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Letters: Violence against women is reprehensible
I find myself reflecting frequently these days on the message my own father, nearing the end of his days, provided his five sons on the topic of the treatment of women. My dad is a Second World War...
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Letters: 'Our daughters are not objects for gratification'
Re: “Enough is enough” (Opinion, Jan. 28) I, like opinion-writer Beverly Akerman, am appalled by the endless supply of sexism that permeates our society and agree that the Eugenie Bouchard “twirl” is...
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Editorial: Sexual violence is a scourge against women
The gang rape and brutal beating of 23-year-old medical student Jyoti Singh aboard a bus in Delhi in 2012 was a gruesome crime that shocked many around the world. The death of Singh, who succumbed to...
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Editorial: Too many unintended consequences for women's health
A decade ago, the McGill Reproductive Centre announced the birth of an 8-lb. baby boy — the first child in Canada born from a frozen egg through a revolutionary technique pioneered at the clinic. There...
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Letter: Handle hecklers with a sharp word and a dignified retreat
Re: “When did we start going all shock-horror-outrage on heckling?” (Christie Blatchford, May 22) Christie Blatchford is completely right: a kiss (even an unwanted one) is just a kiss, a sigh (even one...
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Editorial: The legacy of Claire Kirkland-Casgrain
Claire Kirkland-Casgrain was a woman of firsts in Quebec: the first woman MNA, the first to hold a cabinet post, the first to sit as acting premier, the first to be named judge. Now, another first:...
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Claire Kirkland-Casgrain funeral: Quebec says goodbye to a pioneer
Fittingly for a pioneer, it was a first. At the first national funeral for a Quebec woman, Claire Kirkland-Casgrain was remembered as a trailblazer for women. She was the first woman elected to...
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Don Macpherson: Quota for female candidates? No thanks, say young Quebec...
To the youth wing of Quebec’s governing Liberal party, quotas aren’t for everybody. The young Liberals themselves owe their influence in party affairs to a quota unique in Quebec politics. The Liberal...
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Editorial: Iran's imprisonment of Homa Hoodfar is outrageous
Friends and colleagues of imprisoned Montreal academic Homa Hoodfar kicked off the new school year by renewing their urgent pleas for Iran to release her. They rightly fear continued detention could be...
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Montrealer stages topless protest at Trump's polling station
Neda Topaloski said Donald Trump has made misogynist remarks throughout the U.S. electoral campaign, so she wanted to protest against him on voting day using her body. The 30-year-old Montrealer...
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