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SHANNON SCANLAN SPENDS ALL DAY working in an office before retreating to her studio each night. In the two years since the Toronto artist graduated from the fine-arts masters program [...]

Nearly 20 years ago, Mary Gordon created a program to bring moms and babies into school classrooms. How empathy can create kinder kids, better adults, and a more equitable society [...]

METIS ARTIST Christi Belcourt's floral design work began when she decided to paint a pair of mukluks. Since then, her art has been featured in numerous galleries and, most recently, [...]

SINGLE DAD KYLE Bachmann was tired of having to change his son on a blanket next to a urinal on a dirty bathroom floor. It's a situation all too common [...]

THE MOHAWK COMMUNITY OF Akwesasne straddles the Ontario, New York, and Quebec borders. As of August 2016, It holds the first Indigenous legal system in Canada outside of a federal [...]

Media is giving more ink than ever to sexual assault coverage. But how do we ensure journalists report with respect? TODAY'S MEDIA CLIMATE IS RIFE WITH INCREASED--but not necessarily better--reporting [...]

One woman is speaking out about her miscarriage. Why are we still so silent? IN MARCH 2016, ANDREA PARAS, assistant professor of political science at the University of Guelph, wrote [...]

After-school specials tell us it's what's on the inside that counts. So why does one inspirational speaker want us to focus on outside beauty? PUNK ROCKER and inspirational speaker Talli [...]

LGBTQ youth are at a higher risk of homelessness. why is it so hard for them to find specialized shelters? ALEX ABRAMOVICH has spent the last decade researching LGBTQ youth [...]

The economy has long influenced gender roles. So what does it mean for sex and love today? MARINA ADSHADE'S BOOK AND BLOG, both called Dollars and Sex, look at sex [...]

Our schools reinforce poverty stereotypes. How can we move past privilege? ERIKA SHAKER is director of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, as well as executive editor of its education-geared [...]

Transgender children want to use the bathroom of their choice. Why won't their schools let them? IN OCTOBER 2014, Izzy Burgos launched #Pink4Bella, a campaign to protect the rights of [...]

THE CANADIAN RADIO-TELEVISION and Telecommunications Commission has decided that enough is enough. In June, it ruled it was through with Aboriginal Voices Radio (AVR), the station it claims has ignored [...]

Women's stories are more popular than ever. So then why are their voices still so undervalued in memoir? HELEN M. BUSS has published and edited many texts on the subject [...]