In Canada, we’re mourning the lives of 22 people who were senselessly murdered by a lone gunman in quiet, friendly rural Nova Scotia on April 19, 2020. At the time, the mass shooting accounted for more deaths than Covid-19 had in the province with a population of almost one million. For the first few days, …
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16 Days of Activism: Montreal Massacre
It was December 6, 1989. It was the first time I felt the wrath of antifeminism when I learned of what later became known as the Montreal Massacre. A very sick man, whose name I will not glorify, entered École Polytechnique with mass murder as his intent. The school, associated with Université de Montréal, ranks …
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
Today is International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and in Canada November is Woman Abuse Month. In Canada, we seem to be moving forward – internationally not so. I am concerned about the United States. Why? The United States are seen as the forefront of women’s rights and, like it or not, …
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Shedding Light on a Very Dark Topic – Part One
Now known as the Toronto Van Attack, where on April 23, 2018, a vile man purposefully drove a rented van into the sidewalks of Yonge Street in Greater Toronto killing 10 people is in the news again because the Toronto Police have released video of the man’s interrogation interview. CBC only released small portions of …
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Hindsight: My Journey 