Women & Gender Studies

Fourteen deaths that forced a reckoning with violence against women

An eyewitness account of the revolution in Canadian women’s rights under the law

You're never too old for adventure

The undertold story of the all-women’s symphony orchestra that revolutionized music in Canada

As she aged, Kathleen McDonnell discovered her secret superpower: swimming in cold water.

The feminist journal that both documented and helped change an era.

A beloved mayor, her activism on behalf of refugees gives her accomplishments special resonance today

“We have told only half the stories of how our world was shaped.”

He was René and no one else.

Women don’t win re-election. Why? Because in Canadian politics, there are no second chances.