Mar 17, 2020 | News and Views
To contribute to PEI’s collective effort to slow the spread of COVID-19, and in light of our caregiving responsibilities, staff of the PEI Advisory Council on the Status of Women will be tele-working as much as possible. This may affect when and how we are able...
Mar 12, 2020 | Did You Know?, News and Views, Now Available
Important Notice: The March study group sessions are cancelled and April dates are postponed. We will consider new dates in the coming months. A study group to examine the Calls to Action and what they mean for settler Canadians seeking justice and reconciliation....
Mar 11, 2020 | News and Views, Now Available
“Like a Woman” International Women’s Day 2020 was another happy celebration of women’s achievements, talents and skills, as well as a call for equal human rights for women worldwide. Thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate and advocate....
Mar 7, 2020 | News and Views, Now Available
le français suit International Women’s Day gives women an opportunity to celebrate all that we are and all that we have achieved. It allows us to pause and reflect on the unique challenges that women face and how much work is left for us to do. For too long women have...
Mar 6, 2020 | Advice to Government, News and Views, Now Available
FEEDBACK ON THE CONSULTATION REPORT ON REFORM OF FAMILY LAW IN RELATION TO CHILDREN PEI Advisory Council on the Status of Women March 6, 2020 Download PDF CONTEXT AND HISTORY The Prince Edward Island Advisory Council on the Status of Women (PEIACSW) is a nine-member,...
Feb 18, 2020 | News and Views, Now Available
Mark Your Calendars! Sunday, March 8th, 2020 from 3:00pm – 5:00pm Trinity United Church Hall 220 Richmond Street Charlottetown All are welcome to attend. on Sunday, March 8, 2020 the PEI Advisory Council on the Status of Women hosts their annual International...
Jan 30, 2020 | Did You Know?, News and Views, Now Available
Tuesday, February 11, 2020 12:00pm-1:00pm Royalty Centre Room 125 40 Enman Crescent Charlottetown Pack a brown bag and spend a lunch hour learning practical messages and strategies to support survivors of violence, abuse and trauma, especially sexualized violence, in...
Jan 23, 2020 | Did You Know?, News and Views
Congratulations to UPEI student Julia Dunn, the recipient of the Diane Kays Memorial Bursary. The $500 bursary is for a woman-identified student in a post-secondary program at UPEI, Holland College, or Collège de l’île who is pursuing a field where women are...
Dec 19, 2019 | News and Views, Now Available, Purple Ribbon
Good afternoon everyone. I would like to begin by acknowledging the elders in the room and thanking the Advisory Council on the Status of Women for bringing us together to remember victims of gender-based violence. On December 6, 1989, I was a little girl living in...
Dec 19, 2019 | Purple Ribbon
Council and staff of the Advisory Council on the Status of Women extend sincere and heartfelt appreciation to everyone who attended the 30th Montreal Massacre Memorial Service on December 6, 2019. The commemoration was a beautiful and moving honouring of the...
