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Alright, Now What?

Canadian Women"s Foundation

Gender equality and justice, where we live, work, learn, and play is the goal, and it makes life better for everyone. Our podcast, Alright, Now What?, remains a space where we ask How do we move from awareness to action?, but this season we’re also Shifting the Story. Through powerful storytelling, expert interviews, and bold conversations, we’ll highlight community-based solutions, uncover systemic barriers, and explore what true equity can look like, especially for those who are too often

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00:15:25

Menopause

Alright, Now What? ·

2023/06/14

With Dr. Shafeena Premji, physician and Director of Mahogany Medical Clinic and The Village Medical, and Janet Ko, President of The Menopause Foundation of Canada. It’s interesting how Western medicine has framed women’s sexual and reproductive health. It has a history of presuming normalness means youth and reproduction, so ageing and not reproducing means “abnormal”. Take the term “menopause”, sometimes described as estrogen deficiency, a diminishment of ovarian activity, and a failure of

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00:20:09

Menstrual Bleeding Disorders

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2023/05/31

With Natalie Philbert, Manager of Women’s Programs and Services at Hemophilia Ontario, and Dr. Meghan Pike, pediatrician and clinical fellow in Pediatric-Hematology Oncology at Dalhousie University/IWK Health Centre. We don’t always have the language to speak about our periods – let alone menstrual bleeding disorders. What are the signs and symptoms? What are the gaps in care and diagnosis? And how does it connect with gendered inequities? May 28 was International Day of Action for Women's

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00:16:33

Women’s Heart Health

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2023/05/17

With Dr. Tara Sedlak, the only certified Women’s Heart Health Cardiologist in Canada. The link between discrimination and your health and wellness is undeniable. It's all about the social determinants of health. The World Health Organization describes them as “non-medical factors that influence health outcomes”, the “conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live, and age, and the wider set of forces and systems shaping the conditions of daily life.” Discrimination based on gender and

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00:17:01

Supporting Gender Diversity

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2023/05/03

With Dr. Lee Airton, Assistant Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies in Education at Queen's University. International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia is coming up on May 17. The UN says that only one out of three countries legally protect people from discrimination based on sexual orientation. Only one out of 10 protect people based on gender identity, and only a handful based on sex characteristics. We can’t end gender injustice without ending discrimination widely faced

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00:13:59

Online Misinformation and Curious Minds

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2023/04/19

With Sabrina Cruz of Answer in Progress. Disinformation is false information intended to mislead. Misinformation is false information shared without intention of misleading. In this digital world, false information and the conspiracy theories, fake news, and downright lies attached to it seem to spread like wildfire. A poll found that people in Canada consider the online disinformation epidemic and climate change as the most serious threats of the modern age. The Government of Canada’s Online

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00:21:19

Gender Pay Gaps, Plural

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2023/04/05

With Dr. Hadiya Roderique, writer of Black on Bay Street and other articles, cultural critic, lawyer, researcher, speaker, and consultant. Equal Pay Day is symbolic of how far into the next year the average woman works to have earned what the average man earned the previous year. In Canada, women make 88 cents for every dollar men make. But there’s more than one gender pay gap because those who face gender inequalities are a diverse population. Racialized women make 67 cents to the dollar for

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00:32:08

Signal for Help and the Hidden Stories

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2023/03/22

With Nana aba Duncan (Media Girlfriends) and Eternity Martis. Sometimes, it’s the personal stories that can light a fire. Because in the flurry of activity around the viral Signal for Help, a hand gesture we released that means “I need your help”, we can forget we’re talking about real people. That’s why we’re releasing the Signal for Help podcast, a mini-series you don’t want to miss. Gender-based violence is a problem, and we want to support survivors. But too many people who face abuse are

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00:19:24

Indigenizing International Women's Day

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2023/03/08

International Women’s Day as we know it grew out of early 20th century action to promote women’s rights and suffrage.After that, its popularity waned. But feminist activism of the 1960s and UN sponsorship of the day in 1975 revitalized it as an occasion to promote women’s rights around the globe. We need toremembergender justice activism as more than a single movement, as many intertwined movements across many communities. It’s easy to forget how dynamic and evolving these movements have been. We

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00:18:50

Misogynoir and Healing Journeys

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2023/02/22

With Monica Samuel, Founder and Executive Director of Black Women in Motion. Understanding the abuse and discrimination Black women, girls, and gender-diverse people face offers insight on how we can better support their healing journeys. Misogynoir is a term coined by Dr. Moya Bailey to describe the distinctive form of anti-black sexism faced by Black women. As limited as race-based data collection in Canada is, the evidence is stunning. Black women more likely than other groups of people to live

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00:14:38

Good Food in Tough Times

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2023/02/08

With Brianne Miller at Nada. In these rocky economic times, affordable, sustainable food seems elusive. Can you do food business in a way that does good? How are women and equity-seeking people leading the way? Lots of women and equity-seeking people get into entrepreneurship. It makes sense. Those who face barriers to stable, safeemployment have to get creative. They often get entrepreneurial. They have dreams of not only running their own businesses, but doing good in the world while they do

