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Karen Stote working on second book investigating the coerced and forced sterilization of Indigenous women in Canada
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Karen Stote, assistant professor in women and gender studies at Wilfrid Laurier University, released her first book, An Act of Genocide: Colonialism and the Sterilization of Aboriginal Women, in 2015. “It looks at the history of coerced sterilization roughly from the 1930s to the 1970s in a time period when eugenic legislation was being practiced…
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Laurier’s Brantford campus hosts commissioner for the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
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On Oct. 4, Wilfrid Laurier University’s Brantford campus hosted an event in remembrance of missing and murdered Indigenous women. Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in Remembrance consisted of a public speaker component and a traditional Indigenous meal served afterwards at the Indigenous Student Centre. The event was organized by the Office of Indigenous Initiatives and…
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Learning the history of St. Patrick’s Day before you start partying
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Before you wake up on Saturday and reconsider your recent decisions as you try to keep down the first shot of the day — that you unwisely took before you even ate your green pancakes — we should take a moment to look at the actual reason we’re celebrating St. Patrick’s Day. St. Patrick’s Day…
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International Women’s Day highlights progress of women
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March 8, 2018, was International Women’s Day and Women 2018 hosted a successful event in Downtown Kitchener to highlight the progress of women today and movements still to come. The Women 2018 event, which sold out, featured speakers and artists meant to capture the many problems women continue to face in 2018. The event also…
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