In 2022, 184 women and girls were killed by violence in Canada. This number has steadily increased in each of the past three years; 148 women and girls were killed in 2019, 172 in 2020 and 177 in 2021. There were 6,423 incidences of anti-2SLGBTQIA+ protests and online hate in Canada in the first three months of 2023 alone. Expressions of hate toward …

As heart-warming as these ads may make us feel — what are messages like “be confident” or “be proud” really conveying to the potential consumer? When it comes to campaigns aimed at empowering women, we see many grace our TV screens and social media feeds each March — timed perfectly to coincide with Women’s History Month. As heart-warming as some …

Like any “ism,” feminism is rich with jargon, which can lead deeply personal conversations to turn unnecessarily dense. While some terms are entrenched, others are contemporary additions to an evolving lexicon. To help you break through, here are definitions for everything from “feminism” and “misogyny” to “bropropriated” and “feminazi.” The basics Feminism: Belief in and desire for equality between the sexes. As Merriam-Webster noted …