National Indigenous History Month celebrates Indigenous peoples’ cultures, languages and ways of living, ensuring that their cultures are not forgotten: in classrooms, workspaces, recreational areas and all over Canada.
intersectionality
IPV thrives in silence. By raising awareness, supporting survivors, and advocating for systemic change, we can work toward a future where intimate partner violence is no longer a pervasive crisis.
“How are you protecting me—how are you protecting us? I implore all of you to interrogate your activism: who have you been leaving behind? Who have you failed to hold space for? In your silence and complacency, whose lives have you decided no longer matter?,” writes Shadé Edwards a second-year law student at the University of Ottawa in the common law section.
“Building something better than what exists now is the focus of the revolutionary movement,” says Desmond Cole, an award-winning columnist, activist and author “something based on love, respect, and accountability.”
This is definitely a start, but until we see concrete change we must march on.
“I think the very fact that we’re here means that we understand…the intersections between class and other various forms of discrimination,”—Kathryn LeBlanc
The intersection of poverty and mental illness on campus.
Social environment is a key influence in chance of developing a mental illness.
