A recent panel discussion on anti-black racism at city hall was chock full of platitudes but lacked both credibility and serious prescriptions for tackling the racism black people experience in Ottawa. Last year, the City for All Women Initiative (CAWI) and Ottawa...
Somehow, in the wake of the #metoo analysis, we’ve lost the plot. Instead of celebrating a movement that is making workplaces safer for women, classrooms better learning environments for girls and public spaces more accessible to all genders, we’re focusing on,...
Oct. 5, 2017 will forever be the beginning of the end. It’s when women decided “Time’s Up!” on dealing with sexual harassment and assault in the workplace. For months we have seen women across the United States from a wide range of industries (entertainment, politics,...
Two weeks ago, a viral video catapulted NDP leader hopeful Jagmeet Singh into the international spotlight for his handling of a racially charged confrontation at a meet-and-greet in Brampton, Ontario. The heckler, now identified as Jennifer Bush, is a member of the...
I never thought it could happen to me. I don’t know why; statistics show 43% of women have experienced some sort of sexual harassment in a work environment. But I was different, right? I was poised and professional, close to the head of the organization, and aside...
As I write this post, the Women’s March is in full swing. Women across the globe came out of their latte’d existences to protest the democratically-elected new President of the United States. For many women attending that March, the last 8 years have been commanded by...
