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30 Years of WAVAW
Seriously, Supreme Court? A Woman’s Credibility Still Depends on What She’s Wearing?
By Alana Prochuk, WAVAW's Campus Anti-Violence Initiative Coordinator In a split decision, Canada’s Supreme Court has ruled that judges must determine on a case-by-case basis whether a witness can...
The Power of We
Written by Vanessa Chase, WAVAW Board Member The theme for Blog Action Day 2012 is the Power of We. A pretty prefect theme for me to write about considering that I’m very interested in the concept...
We Will Be Watching
We will be watching how this Missing Women Commission of Inquiry Report really makes change for women on the ground. How are men going to change how they value Aboriginal women? How are Aboriginal...
The biggest success of feminism is…
It’s easy (too easy, actually) to get stuck in thoughts about how far feminism has to get til we’re all “free”…. I feel tired just thinking about it. In honour of the 16 Days of Action Against...
It’s Fabulous to Work for a Feminist Organization
Top Nine Reasons Why It’s Fabulous to Work for a Feminist Organization By Alana Prochuk, Campus Anti-Violence Initiative Coordinator In celebration of my two-month anniversary as a staff-member here...
Making Connections between Violence Against Women, the Environment and Indigenous Solidarity
In part 3 of the documentary “Living Democracy from the Ground Up,” Thomas R. Berger, the commissioner of the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry, spent 2.5 years visiting with Indigenous communities...
Gender and Education
By Pak Ka Liu For the 16 Days of Action on Gender Violence, I'm thinking about Gender and Education. Today is December 6th – National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. Today...
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