Union organizer and social activist. Late in life, Madeleine Parent was recognized her indefatigable activism on behalf of workers, women, and minorities. But in her younger years she was marked as a dangerous woman and a “seditious” traitor. In the 1940s, Parent organized workers in the massive textile factories of Quebec. She was convicted — and later acquitted — of seditious conspiracy. From the 1950s to the 1970s, she led
Ivana Saula Directrice de la recherche Il y a six mois, des discussions ont commencé entre le gouvernement fédéral et les compagnies aériennes au sujet de l’aide financière au transport aérien. Dès que les répercussions de la COVID-19 ont été évidentes, l’AIM a entrepris un effort continu de lobbying pour obtenir de l’aide pour l’aviation et le transport aérien. De plus, au cours de la dernière année, un par un, les gouvernements
Ivana Saula Research Director Six months ago, talks between the federal government and airline companies began over financial aid for air transportation. As soon as the impact of COVID-19 was evident, the IAM began a continuous lobbying effort for assistance for aviation and air transportation. Also, over the last year, one by one, governments around the world announced aid specifically for the airlines. In Canada, we’re still waiting. A recent
Chef Kwakwaka’wakw, médiatrice culturelle et activiste. Née sur l’île de Vancouver, Ga’axstal’as, Jane Constance Cook, est la fille d’une femme de la noblesse Kwakwaka’wakw et d’un commerçant de fourrure blanc. Élevée par un couple de missionnaires, elle était très cultivée et a acquis une excellente connaissance des deux cultures et de leurs systèmes judiciaires respectifs. Alors que les nations de la côte Ouest sont de plus en plus assujetties au joug
Kwakwaka’wakw leader, cultural mediator, and activist. Born on Vancouver Island, Ga’axstal’as, Jane Constance Cook was the daughter of a Kwakwaka’wakw noblewoman and a white fur trader. Raised by a missionary couple, she had strong literacy skills and developed a good understanding of both cultures and legal systems. As the grip of colonialism tightened around West Coast nations, Cook lobbied for First Nations to retain rights of access to land and resources.
Activiste, animatrice à la radio et leader politique. Malgré une jeunesse passée dans un milieu riche et privilégié, Thérèse Casgrain juge que la vie doit être juste pour tous. Elle aide à fonder le Comité provincial du suffrage féminin en 1921 et animera plus tard une émission de radio fort populaire, appelée Fémina, à Radio-Canada. Dans les années 1940, elle devient la première femme leader d’un parti politique au Canada, le
Activist, radio host, and politial leader. Despite being brought up in wealth and privilege, Thérèse Casgrain felt that life should be fair to everyone. She helped to found the Provincial Franchise Committee for Women’s Suffrage in 1921 and later hosted a prominent radio program, called Fémina, for Radio-Canada. She became the first female leader of a political party in Canada — the left-leaning Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) — in the 1940s.
Par Ivana Saula, directrice de la recherche et représentante des femmes et des droits de la personne « La diversité est notre force, la solidarité est notre pouvoir » Duygu Brauer, DaMigra L’AIM est fière d’être déléguée à la délégation du Canada, avec deux représentantes présents : Tania Canniff, présidente générale du district 140, et moi-même. Malgré la pandémie, la Conférence des Nations Unies (ONU) sur la situation de la femme s’est déroulée
By Ivana Saula, Research Director and Women and Human Rights Representative “Diversity is our Strength, Solidarity Is Our Power” Duygu Brauer, DaMigra The IAM is proud to be a delegate to Canada’s delegation, with two representatives in attendance; Tania Canniff General Chair Person, District Lodge 140 and myself. Despite the pandemic, the United Nations (UN) Conference on the Status of Women went full steam ahead, with delegates from around the
First black woman newspaper editor in North America. Mary Ann Shadd was a tireless advocate for universal education, black emancipation, and women’s rights. Born in Delaware, Shadd moved to Windsor in Canada West (now Ontario) to teach in 1851. She soon founded the Provincial Freeman, which was dedicated to abolitionism, temperance, and women’s political rights. During the American Civil War, she went back to the United States as a recruiter of
