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The most dystopian thing about this entire pandemic is the congratulations one gets after getting a vaccine. It's not an achievement! A degree? A house? Sure! But a vaccine?! No!It

When I got my vaccine today, I asked the nurse if she had been having a good day & whether people had been kind. She said yes & attributed it

English is not my first language so FYI but I am truly so perplexed by the way people state their pronouns as She/Her. I totally get why people state their

If you are new to Ottawa - Welcome! I moved here from the North yrs ago & was not prepared.I'm sure everyone told you about the cold & they're not

Ahh, the time old Canadian tradition : See a problem, delay a problem, throw a Royal Commission/Review at the problem, declare you have found solutions to the problem, never implement

Thousands of people have needlessly died in Ontario. The Premier getting emotional about all the wrong things, and then apologizing for being emotional, is a microcosm of his entire toxic

I have voted in every election since I was 18 (municipal, provincial, federal and even student politics). I have NEVER waited in a line. Not even for 5 mins. I've

At this time, 5yrs ago, my colleagues & I were under lockdown as a man drove around Renfrew County, killing three women. Anastasia, Carol and Nathalie were beloved members of

I am drowning in "BUT IF WE DEFUND COPS, WHO WILL PUNISH RAPISTS?!" messages. *Deep breath* I've been working with sexual assault survivors since 2003.I have, without exaggeration, supported literal

As an educator who works with young women AND as someone who was 5'10 in the 8th grade: I cannot implore you enough to talk to the young women in

I am angry that the police did not act on information about the misogynist who killed 20+ people in Nova Scotia.But I'm also angry at the mainstream feminist movement in

I was born & raised in rural/Northern Ontario. I've done work to end violence against women for 17 yrs.Some quick facts you should know about violence against women in a