Feb 13, 2025 | Did You Know?, News and Views, Now Available
International Women’s Day 2025 “Accelerate Action for Equality” The Advisory Council on the Status of Women, the Coalition for Women’s Leadership, Women’s Network PEI and community volunteers invite everyone to join in celebrating IWD on...
Feb 6, 2025 | Did You Know?, News and Views
DUCKS: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton We will explore the novel DUCKS: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton, winner of Canada Reads 2023. The graphic novel delves into workplace sexual harassment and sexual assault, the Maritime experience of migratory...
Jan 23, 2025 | 50th Anniversary 1975-2025, Did You Know?, News and Views
Today, January 23, 2025, is officially the 50th anniversary of the formation of the PEI Advisory Council on the Status of Women. Today, we are delighted to launch our anniversary year with a festive 50-year logo, created for us by Mag Lillo at Ruby Square Design. Look...
Feb 20, 2025 | Community Notices
Welcome to our Community Events and Notices E-News for Thursday, February 20, 2025 New listings this week: 1) 50 Ways: Federal Cuts 2006 2) Sport PEI Making Plans to Celebrate Women Coaches for IWD 3) IWD 2025 – Women and Gender Equality Canada –...
Feb 19, 2025 | 50th Anniversary 1975-2025, Did You Know?, News and Views
This month, people are feeling shock and alarm at cuts and changes to federal programs in the United States in the wake of a change of government, and, coincidentally, we came across this historical photo in the Advisory Council on the Status of Women archives from...
Feb 13, 2025 | Community Notices
Welcome to our Community Events and Notices E-News for Thursday, February 13, 2025 New listings this week: 1) 50 Ways: The Council’s First Year, 1975 2) “DUCKS: Two Years in the Oil Sands” by Kate Beaton 3) International Women’s Day 2025...
Feb 13, 2025 | Did You Know?, News and Views, Now Available
Do you work with writers as a publisher or editor? A dramaturge or curator? An open-mic host or moderator at reading Q&As? As a mentor, teacher, or workshop leader? The PEI Advisory Council on the Status of Women is working with the PEI Writers’ Guild on a...
Feb 13, 2025 | 50th Anniversary 1975-2025, Did You Know?, News and Views, Now Available
The cover of Council’s first annual report was pretty plain, but the content was exciting. Here is the text of the Letter of Transmittal from the first annual report of the PEI Advisory Council on the Status of Women, to PEI’s Minister Responsible for the...
Feb 6, 2025 | Community Notices
Welcome to our Community Events and Notices E-News for Thursday, February 6, 2025 New listings this week: 1) 50 Years of Leading Equality 2) PEIACSW Study Group (dates in February and March) 3) Tomorrow – Invitation: Panel Discussion on Supporting...
Feb 5, 2025 | 50th Anniversary 1975-2025, Did You Know?, News and Views
It’s Week 3 of our 50 Weeks celebrating and advocating for women’s equality in PEI, and it is also the beginning of Black History Month. We want to highlight Debbie Langston, the first Black woman to be appointed Chairperson of Council in 2019. She was an...
Jan 30, 2025 | Community Notices
Welcome to our Community Events and Notices E-News for Thursday, January 30, 2025 New listings this week: 1) PEI Status of Women 50th Anniversary Launch Celebration 2) Our Saturday Morning Conversation Circle is coming back at IRSA! 3) The 2nd Annual Chinese...
