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Indigenous Women: Keepers of the Past, Leaders into the Future
The Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences brings together leading thinkers, academics, researchers, policy-makers and innovators to explore some of the world’s most challenging issues. Congress celebrates the vitality and quality of Canadian...
Wendy Robbins: Beyond Anger and Apathy to Action and Collaboration
Louise Forsyth was President, Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences,1998-2000. Wendy Robbins was Vice-President, Women's Issues, Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, 2000-2004. Wendy J. Robbins – feminist activist with...
Letters show women were politically engaged during the 1837-38 rebellions
In the 19th century, there was a sharp distinction between home life – a private domestic world that was essentially feminine – and the public life of business and politics, which was dominated by men. In a new book, Mylène Bédard of Laval University...
Where Are Women Safe? Some Thoughts on International Women’s Day
*Below is an excerpt from a talk prepared as the Distinguished Guest Speaker at the University of Waterloo’s 2017 International Women’s Day Dinner. November 9, 2016: The morning after Donald J. Trump is elected President of the United States of...
Making schools better for LGBT: Homophobia and transphobia lessons
Rebecca Haskell, BC Society of Transition Houses and Brian Burtch, Simon Fraser University Guest Contributors In recent weeks there has been increasing media attention given to the suicides of young lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) youth in Canada...
Redeveloping balance: Women after workplace bullying
Elsie Hambrook Guest Contributor Recently, researchers at the University of New Brunswick interviewed 36 women from Atlantic Canada who had been bullied in the workplace. What they learned is surprising. The researchers’ main conclusions, published...
'Failing boys' 1990s conversation continues into the 21st century
Kathy Sanford, University of Victoria Guest Contributor As I read the recent Globe and Mail series of articles, I am amazed that we are still circling around the same discussions, discussions that serve to continue the moral panic about how the boys...
Beyond Homophobia: We Need to Make it Better
Kris Wells, University of Alberta Guest Contributor Within the past several weeks, seven young men in the United States and two young women in Canada have tragically committed suicide due to homophobic bullying, harassment, and societal prejudice...
Queering In/Equality: LGBT and Two-Spirited Youth ‘It Gets Better’
Malinda S. Smith, Vice-President, Equity "The increase in lesbian, gay and bisexual characters on primetime television not only reflects the shift in … culture toward greater awareness and understanding of our community but also a new industry...