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...
Jun 12, 2025 | Community Notices
Welcome to our Community Events and Notices E-News for Thursday, June 12, 2025 New listings this week: 1) 50 Ways: Basic Income Guarantee 2) Recent Council Meeting Held in Lennox Island 3) Public Input Invited: Review of the Freedom of Information and...
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 5, 2025 | Community Notices
Welcome to our Community Events and Notices E-News for Thursday, June 5, 2025 New listings this week: 1) 50 Ways: The Advisory Council on the Status of Women Act 2) Gold Cup Girl Book Launch and Author Signing 3) TODAY: Free Community Event During ACT BIG...
Jun 4, 2025 | Now Available, Purple Ribbon
Over the last several years, the PEI Advisory Council on the Status of Women has had the honour to help and support our friend Lynn MacNeill to create her memoir of surviving gender-based violence, Gold Cup Girl, which is now published as a book from Pownal Street...
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 | Community Notices
Welcome to our Community Events and Notices E-News for Thursday, May 29, 2025 New listings this week: 1) 50 Ways: Hidden Heritage 2) ACT BIG Conference – Last Chance to Register 3) Mental Health Toolkit: Navigating Uncertainty 4) Do You Have Temporary...
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 | Community Notices
Welcome to our Community Events and Notices E-News for Thursday, May 22, 2025 New listings this week: 1) 50 Ways: IDAHOBIT 2) Indigenous Awareness Week 2025 is here! 3) Wo-He-Lo & QEH Auxiliary Clothing Sale – May 22, 23 and 24 4) Free Workshop:...
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...
