The Centre for Gender Advocacy, a Concordia University student-funded community group, has a mandate to fight gender oppression through campaigns that challenge gendered, sexual, and racial violence, and to promote Trans* rights, indigenous women’s rights, and access to public health services including abortion and gender transition. Our staff and board members …
by ICEEU Visuals Approximately 600 Native women have gone missing or have been murdered since roughly 1980 according to the Native Women’s Association of Canada. Other organizations and activists suspect that the actual number is as high as 3000. The reality is that Native women in Canada are at least …
Glen Canning has been seeking justice for his daughter, Rehtaeh Parsons in the wake of her sexual assault and suicide death. He spoke at McGill University on October 3rd, 2013, as the keynote event of our series “Another Word for Gender: an intro to feminst organizing and action.” There were …
Y is for your sister, O is for oh so tight, U is for underage, N is for no consent, G is for grab that ass – a frosh chant at St. Mary’s University in Halifax In case there was any mistaking it, the attitudes expressed in St. Mary’s University’s …
Duties: Assisting the Centre for Gender Advocacy’s Campaigns Coordinator in planning events, public outreach and popular education activities for various campaigns of the Centre. Skills Required: General computer skills, public outreach, knowledge of the Centre for Gender Advocacy’s mandate; familiarity with past events, campaigns and services offered by the Centre for …
1.In Quebec, Canada, trans*1 people must publish their name change AND address in a newspaper. 2.The government of Quebec publishes all sex and name changes in its official gazette. 3.In order to have a gender marker (M or F on official pieces of identification) change in Quebec, a person must …
Did you notice that we’ve stopped using the “2110” in our name? Here’s what’s up! At our AGM on April 2, 2013, our membership voted to drop the number from our name. The number had referenced the address of our original (and still existing) office at 2110 Mackay, and came …
Many thanks to all who attended the Annual General Meeting on April 2nd to support the Centre and elect the new Board of Directors! It was so terrific to be with all of you and reflect on the last year. There’s been so much incredible activity at the Centre and …
Feb 14th 2013, Montreal. The will to fight comes from a heart overflowing with love. Ellen Gabriel is a Native/human right activist, and former president of Quebec Native Women (QNW). She joined the members of her community of Kanehsatà:ke in March 1990 as they erected barricades to protect The Pines …
Feb 14th, 2013: Over 700 gathered at St. Laurent Metro this Valentine’s Day to make this year, Montreal’s 4th annual memorial march for missing and murdered women the largest yet. The first women’s memorial march was held in 1991 in response to the murder of a Coast Salish woman on …
