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 20, 2025 | Community Notices, Did You Know?, Now Available
Chairperson Hsiao-Yu Liu thanked and posed for a photo with candle-lighter Gladys Alombro at the Memorial Service in December. Congratulations to Gladys Alombro. Gladys was chosen as the successful recipient of the PEIACSW Maureen Larkin Memorial Migrant Worker Rights...
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 | Did You Know?, News and Views, Now Available, Purple Ribbon, Purple Ribbon Campaign
What a fun time we had last week pinning ribbons to bookmarks, organizing resources, and having a great time together! It’s always a nice surprise to see who shows up for our Purple Ribbon Pinning Bee. Extra thanks to Kirsten Birch and Marrisa Campbell for...
Nov 13, 2025 | Did You Know?, News and Views, Now Available, Purple Ribbon, Purple Ribbon Campaign
2025-2026 Purple Ribbon Campaign Shame Must Change Sides: No stigma on survivors The 2025-2026 Purple Ribbon Campaign Against Violence Against Women theme states that the accountability for violence must be placed on those who perpetrate violence, not on those who are...
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...