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00:17:15

Stitching for Sustainability

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2023/01/25

With Munira Abukar at Stitch Lab T.O. Women are more likely to live in low-income households than men, especially single mothers. Indigenous women, racialized women, women with disabilities, and trans people also face a high risk of poverty. Economic stability is the ultimate goal of the Canadian Women’s Foundation’s Investment Readiness Program, funded by the Government of Canada’s Social Innovation/Social Finance Strategy. It equips women and Two Spirit, trans, and non-binary people to succeed in

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00:20:23

Chilling Abuse Against Women Journalists

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2023/01/11

With journalists Garvia Bailey,Saba Eitizaz, Christina Frangou, and Salimah Shivji. Content note: this episode includes discussion of gender-based violence and sexual assault. It’s 2023 and we’re in Season 5.We start with online harassment and hate faced by women and racialized journalists. We need them to give voice to what’s often left unheard in Canada. This makes the harassment and abuse they experience at disproportionate levels particularly vexing. It’s harmful to them as people and as media

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00:12:58

Signal for Help: Learn to End Abuse

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2022/12/28

With Jennifer Delisle. An online search pulls up several news stories about women and girls who used the Signal for Help in dangerous situations. The Canadian Women’s Foundation launched the Signal in 2020 in the wake of rising abuse such as intimate partner violence and sexual assault as well as the rising use of video calls. The Signal for Help has gone viral more than once since then. But a signal is only as useful as its response. Can you respond to any sign or signal of abuse? Our research

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00:11:58

December 6 and Ending Femicide

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2022/12/14

With Corinne Ofstie. Content note: this episode addresses femicide. “December 6, 1989 was a terrible moment that became a transformative movement,” writes Canadian Women’s Foundation President and CEO Paulette Senior in The Toronto Star.“Every year on December6, we need to revive the momentum anew. Advocates made sure that the 1989 massacre led to stricter firearm laws and new anti-violence efforts. We need the same energy in 2022 to end abuse in sports and male-dominated sectors, build safety for

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00:17:22

Ending Sexual Violence on Campus

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2022/11/30

With Ziyana Kotadia and Karen Campbell. Content note: this episode addresses sexual violence. Too Scared to Learn: Women, Violence, and Education by Jenny Horsman (2013) uncovers how violence negatively impacts a student’s ability to learn. It focusses on women’s literacy, but the broader lesson is clear. None of us can properly learn when we’re scared and targeted. This has huge implications for girls, women, and gender-diverse students in all schools, as well as huge implications for

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00:14:48

Decolonizing Giving

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2022/11/16

With Kris Archie, Chief Executive Officer of The Circle on Philanthropy. In Decolonizing Wealth: Indigenous Wisdom to Heal Divides and Restore Balance, Edgar Villanueva says, “What we can focus on with decolonization is stopping the cycles of abuse and healing ourselves from trauma.” He speaks to how finance, philanthropy, and the ways we “do charity” have been set up to uphold colonialism, systemic racism, and discriminatory outcomes. Philanthropy, giving, and charity work is oftenseen as neutrally

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00:14:36

Women and White Nationalism (Part 2)

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2022/11/02

With guest Barbara Perry. White nationalism is on the rise in Canada. What does it have to do with women? Researchers Barbara Perry and Ryan Scrivens describe far-right extremism as “a loose movement, animated by a racially, ethnically, and sexually defined nationalism.” They go on to explain that it’s “typically framed in terms of White power, and is grounded in xenophobic and exclusionary understandings of the perceived threats posed by such groups as non-Whites, Jews, immigrants, homosexuals and

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00:13:19

Women and White Nationalism (Part 1)

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2022/10/19

With guest Erica Ifill. White nationalism is on the rise in Canada. What does it have to do with women? White nationalism is a core concept in far-rightextremism. And many experts say it’s becoming more mainstream. “Hate in Canada: A short guide to far-right extremist movements” (2022) says, “Far-right extremism is a form of ideologically motivated violent extremism (IMVE) – but one that is difficult to describe. There is no one, single ideology motivating these groups, but there is a shared

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00:20:31

Feminist Journalism

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2022/10/05

With guests Robyn Doolittle and Christina Frangou. Equity-seeking journalists including women and racialized reporters investigate some of the most important and hidden stories.Whether writing articles for newspapers or magazines, editing, posting on social media or digital media, or blogging, we need them to give voice to issues otherwise unheard. This makes the harassment and abuse they experience at disproportionate levels particularly vexing. It’s harmful to them as people and media workers, and

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00:16:16

Young Feminists Lead Climate Justice

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2022/09/21

We’re in climate crisis – and marginalized women, girls, and gender-diversepeople bear the brunt. Young climate justice leaders are ringing the alarm. It’s about time we listen. In a sense, climate change and global warming hurts everyone. But we’re not all equally impacted. Some people have more resources to deal with fallout. Some of us are more or less protected from consequences of growing carbon dioxide andgreenhouse gas, emissions and the burning of fossil fuel, sea-level rise, methane, and

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