I’m a fourth-year Journalism and Women’s Studies major at St. Thomas University in Fredericton, New Brunswick. I like to write about a range of topics, including women’s issues, food, and arts and theatre. I am currently a freelance writer for the Moncton Times & Transcript. After graduating in May 2010, I will be working as [...]
Shawn Graham’s Poverty Reduction Plan only benefits a very small number of welfare recipients, says a leading provincial poverty advocacy group. “If you listen to the media it seems that the Poverty Reduction Plan was a real good thing, but if you look at it and analyze between the lines then you start wondering if [...]
I was 18 years old when I was diagnosed with depression. These words are hard for me to write. I’ve always been embarrassed by my depression, afraid of what people will think of me once they find out. Depression isn’t an easy word to say, no matter how many times you say it. The stigma [...]
I am standing in a room full of shadows. The faceless figures stare back at me, begging to tell their stories. My eyes fixate on their shiny gold badges. The horror of their lives are written on their chests, marking them. “Bludgeoned to death by her estranged husband in her apartment,” reads one silhouette. She [...]
Helping those in need is a way of life for two of Fredericton’s non-profit helplines, but in order to continue to do so, they need a little help from the community. The Fredericton Sexual Assault Crisis Centre and Chimo Helpline are collaborating for the first time to bring the city its very own music competition, [...]
The criminal justice system provides little support for the victims of sexual assault, says a leading expert on sexual violence. “We’ve got in the legal system what I call a culture of skepticism and pessimism,” said Dr. Liz Kelly, the London Metropolitan University Roddick Chair in Violence Against Women, at a public lecture Monday. “We [...]
New Brunswick Advisory Council on the Status of Women calls for improved social support for unplanned pregnancies. A proposed safe haven law is not the ideal response to the recent rise of newborn murders in the province, says the head of a New Brunswick women’s agency. “Our services for young parents and pregnant teenagers are [...]
For 24 years, the women of Fredericton have been fighting for the right to walk the streets at night. And yet after more than two decades of protesting, there is still only one night that wish comes true. “We do it at night because it symbolizes that this is an issue that is still very [...]
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