Canadian Dimension magazine, March/April 2008

In early June, 2007, I was one of seven Saskatchewan women who made their way to Boston to record the vocal tracks for an ecofeminist recording project, My Heart Is Moved. In all, 85 women from ten different bio-regions of North America — many of whom had never before met — gathered to sing songs based on the Earth Charter, a global peoples’ document on sustainable living. All who traveled to Boston brought with them the breath and life of their local communities, the voices of all those in their singing circles, the amazing preparation and intention of the local group into the focused work of rehearsals and recording. The experience was profound and continues to shape me, much as the songs continue to take shape in community. (Keep reading…)

Uptown magazine January 24, 2008

A generation of Canadian women have grown up knowing that, should they become pregnant, abortion is one of several options available to them - but this hasn’t always been so. (Keep reading…)

Rabble.ca January 25, 2008

I’ll never forget the day the Supreme Court struck down the abortion law, January 28, 1988. It was freezing cold. A group of pro-choice activists were standing in front of the clinic along with a mob of media waiting to hear the news from our comrades in Ottawa. They were supposed to call the clinic as soon as the decision came down and the clinic staff would let us know. We didn’t have cell phones in those days. (Keep reading…)

Workers World Mar 15, 2007

Protesters targeted U.S. imperialism on March 8, International Women’s Day. In cities around the globe from São Paulo to Seoul, women activists demonstrated against U.S. wars and against U.S.-led or supported occupations, militarism, and economic and political domination. (Keep reading…)

Toronto, March 8, 2007- Today is International Women’s Day, a time to celebrate the achievements and advancements of women around the globe. But there is not a lot to celebrate in Canada this year according to Paulette Senior, CEO of YWCA Canada, this country’s largest multi-service women’s organization. (Keep reading…)

Canadian Dimension Magazine, March/April 2007 Issue

On September 25, 2006, Prime Minister Steven Harper’s government announced a cut of $5 million to the budget for Status of Women Canada (SWC), the agency responsible for follow-up on the recommendations of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women. (Keep reading…)

One time when I was having lunch with Doris, she told me the advantage of being an older woman was that you became invisible so you could really take a good look at some handsome young man’s ass and he would not even notice.

Rabble.ca March 4, 2007 (Keep reading…)

Web Version: http://www.womynsvoices.ca Volume 15 19 December 2006

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December 04, 2006 Seven Oaks

It has now been 17 years since the Montreal Massacre, December 6, 1989, when Marc Lepine entered an engineering class at L’Ecole Polytechnique, separated the women from the men, and then murdered 14 women with a semi-automatic rifle. Lepine, in addition to killing the young engineering students, had a “hit list” of an additional nineteen women he identified as feminists, including the first female firefighter in Quebec, the first female police captain, a president of a trade union, a sports radio host, the immigration minister at the time, as well as a transition house worker. (Keep reading…)

Rabble.ca October 16, 2006

In early October, the federal government announced dramatic changes to Status of Women Canada that will, in effect, eliminate federal funding to feminist organizations in Canada. Combined with the removal of the Court Challenges Program, these changes will end the era of Canadian democracy that recognized the need for state funding to marginalized groups. The Harper government has taken us one more step toward U.S.-style “democracy” where only the powerful have access to government. (Keep reading…)