Dec 22, 2025 | 50th Anniversary 1975-2025, Did You Know?, News and Views
We are asking each current staffperson with the PEI Advisory Council on the Status of Women to choose a milestone year to reflect on among these “50 Ways to Achieve Equality” posts. Today’s significant year is selected by Vanessa Bradley, the Council’s incoming...
Dec 16, 2025 | 50th Anniversary 1975-2025, Did You Know?, Uncategorized
The PEI Advisory Council on the Status of Women has been a long-time member of the Migrant Workers Action Team led by Cooper Institute, advocating for rights and protections for Temporary Foreign Workers on PEI (TFWs). TFWs make up a significant part of the PEI...
Dec 10, 2025 | Did You Know?, News and Views, Purple Ribbon Campaign
The selection of photos below are from the December 5, 2025 Memorial Service for Victims of Violence Against Women held at the Confederation Centre of the Arts (venue sponsor). We appreciate everyone who attended the service and participated in the 2025 Purple Ribbon...
Dec 9, 2025 | 50th Anniversary 1975-2025, Did You Know?
The PEI Advisory Council on the Status of Women made an intentional commitment to support local women artists by featuring their work on the covers of our annual reports, beginning in 1988 and continuing since. We believe this to be an important part of uplifting...
Dec 4, 2025 | Did You Know?, News and Views, Now Available, Purple Ribbon Campaign
Today, we gather to mourn a tragedy that occurred on December 6, 1989. Near the end of the academic semester, a 25-year-old man entered École Polytechnique de Montréal, explicitly targeting and murdering 14 women—mostly engineering students—and injuring 14 other...
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...
