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The 3Ds of the Canadian Women's Movement: Delegitimization, Dismantling and Disappearance
Janine Brodie, University of Alberta Guest Contributor The struggle for gender equality in Canada is multidimensional and ongoing, despite the increasingly widespread assumption that gender equality has been achieved (SWC 2005) and the assertion that...
Global feminist conference calls for community participation
Alison Faulknor, Director of Programs 2011 will be an exciting year for the Ottawa region. The city will play host to a triennial global feminist conference - Women’s Worlds. This distinguished international and interdisciplinary event will bring...
High educational aspirations of Visible Minority Immigrant Youth in Canada
Harvey Krahn and Alison Taylor, University of Alberta Guest Contributors Photo courtesy m00by on Flickr. The educational aspirations of 15-year-old Canadians are very high, while those of visible minority immigrant (VMI) youth 1 are even higher. Our...
First Nations Higher Education Aspirations in Canada
Tyrone McNeil, President of the First Nations Education Steering Committee, BC Guest Contributor 2009 marked the twentieth anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. This anniversary affords us all an important...
Haiti Earthquake: What we can do
A man exits a restaurant after he looked for his belongings. An earthquake rocked Port au Prince on January 12. Photo Marco Dormino/ The United Nations Development Programme on Flickr One week later, the world has a better understanding of the scope...
Top Five Reasons to Register for Congress 2010
Alison Faulknor, Director of Programs Most of you reading this blog do not need convincing to attend Congress 2010 held at Concordia University in Montreal this spring (May 28 th – June 4 th). Just ask one of the 8,600 people who gathered in Ottawa...
Leadership for Equity in Education: Deficit mentality is a major challenge
John P. Portelli, OISE, University of Toronto Guest Contributor Deficit thinking hinders leadership for equity. It privileges mainstream or conventional thinking and marginalizes any deviation from it. Yet, if one believes in a robust conception of...
Un nouveau directeur général nommé à la Fédération
(English text follows) Il nous fait plaisir d’accueillir Jean-Marc Mangin à la Fédération. Au moment d'accepter sa nomination, M. Mangin remarquait : «Depuis plus de 20 ans, j'ai été le témoin de situations parmi les plus difficiles à imaginer telles...
Equity and Collective Bargaining in Canadian Universities
Linda Briskin, York University Guest Contributor Interventions to promote employment and pay equity often focus on legislation. However, collective bargaining is a significant although often invisible instrument for promoting workplace equity. Unions...