Être militante racisée et queer à Montréal By

J’ai eu la chance d’avoir un entretien électronique avec Karine-Myrgianie Jean-François, travailleuse communautaire et militante. Voici un aperçu des pensées de Karine sur comment passer à l’action! 1-    Quels sont les sujets/problèmes qui te fâchent en ce moment? Penses-tu que ces sujets/problèmes sont adressés adéquatement? Présentement, je vois beaucoup de personnes très privilégiées minimisant voire […]

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White Liberalism and the Color of Justice: What Must Change in the Social Justice Community of Montreal By

It became all clear to me within an instant. The moment I started talking and explaining and struggling to make myself heard, understood and acknowledged, he shut me up. Interrupting me and then going on to contradict everything I just said, all having to do with my reality and personal experiences as an immigrant woman […]

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A Call for Asian-Canadian Feminism By

Where is a forum for (young) Asian-Canadian and Asian-American feminist voices?

It seems to me such a movement is more necessary than ever, with the Canadian media (first Maclean’s, and now the National Post) obsessing over how Asian students are taking over everyone else’s spots at universities, only to remain socially inept robots once they actually take those spots.

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Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women By

The disappearance of Indigenous women is a systemic epidemic in Canada. In the past three years the Harper government has cut the funding to hundreds of Native and women’s organizations. This includes the Aboriginal Healing Fund in 2010 which funded over 135 Native run organizations across Canada. When this funding was cut, the Montreal Native Women’s Shelter had a third of its funding cut and as a result had to let go of their sexual assault counsellor. Another example is the funding to Sister’s In Spirit, which since 2004 has been doing ground breaking research into how many Indigenous women have actually disappeared.

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Une ambiance de Gestapo By

« Une fille c’est doux, c’est gentil, ça se maquille, c’est fin, ça a les hanches comme ci, les épaules comme ça, ce n’est pas trop musclé. Le procès de virilisation commence à partir du moment où les sportives sont « trop » : « trop » grandes, « trop » fortes, « trop » musclées, « trop » performantes. »

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