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Why is Black women's pain seen as disruptive?
Feb. 12, 2020

  By Sophia Sahrane * Content warning: Hospitalization, institutionalized racism, violence against Black women. When I was nine years old, I experienced a hypoglycemic crisis in the middle of my g... Continue reading


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I don’t want to die because I have a disability: MAID, the Truchon decision and my life
Jan. 27, 2020

  I don’t want to die because I have a disability: MAID, the Truchon decision and my life     The Government of Canada must hold the line in response to the recent Quebec Superior Court Decision a... Continue reading


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Interview with Charity Village
Jan. 7, 2020

    Check out this article from Rachel Pall for Charity Village where Bonnie Brayton, National Executive Director, was interviewed. This article talks about the leadership of women in the non-for-... Continue reading




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Do the Rights Thing
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    Do the Rights Thing is a project focused on developing and implementing a system-level response to address systemic barriers to services and e... Continue reading

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Act On The Facts
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Act On The Facts - Week Four (See below for Week Three, Two & One)   18% of women in Canada experience chronic pain. Meana, M., Cho, R., & DesMeul... Continue reading