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December 6: National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
Nov 21, 2000
On December 6, we remember 14 young women murdered by a man at L’Ecole Polytechnique. They were shot because they were women. It is important to mourn on this day. It is just as important to work for change. It is critical that both men and women address the root causes of violence against women. read more
People
union activist: Grace Hartman
by | Nov 17, 2000
The first woman president of a major national union, Grace Hartman was a wife, mother and woman who started as a labourer in a carpet factory and rose up to lead the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) from 1975 to 1983. She fought for pay equity and never lost sight of the multiple roles that she and other women played at work and in the home. read more
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Lottie Betts Tushingham
by | Nov 17, 2000
“Can you type?” Women have been asked the question for decades when applying for a job. Lottie Betts Tushingham could type, and she was proud of it! In 1923, 3,000 fans swamped Toronto’s Massey Hall to see it with their own eyes. Here is her wonderful story. read more
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Captain Molly Kool
by | Nov 7, 2000
Many women and girls sail recreationally or competitively. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, some went to be with their captain husbands, and some buckled under the pressure of solitude, boredom, bad weather, mutiny and shipwreck. Unlike New Brunswick’s Molly Kool, the first North American woman to be a ticketed sea captain who rose to the challenge of living at sea. Going out to sea was all in a day’s work. read more
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Lt. Col. Shirley M. Robinson, CD(Retired)-Nurse
by | Nov 6, 2000
After 30 years of highly distinguished service as a senior Nursing Officer and Administrator in Canada’s Armed Forces, Lieutenant Colonel Shirley Robinson’s retirement in 1984 could easily have been time to rest on her hard-won laurels. Instead, it evolved into a 15-year period of entrenchment ensuring that equal opportunities for women in the military became more than just policy. read more
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paralympian: Joanne Kelly
by | Oct 5, 2000
Every game has its boundaries and every player her position. Physical disability does not take our choices from us; it only limits them. Meet Joanne Kelly, mother, elite athlete, paralympian and friend who has been a key player on the National Women’s Wheelchair Basketball team for five years straight. Who said only men have balls?! read more
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youth worker: Almas Rajwani-Rawji
by | Sep 14, 2000
There were only 1,200 Ismaili Muslims in Calgary when she arrived in 1978, compared to about 8,500 in the year 2000. Now, there are about 30,000 across Canada – mostly in Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary. And, because the local communities have set up programs to bring their people out of troubled areas such as Afghanistan, Pakistan and Tajikistan, more Ismailis arrive every year, and Almas Rajwani-Rawji is there to welcome them. read more
People
politician: Grace MacInnis
by | Aug 25, 2000
In Canada, we celebrate Labour Day as we have since it was made official in 1894. We honour the paid and unpaid work of women by featuring Grace MacInnis. The sole woman Member of Parliament from 1968–1972, while refusing to call herself a feminist, Grace earned a reputation as a fighter for both women’s equality and consumer rights, as well as for being an eloquent defender of the poor and elderly. She also did at home what she advocated publicly – shared housework, a feat in itself. read more
People
Mary Ella Dignam
Aug 8, 2000
Canada’s arts and crafts movement pioneer and founder of the Women’s Art Association of Canada, Mary Ella Dignam, single-handedly broke the mould when she devoted her life to both her family and her art. read more
People
refugee worker: Nancy Pocock
by | Jul 27, 2000
Meet Nancy Pocock, peace activist, social justice advocate, writer and jewelry maker, and Pearson Peace Prize and Order of Canada recipient. Nancy’s personal brand of social activism meant opening her heart and her home in Canada to people from all over the world; all people seeking refuge from torture and death in their own countries. Her choices show us that nothing that happens is beyond us and teaches us to think globally, act locally! read more
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February 2: Imbolc – Groundhog Day
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Groundhog Day, is the modern version of St. Brigid’s Day and Imbolc (or Candlemas). A time of intuition and looking forward, it is held that the groundhog comes out of her hole and looks for her shadow. If she sees it, she knows there will be six weeks more of winter. The spirit of life is born at the winter solstice when the sun begins its gradual return. In February, at Imbolc, the earth, the physical, has its first experience of life stirring deep within, waiting to appear in the spring. read more