Wally Oppal, the commissioner of the B.C. Missing Women Inquiry, called its final report “Forsaken”. In it, he claimed that the women who were murdered were doubly forsaken, once by society, then by the police. Family, advocacy groups and community members say this report will make the third time. The Missing Women Commission of Inquiry…
By Karen Nickel Dialog Reporter The Women’s Executive Network (WXN) awarded Anne Sado, president of George Brown College, with its, “Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award” in the ‘Public Sector Leader’, category. This is the second time in three years in which she has been named, for her strong leadership skills and vision, by…
By Dec. 6 memorial committee Special to The Dialog On Dec. 6 Canadians unite in solidarity, remembering the lives of the fourteen women who were killed 23 years ago because of their gender. On Dec. 6, 1989, an anti-feminist gunman segregated women from men in a classroom at L’Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal, Quebec, declared his…
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…
We have a Canadian crisis. This crisis has been occurring for at least 30 years according to the data collected. It has claimed over 580 women and girls’ lives. This crisis isn’t cancer, or HIV, or AIDS, though those are also unacceptable deaths. This crisis involves the disappearance or murder of someone’s, mother, daughter or…
By Karen Nickel Dialog contributor Toronto’s ‘Take Back the Night’ (TBTN) rally and march took place in my neighbourhood of Parkdale on Saturday. This event, held for the past 32 years in a different location each year, is organized by the Toronto Rape Crisis Centre / Multicultural Women Against Rape (TRCC/ MWAR) who unfortunately are…
By Mick Sweetman Managing editor The past several weeks have seen sexual assault attract an unusual amount of media attention for an issue that normally is very under-reported. This attention has happened not because there has been an increase in the priorities of the media about sexual assault in general, but because there has been…
By Dani Feraday Dialog reporter The mother of two, E.L James, is a first time novelist in the U.K. with the trilogy Fifty Shades of Grey. According to James’ website she’s “always dreamed of writing stories that readers would fall in love with”. With Fifty Shades having sold over 31 million copies worldwide it would…
