Dec 16, 2020 | News and Views, Purple Ribbon Campaign
Roxanne Carter-Thompson and Debbie Langston prepare for Roxanne to tell her story. Roxanne Carter-Thompson is the Executive Director of the Adventure Group in Prince Edward Island, and she told her story of being a survivor of violence for the first time in public to...
Dec 5, 2020 | News and Views, Now Available, Purple Ribbon Campaign
Where Violence Persists, What Women Do Last year we gathered to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the Montreal Massacre, where fourteen women, students at l’École Polytechnique, were murdered because they were women. With our service of remembrance we paid...
Nov 25, 2020 | News and Views, Now Available, Purple Ribbon Campaign, Uncategorized
Our Activities Update e-newsletter includes a Chairperson’s message, Council meeting discussions, and information about the annual Purple Ribbon Campaign and the Montreal Massacre Memorial Service, with adaptations for this year. Download Activities Update...
Oct 14, 2020 | News and Views, Now Available
FOR THE PREMIER’S COUNCIL FOR RECOVERY AND GROWTH The following insights and policy directions for a gender-sensitive recovery in PEI come from participants in interviews and a roundtable for the forthcoming report Gender & COVID-19 in Prince Edward Island:...
Oct 2, 2020 | News and Views, Now Available
For Immediate Release Charlottetown, October 2, 2020 – October marks Women’s History Month in Canada, and today the PEI Advisory Council on the Status of Women is pleased to release a new report, Gender and COVID-19 in Prince Edward Island: In the Words of...
Sep 10, 2020 | Did You Know?, News and Views
Please share this information if you know of someone who is eligible and should be applying. In English En français Diane Kays Memorial Bursary / Bourse commémorative Diane Kays The Diane Kays Memorial Bursary is available to a woman-identifying student who is a...