think of murder convictions: Bernardo, Olson, Pickton. Few turn their minds to the 18-year-old Indigenous teen who kills her abusive drug dealer. Such a […]
By Shannon Sampert equal voice, municipal level elections, public office, Winnipeg election, Winnipeg women in Politics, women in politics
There has been some optimism about the rise of women in politics, including the so-called “revenge” candidacies of women vying for seats in the American midterm elections, running against politicians who have been openly anti-women, anti-pro-choice and anti-feminist. There is now a record number of women running in U.S. House and Senate races, and many […]
By Jennifer Garrison academics, females, feminist, genius, jordan peterson, males, men, neo-marxism, trans rights, universities
Like it or not, University of Toronto professor Jordan Peterson is a cultural sensation. Over the past year and a half, Peterson has gained notoriety through his open hostility toward trans rights and feminism as well as his characterization of universities as tools for indoctrinating students into what he terms “neo-Marxism.” He has throngs of […]
By Lee Tunstall #iregret, #metoo, age of consent, Canadian women, consensual, female leaders, women, women's movement, women's rights
Time for #MeToo to shift to the #IRegret movement Strangely, in this weird moment in history that we are all living in, it’s a good time to be alive. I’ve been a feminist most of my adult life, at least since I realized the power imbalances that were rampant in present and past societies. […]
By Emer O'Toole #Ibelieveher, #metoo, #metoo movement, anti-rape protests, international, legal proceedings, political will, radical reform, rape, sexual assault, sexual assault victims
Tens of thousands of people marched in Spain in April, protesting for three days over a court’s failure to convict five men of the gang rape of an 18-year-old woman during the Pamplona bull-running festival in 2016. The men had offered to walk the teenager to her car, but instead they took her to the […]
By Shannon Sampert #metoo, #torontostrong, feminist, gender bias, hatred, incel, involuntary celibate, misogynistic, Toronto attack, violence
For many of us, the events on Monday in Toronto introduced a new word into our vocabulary: “incel,” or involuntarily celibate. The 25-year-old Toronto area man accused of killing 10 people after a van plowed into a busy sidewalk apparently self-identified as an “incel.” In a Facebook post, Alek Minassian stated: “The Incel Rebellion has […]
By Elizabeth Sheehy and Isabel Grant assault, Bill C-75, Canadian women, domestic abuse, domestic violence, family violence, Indigenous women, physical assault, risks, violence, violence against women, women
Bill C-75 reforms too little, too late to respond to domestic violence A woman is killed by her current or former partner every six days in Canada. Indigenous women are killed by their intimate partners at a rate eight times higher. In Peel (Toronto) alone, five women were killed in January 2018 — the […]
By Ivy Lynn Bourgeault Canadian women, gender, gender equity, gender parity, health leadership, health workforce, leadership, women, women in healthcare
Why it’s critical we use gender transformative approaches for the health workforce in Canada Sometimes an issue can be so pervasive that it is rendered nearly invisible. Take for instance the gender of the health workforce. Women comprise 82 per cent of health workers in Canada, in contrast to 47 per cent in the total labour […]
By Shannon Sampert affordable child care, budget 2018, Canada Child Benefit, child care, income gap, Justin Trudeau, Minister Bill Morneau, pay equity, pay equity legislation, Pierre Trudeau, wage gap, women, women in Canada
Pay equity legislation is important, but that alone will not close the gap for women. Affordable and accessible child care will There were a lot of old ghosts haunting the Liberal government when it tabled its budget on February 27. But have these spectres brought change to women’s lives this International Women’s Day? Not […]