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August 31st, 2022Does 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.) […]
read more...The “verbal attack” on Chrystia Freeland deters us allOur Advocacy Work
January 20th, 2022In the context of Informed Opinions’ work to combat the #ToxicHush of online hate, we’re deeply conscious of how much abuse many outspoken women and gender-diverse journalists, bloggers and influencers […]
read more...Blocking Online Abuse: Q&A with Toronto Star columnist Heather MallickOur Advocacy Work
January 11th, 2022If you’re a woman in Canada who pays any attention to politics, you already know the basic arc and many of the low points of the story below. In fact, […]
read more...Online hate targeting politicians threatens democracyOur Advocacy Work
December 29th, 2021Esther Choo is a physician who does medical commentary on CNN, MSNBC and BBC. She has more than 192,000 followers. And because she’s a feminist, tweets about gender inequities, and […]
read more...How to Use #Ottertime to Fight Online Hate and Disorient TrollsDiversity Belonging + Inclusion
August 11th, 2021Lori Campbell, newly appointed Associate Vice President, Indigenous Engagement, at the University of Regina has a long history of advocacy. A survivor of the infamous “Sixties Scoop”, she has […]
read more...Giving media interviews through trauma — and giving back to communityOur Advocacy Work
July 21st, 2021Is social media snark the gateway drug to full-on trolling? I wondered this a lot last month, scrolling through the hate-tweets directed my way. Had I condemned a respected religious […]
read more...Why are some people such jerks online? And how do you respond to social media attacks?Diversity Belonging + Inclusion
November 4th, 2020and Amy Ede. In the context of our collaboration to engage and support more Indigenous women and gender diverse people in being heard through the media, the two recently sat […]
read more...Why is it so crucial that we hear from Indigenous women?Increase Your Impact as a Speaker and Presenter
October 6th, 2020“Find another profession.” That was the blunt assessment of one high school student who sat through a presentation I gave in Saskatoon 15 years ago. The youth-targeted media literacy book […]
read more...The value of candid criticism from reliable sourcesMaster Media Engagement
January 25th, 2016Want to know what journalists think? Ask them. That’s what we did last fall by hosting a series of roundtable luncheons in cities right across the country. Our goal was […]
read more...7 Things Journalists Want Women To KnowOur Advocacy Work
December 31st, 2014EXPLOITING CELEBRITIES How do you draw public attention to rampant discrimination against women restaurant workers? I played the celebrity card, and heightened the drama by contrasting the red carpet behaviour […]
read more...Mandatory High Heels and Facebook Feedback