INSIGHTS: Recognizing femicide in the criminal code
Charlotte Volet is a Gender Equality Advisor at Lawyers Without Borders Canada, where she has worked since 2020. She holds a Master of Advanced Studies in Transitional... Read more.
INSIGHTS: The Supreme Court has a chance to protect women with disabilities who suffer from coercive control
Ena Chadha is a senior human rights lawyer, educator, investigator and mediator and Chair of the Human Rights Legal Support Centre. Ena served as co-counsel to DisAbled... Read more.
INSIGHTS: I was nearly beaten to death with a rolling pin. Then the criminal justice system failed me
Cait Alexander is a SAG-AFTRA and ACTRA actress, musician, and multidisciplinary artist, and the founder and CEO of End Violence Everywhere (EVE), a multinational... Read more.
INSIGHTS: If we are serious about ending male violence against women, we must abandon the term “Intimate Partner Violence”
Megan Walker was the executive director of the London Abused Women’s Centre for 24 years and has worked both nationally and internationally to end male violence... Read more.
INSIGHTS: Gaps in federal oversight leave First Nations patients behind
By Chetan Mehta Chetan Mehta is a physician at Anishnawbe Health Toronto specializing in addictions medicine. The Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB) program is meant... Read more.
Fire safety is not a right in Canada: just step foot onto a First Nations community
By Jeremy Parkin Jeremy Parkin is the director of emergency services with Rama First Nation and president of the National Indigenous Fire Safety Council and the... Read more.
When lawyers have a mental health crisis, how should regulators balance public protection and professional recovery?
By Jessie R. Gomberg Jessie Gomberg is a Ph.D. Student at the University of British Columbia’s Allard School of Law. Her research focuses on professional regulation... Read more.
INSIGHTS: Advancing Black Health and Anti-Racism in Nursing
By Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi, RN, MEd Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi is a Registered Nurse, educator, and CIHR Doctoral Scholar at Queen’s University, where she studies Black... Read more.
INSIGHTS: Our way of thinking about informed consent has evolved over the last century. In a world of human guinea pigs, does it need to evolve further?
By Jonathan Moreno Jonathan Moreno retired as a Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, of History and Sociology of Science, and of Philosophy, at the University... Read more.
INSIGHTS: Animal research is a failed research paradigm and not morally permissible
Ari Joffe, MD, FRCPC is a clinical professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Critical Care at the University of Alberta, and a clinical professor... Read more.
INSIGHTS: Thinking outside the cage – how to advance science without sacrificing animals
By Dr. Charu Chandrasekera Dr. Charu Chandrasekera is the founder and executive director of the Canadian Centre for Alternatives to Animal Methods (CCAAM). My career... Read more.
INSIGHTS: Is banning testing on dogs and cats the key to making animal research more ethical in Canada?
By Dr. Udo Schüklenk Udo Schüklenk is a Professor of Philosophy at Queen’s University and the Ontario Research Chair in Bioethics. Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s... Read more.