Jun 18, 2025 | 50th Anniversary 1975-2025, Did You Know?, News and Views
In 2012, the Council’s Executive Director Lisa Murphy initiated an annual consultation for the past Chairpersons of the PEI Advisory Council on the Status of Women. Each year since, we have invited past Chairs together and the current Chairperson has brought the...
Jun 12, 2025 | Did You Know?, News and Views
We had a marvellous time in Lennox Island on Friday, May 30! The Status of Women held our day-long Council meeting in the Minigoo Fisheries building and hosted a focus group with six staff members and an elder from the Aboriginal Women’s Association over...
Jun 12, 2025 | 50th Anniversary 1975-2025, Did You Know?, News and Views
Last week, the PEI Advisory Council on the Status of Women was proud to be a co-sponsor of the amazing national conference hosted by Women’s Network PEI, ACT BIG – Advocating Canada Towards Basic Income Guarantee. What better time to look at the history of...
Jun 4, 2025 | 50th Anniversary 1975-2025, Did You Know?, News and Views
Last week, the members of the PEI Advisory Council on the Status of Women met in Lennox Island First Nation for what was officially our organization’s 200th meeting. Of course, the Council has met more than two-hundred times since 1975! But the official count we...
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...
