Native leaders and some premiers have gathered in western Newfoundland for the first national aboriginal women's summit in the hope of devising a long-term strategy to end a cruel cycle of poverty and violence.
A battle of the sexes erupted at the Ontario legislature Tuesday after an editorial photo illustration, deemed by many to be derogatory to women, was discovered on the website of Liberal strategist Warren Kinsella.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper's failure to bring more gender balance to his cabinet is a clear expression of his own indifference to the role of women in politics and public life, Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion said today.
Canada's elections chief on Monday defended a decision to allow conservatively veiled Muslim women to vote without uncovering their faces, despite appeals from the prime minister to reverse the ruling.
Proposed changes to how Ontario elects its politicians will invariably mean more women, visible minorities and even young people find their way into provincial politics, advocates say - an outcome that critics counter is far from assured.
Opposition parties decried the demise of a leading women's group today, calling the Conservative government "Neanderthal" and "misogynist" for cutting off federal support for advocacy and research on women's issues.
More women than ever were elected to Ontario's legislature Wednesday, but female politicians and advocates say there are still plenty of obstacles left to equality of the sexes in politics.
An Edmonton woman is this year's winner of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities' (FCM) Canadian Women in Municipal Government scholarship. Claire Dub won the scholarship for her research into why more women do not run for political office.
Although there have been great strides in equality among men and women in Canada since Agnes MacPhail became the first woman elected in the House of Commons in 1921, we have a long way to go before we achieve equality in political expression.