Q&A with Raj Kaur Khaira: How Sweets and Superheroes Pave the Way for Equality
Activist and author Raj Kaur Khaira created The Pink Ladoo [...]
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Media Literacy Week: Driving Social Change With Social Media
It's Media Literacy Week in Canada, and digital literacy is more [...]
How Paulette Senior is Leading a National Movement for Gender Equality
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The #MeToo Movement in Canada
The Facts About the #MeToo Movement and its Impact in [...]
When Discrimination is About More Than Gender: The Village Bloggurls Tackle Race and Gender-Based Violence
The Village Bloggurls program is a weekly girls' leadership, media [...]
Village Bloggurls: The Male Gaze and the Media
The Village Bloggurls program is a weekly girls' leadership, media literacy and production program in Lotherton Village and Westminster- Branson. The core program provides girls in two communities with creative opportunities to address issues including systemic violence, representation of women in the media, and societal expectations. Activities like writing a blog, producing a zine, and social media posts provide a platform for expression, reflection, connection, and support.
The Bloggurls were recipients of the 2014 Landsberg Community Award and are current grantees of the Canadian Women’s Foundation through North York Community House – they’ve received a grant of $160,000 over 4 years (2016-2020).
The following post is from a zine the group produced called Re-Imagining: The Future. In the zine the girls tackle some tough questions, including “What does a world without street harassment look like?” and “How can we address mental health in schools?” You can read more of their work on their website.
Sexual Assault and Harassment
The Facts About Sexual Assault and Harassment What is [...]
Meet Tina Tchen: A Champion for Gender Equality from the Obama Administration
“Every social change movement goes through ups and downs … we may be in one of those step-back moments, but we’re not going all the way back.”
Although she’s concerned, Tina Tchen’s unique vantage point helps her put things in perspective: Tina served as Assistant to President Obama, Chief of Staff to First Lady Michelle Obama, and Executive Director of the White House Council on Women and Girls. She also led the first-ever United State of Women Summit.
You can join us for a rare opportunity to hear Tina’s outlook on leadership, public policy, and empowering women and girls, at the Canadian Women’s Foundation Breakfast events in Toronto and Calgary this October.
Keep reading to find out how she’s continuing to rally for equality, and why she sees a silver lining in the storm clouds.
Introducing our new President and CEO! A Q&A with Paulette Senior
As a young newcomer to Canada, Paulette Senior wouldn’t have envisioned herself where she is today—stepping into the role of President and CEO at the Canadian Women’s Foundation.
She was 11 when she moved from her grandmother’s home in Jamaica to join her family in Canada, and struggled with culture shock and a new school. “The school system didn’t really value me and didn’t really see me as bright and capable; in fact, it told me the opposite.”
One of Paulette’s teachers decided she didn’t belong in her grade level, so she was streamed into “an incredibly basic form of education”. But when a different teacher later recognized she didn’t belong there, she got the chance to re-join the regular stream.
What the Hashtag: 2015 in Review
2015 was a year of progress on gender equality and women’s rights in Canada.
Inclusive Leadership
We voted for the #countrywewant and elected a record number of women in the federal election (#elxn42), ending the year with a gender-equal parliament and a feminist Prime Minister. While many tried to discredit this overdue move toward gender parity in government as affirmative action without merit, the women appointed as ministers are more than qualified.
