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Thursday, March 17, 2016
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and UN Women's Executive Director join forces for gender equality
During a High-level event on March 16, 2016 on how to achieve gender equality during the annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) at the United Nations Headquarters, the Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau and the Executive Director of UN...
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Tuesday, February 23, 2016
Melanie Mark is the first indigenous woman to be elected to British Columbia’s legislature
Melanie Mark grew up in one of Canada's poorest neighborhoods, moving around the social housing system while her mother struggled with addiction and her siblings lived in foster care. Decades later, she is the first indigenous woman to be elected to...
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Friday, January 29, 2016
Multimedia
25 Percent: A Documentary
Only 25 percent of political seats, across Canadian municipal, provincial, and federal tables belong to women. This documentary examines why Canadian politics has yet to reach the United Nations minimum standard for engagement of women in decision-...
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Friday, January 08, 2016
Interview with Anita Vandenbeld, Canadian MP and former iKNOW Politics Coordinator
Ms. Anita Vandenbeld, Canadian politician and currently Member of Parliament in Canada, who was also coordinator of iKNOW Politics, has been recently interviewed in the Canadian newspaper Ottawa Citizen. Thus, Ms. Vandenbeld answered questions...
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Friday, January 08, 2016
Female Ministers in Canada's Parity Government Have Less Interventions than their Men Counterparts in Parliament
After widespread celebrations of Canada’s parity government, led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau with 15 men and 15 women, first gender criticisms are currently emerging. Thus, Glen McGregor, journalist at the newspaper Ottawa Citizen wrote...
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Thursday, December 24, 2015
Interviews
Anita Vandenbeld
    iKNOW Politics interviewed Ms. Anita Vandenbeld, newly elected Member of Parliament (MP) in Canada and member of the Liberal Party. Ms. Vadenbeld reported to us over the phone that in the recent election, she had the highest number of votes of...
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Wednesday, November 04, 2015
Canadian Prime Minister names 50-50 Cabinet
On Novermber 4, 2015, Justin Trudeau, Canada’s freshly elected Prime Minister, named 15 women to sit in a cabinet of 30. Trudeau’s new ‘parity cabinet’ is a revolution in Canada as it puts an end to the long-standing habit of naming men to a large...
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Monday, December 01, 2014
Interviews
Megan Leslie, NDP deputy leader, Canada
Justin Trudeau’s ejection of two Liberal MPs from his caucus—over allegations of sexual harassment of two anonymous NDP MPs—has unnerved Ottawa. If you need proof, you need look no further than MP Peter Goldring’s now-retracted comments about...
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Sunday, May 11, 2014
Canada faces 'crisis' on indigenous living conditions
Canada faces a "crisis" over the living conditions of its aboriginal residents, the UN special rapporteur for the rights of indigenous peoples has said. James Anaya said Canada had taken "positive steps" but that "daunting challenges" remained,...
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Monday, March 24, 2014
Redford’s tenure follows a familiar script for women in politics in Canada
Alison Redford’s unexpected resignation has reignited the debate on gender in politics. Some declare that gender had everything to do with it, while others argue as strongly that nothing could be further from the truth. We think that gender was not...
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Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Interviews
Kim Campbell
The International Knowledge Network of Women in Politics (iKNOW Politics) spoke with Hon. Kim Campbell, Former Prime Minister of Canada, on what does it take to become a leader; held at the 58th UN Commission on the Status of Women, held in New York...
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Friday, March 14, 2014
Interviews
Carolyn Bennett
International Knowledge Network of Women in Politics spoke with Carolyn Bennett, Member of Parliament and Chair of the Liberal Women's Caucus in Canada on women's political participation in Canada, the challenges of creating a women's caucus and how...
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Thursday, March 06, 2014
Canada: Parliament Panel Fails Indigenous Women
A landmark Canadian parliamentary report released on March 7, 2014, failed to recommend needed steps to stem violence against indigenous women, Human Rights Watch said today. The committee did not recommend either an independent national inquiry or...
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Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Women in Politics: A Roadmap
Do you want to see political change? Have you considered running for elected office (municipally, provincially or federally)? How about supporting a candidate as part of her campaign team? Interested in serving, but not sure where to start? Join us...
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Wednesday, January 08, 2014
My 2014 Wishes for Women in Canada by Kirsty Duncan, Liberal MP
As we gather with family and friends across our great country to celebrate the end of 2013, and as we look forward to a more hopeful 2014, let this be a New Year focused on Canadians, and not on political drama and scandal. And let parliamentarians...
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Saturday, October 19, 2013
Wynne to women’s summit: no barriers to becoming Canada's premier, except poverty
As Ontario's first female and first lesbian premier, Kathleen Wynne was an obvious choice for keynote speaker at the Leadership Summit for Women. Addressing the (almost entirely) female crowd, she shared her personal experiences in politics — as a...
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Thursday, October 17, 2013
Event encourages women to tackle politics, Canada
For the fourth year, a campaign school to encourage women to consider a role in municipal politics will be run in Brantford. The event — which generally attracts up to 100 women — is aimed at getting more women to run for public office or to support...
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Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Female participation drops in council election, Canada
As the first full day of municipal election campaigning begins in Edmonton, political observers are starting to consider a city council with far fewer women on it. While the number of candidates running for elected office — 119 — is the highest...
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