Category: Feminism
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The Historic Feminist Victories of the 1980s
on Reproductive Rights and Pay Equity: Looking Back and Forward This forum commemorates two of the greatest achievements of the modern Canadian feminist movement, when thirty years ago, working closely together … Watch video »
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A Women’s Labour History Walking Tour
This customized tour acknowledges the Mississauga of New Credit, the aboriginal nation whose ancestral lands the city is built on, and highlights the struggles, gains and losses of women in … Watch video »
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Pink Wages and the Colour of Economic Exclusion
The Politics of Wage-Setting in Ontario The current debate in Ontario over raising the minimum wage offers insights into the politics of wage-setting in the neoliberal era, which is based on … Keep reading »
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Socialism and Feminism
Toronto — 16 November 2013. Moderated by Brian Donnelly. Presentations by: Abbie Bakan: “Marxism, Feminism, and Indigeneity: Rethinking and Rereading Engels’ Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State.” … Watch video »
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Protests Erupt in Nova Scotia Following Institutional Failure to Protect Female Teen Assault Victim
There is anguish and anger across the province of Nova Scotia following the death by suicide of teenager Rehtaeh Parsons on April 7. The 17-year old hanged herself in the … Keep reading »
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Queerly Political: Activism, Feminism, Marxism and Queer Politics
How can we build a united movement that respects difference and autonomy, and also advances common struggles against oppression and exploitation? What are the linkages, and tensions, between feminism and … Watch video »
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Abortion Rights: Access and Barriers
Rachael Johnstone is a feminist scholar and activist, who recently completed her Ph.D. in Political Studies at Queen’s University, with a specialization in Gender and Politics. She is currently an … Watch video »
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Anti-Capitalism and Feminism
Toronto — 12 January 2013. View on www.slideshare.net Moderated by Abbie Bakan. Presentations by: “Socialist Feminism in Canada: A Brief History.” Meg Luxton is Professor and Director of the Graduate … Watch video »
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La Via Campesina: Food Sovereignty and the Global Feminist Struggle
Via Campesina is the world’s foremost international movement of small farmers. It promotes the right of all peoples to food sovereignty. Via Campesina was established in 1993 at the dawn … Keep reading »
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Marxism and Feminism: Revisiting and Extending the Dialogue
Toronto — 11 May 2012. Moderated by Rachel Manning. Presentations by: Sandra Rein, University of Alberta – Looking Back to See Ahead: Marx, Gender and What it Means to be … Watch video »
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Canadian Health Care: Privatization and Gendered Labour
Priscillia Lefebvre is a collaborative Ph.D. student at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology/Institute of Political Economy, Carleton University (Ottawa, Canada). Pat Armstrong is Professor of Sociology and Women’s Studies … Keep reading »
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Giant Steps: Radical Women in the Black Freedom Struggle
Toronto — 1 March 2011. A talk by Komozi Woodard on the role of women in the struggle for Black liberation. Moderated by Herman Rosenfeld. Komozi Woodard is the Esther … Watch video »