Our Advocacy Work
August 31st, 2022
Does watching the video footage of Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland and her female colleagues being verbally attacked by a 250-pound belligerent bully make your heart race? (You’re probably a woman.) Although my own political confrontation with an angry and self-righteous crowd happened more than 20 years ago, and my boss was the object of […]
read more...The “verbal attack” on Chrystia Freeland deters us all
Diversity Belonging + Inclusion and Our Advocacy Work
August 23rd, 2022
When Lisa Laflamme’s predecessor Lloyd Robertson signed off CTV’s nightly broadcast, he used to say, “And that’s the kind of day it’s been.” Which — to someone invested in media literacy — seemed inadvertently misleading. Because journalism, even at its best, is still a series of subjective decisions, every one of which is influenced by […]
read more...If it can happen to Lisa Laflamme… (and what you can do)
Our Advocacy Work
October 17th, 2016
Originally published October 17 2016 on Huffington Post Donald Trump may be the best recruitment tool the women’s movement has ever had. That he remains standing as the Republican nominee for president, continuing to enjoy the support of millions of Americans, makes clear that the fight for women’s right to be respected and treated […]
read more...Trump May Be The Women’s Movements’ Best Recruitment Tool Yet