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Rise Up! Idle No More's Pam Palmater
by Kaj Hasselriis
When First Nations leaders and their supporters descended on Parliament Hill in January, some choosing to meet the prime minister in his office with others beating the drums of dissent outside, breathless pundits all asked the same question: Will the Idle No More movement last? |
Spring 2013
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 | | Veganism for Kids by Brittany Shoot | Writing books for young readers about the conditions often faced by animals in factory farms and in circuses is tricky territory, but illustrator and author Ruby Roth is not one to shy away from co | MORE > |
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 | | The Caregiving Crunch by Lillian Zimmerman | In Canada, more than two million informal caregivers, the majority of whom are women, provide care to elders. | MORE > |
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 | | Choice Feminism by Meghan Murphy | Have you noticed that a lot of conversations about female empowerment today seem to be stuck in a discourse of choice that makes it difficult to challenge—well, anything at all? | MORE > |
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Women's News from the Web
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Birthplace Revisited
by Joanna Chiu
I’ve recently relocated to Hong Kong, where I write for a local newspaper and travel around China as a freelancer. Living in one of the most unequal places in the world has been a remarkable experience.
Hong Kong still feels eerily...
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Can We Thrive Without Our Bookstores?
by Susan G. Cole
Many of us here in Toronto are in shock over the closing of the Toronto Women’s Bookstore in November. After 39 years and many different operating paradigms...
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Good Sport Sexism
by Lyn Cockburn
With Kathleen Wynne now the premier of Ontario, women head six of Canada’s 13 provincial and territorial legislatures. Wynne joins B.C.’s Christy Clark, Alberta’s Alison Redford, Quebec’s Pauline Marois, Newfoundland...
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