Dec 4, 2025 | 50th Anniversary 1975-2025, Did You Know?, Purple Ribbon Campaign
In Montreal on December 6th, 1989, 14 women were murdered in a mass shooting targeting women, at l’École Polytechnique. The 25-year-old perpetrator began his misogynistic violence in an Engineering classroom, and after telling the men to leave he singled out and shot...
Nov 27, 2025 | 50th Anniversary 1975-2025, Now Available, Purple Ribbon, Purple Ribbon Campaign
The origins and need for the Purple Ribbon Campaign Against Violence Against Women arise from the horrific act of misogynistic terrorism in Canada known as the Montreal Massacre. In Montreal on December 6th, 1989, 14 women were murdered in a mass shooting targeting...
Nov 20, 2025 | 50th Anniversary 1975-2025, Did You Know?, News and Views, Now Available
To mark our 50th Anniversary, we looked back through Council archives to trace the history of our bursaries. In 1980, the earliest reference we found to the Council’s bursaries was a Guardian advertisement for $100 post-secondary bursaries to UPEI and Holland...
Nov 13, 2025 | 50th Anniversary 1975-2025, Did You Know?
Since 2012, we are very proud to have created a multilingual poster as part of our annual Purple Ribbon Campaign Against Violence. We conceived the multilingual poster as a way to pay respect to the many cultures and languages that make up our PEI community, and to...
Nov 5, 2025 | 50th Anniversary 1975-2025, Did You Know?
Caregiving, as fulfilling as it can be, can also be an overwhelming job, especially without the proper support and resources. And especially during a worldwide pandemic. Covid-19 has had some sort of negative impact on almost everyone as caregivers, whether caring for...
Oct 30, 2025 | 50th Anniversary 1975-2025, Did You Know?, News and Views, Now Available
Our 50th Anniversary Celebration was a huge success, thanks to everyone who organized, participated and attended. We had past staff, chairpersons, and council members attending alongside current staff and council, making for a diverse, intergenerational crowd of women...
