Jan 13, 2021 | Did You Know?, News and Views
Congratulations to Sofia Mohamed, winner of the $500 Inge Blackett Memorial Bursary for a woman-identified student who entered Canada as a refugee and is pursuing education or training. This bursary remembers past Council Vice-Chairperson Inge Blackett, who when she...
Dec 17, 2020 | Purple Ribbon Campaign
Council and staff of the Advisory Council on the Status of Women extend sincere and heartfelt appreciation to everyone who participated in the 2020 Montreal Massacre Memorial video commemoration. We missed being together physically but were pleased with how many...
Dec 16, 2020 | Purple Ribbon Campaign
PEI-Nova Scotia singer-songwriter Jenn Grant performed her song “Mauve” in honour of the April 2020 Portapique, NS, mass shootings, for sharing in the Charlottetown, PEI, 2020 Montreal Massacre Memorial Service video commemoration. The video of the full...
Dec 16, 2020 | Purple Ribbon Campaign
When you looked at me did you see me? Did you see my arms and think of how wildly they gesticulate when I’m telling a story? Or did you see my arms and picture how you would use them to pin me down? Did you see my lips and visualize how they must look when...
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 | Purple Ribbon Campaign
Memorial Services for Victims of Violence Direct Link to the Montreal Massacre Memorial Video on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/487804493 Program of Service (PDF): December 6 2020 video commemoration program For decades we have gathered as a community to honour the...
Nov 25, 2020 | Purple Ribbon Campaign
The PEI Advisory Council on the Status of Women has adapted the annual Purple Ribbon Campaign Against Violence Against Women. Purple ribbons and cards will be replaced this year by badges, available by request for contactless pick-up. And of course, if you have one,...
Nov 25, 2020 | Community Notices, Purple Ribbon Campaign
New listings this week: 1) Purple Ribbon Badges 2) Support Survivors Multilingual Posters 3) Resources for Teachers 4) Montreal Massacre Memorial Video Commemoration 5) Activities Update Fall/Winter 2020 E-Newsletter is Now Available “November 25 is the...
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...
