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...
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...
