I’m Not a Feminist But… A Brief History of Canadian Women’s Activism

Open Minds: Debating Public Issues presents: I’m Not a Feminist But… “Because it’s 2015.” So said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau when, in Fall 2015, he announced his gender-balanced Cabinet. For the first time in history, Canada’s Members of Parliament are almost completely balanced in terms of male and female representation. Does this gender-balanced Cabinet mean that Prime Minister Trudeau is a feminist? What is feminism, anyway? This talk will address these questions, offering a brief history of Canadian women’s struggles for equality. From the 1967 Royal Commission on the Status of Women to the launching of Take Back the Night Marches to the recently announced national inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, this talk will examine what it has meant, exactly, to support women’s rights in Canada. DONICA BELISLE, Department of History, University of Regina with Darlene Juschka, Women’s and Gender Studies & Carmen Robertson, Visual Arts.

More information at: http://www.uregina.ca/events/im-not-a-feminist-but-a-brief-history-of-canadian-womens-activism