May 29, 2025 | 50th Anniversary 1975-2025, Did You Know?, News and Views
In the 50 year history of the Advisory Council on the Status of Women, one thing we have always been interested in … is, well, history! Especially, the Council has been interested in women’s and diverse people’s place in history. It took until this...
May 22, 2025 | 50th Anniversary 1975-2025, News and Views, Now Available
On the weekend, on May 17, the world celebrated IDAHOBIT, the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia, “a global moment of solidarity and visibility for [2SLGBTQIA+] individuals and communities.” We know that over its 50-year...
May 14, 2025 | 50th Anniversary 1975-2025, Did You Know?, News and Views
Today, Council’s Chairperson Hsiao-Yu Liu and three staff members (Caroline, Jane, and Michelle) wore purple and took part in Charlottetown’s 15th Walk in Silence for Victims of Family VIolence. This walk during Family Violence Prevention Week, was...
May 7, 2025 | 50th Anniversary 1975-2025, Community Notices, Did You Know?
Sunday is Mothers’ Day in Canada. On April 30, 1984, Council Chairperson Dolores Crane wrote the following letter to Premier Jim Lee, regarding the origins of Mothers’ Day: Dear Premier Lee: On behalf of the P.E.I. Advisory Council on the Status of Women,...
Apr 30, 2025 | 50th Anniversary 1975-2025, Did You Know?, News and Views
It was a politically important week this week in Canada, with a federal election on April 28. Because the PEI Advisory Council on the Status of Women has a provincial mandate, we haven’t often been active during federal elections, except pointing to other...
Apr 24, 2025 | 50th Anniversary 1975-2025, Did You Know?, News and Views
Earlier this week, April 22 marked Earth Day, so we looked back through the Advisory Council on the Status of Women archive to 2008, when the International Women’s Day “Together in Courage” committee honoured women leaders in environmental activism....