Women

We know that women, particularly those that are racialized and dealing with precarity in its different forms, bore the brunt of this pandemic.

The summer issue of Voice is always our women’s issue. It is an opportunity to highlight women’s voices, consider the intersections of our struggles and to talk about the value and impact of ETFO’s women’s programs.

With the summer women’s issue of Voice, we recognize not only the important contributions of ETFO women members but also the differential impacts of the pandemic and all of the cuts from the Ford Conservative government on women and other marginalized groups.

Stephanie Fearon speaks with Black E.S.T.E.E.M. founder and President Shayle Graham about her work creating STEM spaces beyond the classroom.

Neeru Sekhon considers the impacts of the pandemic and how her activism brings her hope.

Sabrina Sawyer, Angela Frawley, Elisa Lobo and Carolyn Proulx-Wootton reflect on ETFO’s new Indigenous Women’s Mentorship Program.

Educators have experienced a sevenfold increase in violence since 2005. Elizabeth Mitchell writes about the connection to gender.

Voice in conversation with ETFO’s newly-elected President Karen Brown.

Iyanuoluwa Akinrinola writes about asking her students to consider the missing voices in accounts of pivotal moments of Canadian history.