By Lucie Ganz & Emily Kahle Special to The Dialog Movember! Most of us know it’s a campaign created to fight against prostate cancer. How many of us are aware November is “Woman Abuse Prevention Month”? The month is almost over and we weren’t aware of this campaign and our guess is that we’re probably…
By Karen Nickel Dialog Reporter Laurel Broten, the minister responsible for women’s issues, was too busy to meet with anti-poverty and anti-violence advocates who arrived at her office demanding she intervene and stop the provincial government’s plan to cut the Community Start-Up Maintenance Benefit (CSUMB). The CSUMB is a fund for those on Ontario Works…
By Karen Nickel Dialog Reporter On Aug. 16, in Sault St. Marie, Ontario, nine women were arrested and charged with crimes related to prostitution. These women were targets of a police sweep in response to ‘community concerns’. This is not news, police engage in ‘sweeps’ a couple of times a year. The troubling aspect was…
By Karen Nickel Dialog Reporter The Student Association ’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) happened Wednesday, Nov. 21 at Casa Loma. The AGM is when student members vote on bylaws affecting Student Association operations. Members of the executive committee, board, constituency representatives, students and the guy who came for free pizza attended. There was little student…
Re: What would it be like to live in a Deaf world?. Nov. 16 One important aspect of Deaf World that was not covered in this piece was the issue of Video Relay Service (VRS), a videotelecommunication service that allows Deaf and hard of hearing people to communicate with hearing people in real time over…
By Preeteesh Peetabh Singh Dialog Reporter Hudson’s Bay Co. (HBC), Canada’s oldest company is set to re-launch itself in the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) through an Initial Public Offering (IPO). With an offering share price of $17, the veteran retail company will be valued at around $2 billion. HBCplans to sell a total of 21…
By Katherine DeClerq CUP Ontario Bureau Chief OTTAWA (CUP) — On Nov. 3, Glen Murray, then the Ontario Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities, announced his resignation and his intention to run for the provincial Liberal leadership. Six days later Murray introduced his “No-Money Down University or College” proposal. The announcement came in the form…
By Ava Homa Special to The Dialog My name is Ava Homa and I am the Pen Lecturer-in-Residence. I am Kurdish. We are the world’s largest ethnic group without a state, divided between Iran, Iraq, Turkey and Syria. We have routinely been denied our basic human rights. In Syria, Kurds have been denied birth certificates…
By Karen Nickel Dialog Reporter Amanda Hiscocks, jailed G20 activist, is taking the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services (MCSCS) and Vanier Centre for Women before the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal. According to the claim filed on Nov. 22, MCSCS and Vanier place prisoners into arbitrary security classifications based on discriminatory beliefs around gender,…
Elizabeth DiCesare The Cord – Wilfrid Laurier University WATERLOO (CUP) – While preparing to apply to Canada’s police forces, Bob Baumgartner, a Wilfrid Laurier University graduate, decided to do a Google search of himself, and found more than he was expecting. After typing in his old e-mail address, Baumgartner found a list of 297 former…
