Nov 19, 2020 | Purple Ribbon Campaign
For decades we have gathered as a community to honour the lives of women that have been lost to violence. While we cannot be together physically at the Confederation Centre of the Arts, we can join with others for an online video commemoration. This year, you are...
Nov 19, 2020 | Purple Ribbon Campaign
Teachers’ Resources 2020-2021 Purple Ribbon Campaign Against Violence This year’s Purple Ribbon Campaign guide for educators has been adapted due to COVID-19. Instead of a resource-pack of handouts, we are pleased to offer our most-requested resources as...
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...
Sep 1, 2020 | News and Views, Now Available
We would like to share the work of the Advisory Council for 2019-2020. Our PEIACSW Annual Report (web version, lower resolution) is now available. Lots of photos of events and activities are included. Scroll through when you have a chance! Download as PDF: 2019-2020...
Aug 27, 2020 | Advice to Government, News and Views, Now Available
Input on Proposed Temporary Foreign Workers Protection Legislation PEI Advisory Council on the Status of Women August 21, 2020 Download as PDF: Input on Proposed Temporary Foreign Workers Protection Legislation The Prince Edward Island Advisory Council on the Status...
Aug 27, 2020 | Advice to Government, News and Views
In July 2020, Prince Edward Island’s Department of Agriculture and Land initated a Land Matters consultation. This consultation is part of a project to review and update provincial land-related legislation and policy. The Province invited responses from...
Jun 12, 2020 | News and Views, Now Available
I wrote this opinion piece thinking of Lisa, a woman in the UK who hijacked a conversation between my sister and me. Lisa is a white woman; she is no one but she could be everyone. Lisa is everywhere, she thinks she understands racism better than any Black person....
May 29, 2020 | Advice to Government, News and Views, Now Available
Input on a Bill to Amend the Employment Standards Act to Include Emergency Leave Provisions PEI Advisory Council on the Status of Women May 13, 2020 Download as PDF: PEIACSW input on emergency leave under employment standards Dear Patricia McPhail and colleagues: The...
