Winter 2018
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herizons WINTER 2018 | VOLUME 31 NO. 3
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herizons WINTER 2018 | VOLUME 31 NO. 3
25th Anniversary Issue
INDECENT ACTS & EVERYDAY REBELLIONS/8
After taking her shirt off on a hot summer day, Gwen Jacob
sparked a debate on indecency. From the Fall 1992 issue.
by Laurie Soper
BENDING THE RULES /12
This interview with author and activist Jane Rule covers topics
including lesbians and literature, censorship and sex. From 1993.
by Keith Louise Fulton
LYRICS OF THE LAND/17
Buffy Sainte-Marie gives voice to Indigenous struggles in this
1993 interview with Herizons.
by Fiona Muldrew and Suzanne McLeod
ABORIGINAL WOMEN DEMAND JUSTICE / 20
Gender equality for Aboriginal women must be part of future
constitutional changes, argues the president of the Native
Women’s Association of Canada. From the Winter 1993 issue.
by Gail Stacey-Moore
D IS FOR DILEMMA/ 24
In this 1995 Herizons article, filmmaker Kathleen Shannon
shares lessons learned at the helm of the NFB’s Studio D.
by Kathleen Shannon
THE SLIPPERY SLOPE/ 28
Disability rights activist Tanis Doe weighs in on euthanasia
and children with disabilities in this 1995 Herizons article.
by Tanis Doe
NAC UNDER ATTACK/ 31
In this 1998 Herizons interview, NAC President Joan Grant
Cummings details how federal cutbacks to feminist
organizations has a detrimental effect on equality efforts.
by Ann Decter
A GREAT MURMUR OF VOICES / 34
Author and poet Dionne Brand, in this 1999 Herizons interview,
discusses literary influences and her experiences as an immigrant.
by Nuzhat Abbas
WHY LAW AND ORDER WON’T STOP
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN / 37
Vancouver Rape Relief and Women’s Shelter staff member
Lee Lakeman explains in this 2000 Herizons article why
violence against women is not about stopping five bad guys.
by Lee Lakeman
THE SPEECH THAT SHOOK THE COUNTRY/ 42
Sunera Thobani challenged Canada’s response to the 9/11
attacks in the United States, causing a firestorm.
First published in Winter 2002.
by Sunera Thobani
A LOVE AFFAIR WITH WORDS / 48
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Carol Shields shares her thoughts
on women in literature in this 2002 Herizons interview.
by Irene D’Souza
WHY WE MUST END COLONIALISM / 51
Mohawk legal expert Patricia Monture, in this 2002 article,
explains why tinkering with the Indian Act isn’t enough.
by Patricia Monture
TURBO CHICKS / 54
Third-wave feminism is the subject of this 2002 interview
with Allyson Mitchell, Lara Karaian and Lisa Rundle.
by Krista Scott-Dixon
DEARTH OF A NATION/ 58
Afua Cooper blows the whistle on slavery in Canada in this
article that first appeared in Herizons’ Summer 2003 issue.
by Sheila Nopper
IS THIS THE PATH WE WANT TO BE ON? / 62
Margaret Atwood’s prescient warning about environmental
devastation arrived in the form of her book Oryx and Crake.
First published in the Spring 2004 edition of Herizons.
by Irene D’Souza
ON BEING DIRECT/ 64
This interview with former anarchist urban guerilla Ann
Hansen, who was imprisoned for her part in the 1982 bombing
of Litton Industries, was published in 2004.
by Deanna Radord
EXPOSING THE SYSTEM / 66
Herizons interviewed Jane Doe, who successfully sued the
Toronto Police Service for negligence after she was raped
at knifepoint by the balcony rapist in 2004.
by Penni Mitchell
DARK KNIGHTS / 70
Racism is not foreign to Canada’s military peacekeeping
practices, according to Sherene Razack in her book,
Dark Threats and White Knights: The Somalia Affair,
Peacekeeping and the New Imperialism. From 2005.
by Ghislaine Alleyne
CONTRARY MARY / 73
Actor and comedian Mary Walsh is loved for buttonholing
politicians in her role as Princess Warrior. Herizons interview
first appeared in 2006.
by Monica Kidd
BABES, BITCHES AND DOGS/ 76
The sexual harassment of female politicians in Canada
crosses party lines, as this 2007 Herizons article discussing
the treatment of MP Belinda Stronach outlines.
by Ashifa Kassam
LES VALEURS, LA MANIÈRE (VALUES, MANNER)/ 78
According to poet Nicole Brossard, the question of identity is
“vital for people who belong to a group that is colonized,
Discriminated against and marginalized.” Published in 2008.
by Mariianne Mays
NAOMI KLEIN’S SHOCK DOCTRINE/ 82
Naomi Klein’s book Shock Doctrine exposed the political
underbelly of opportunistic global capitalism. Her radical remedies
for neo-liberalism were examined in Herizons 2008.
by Susan G. Cole
THE SENATOR IS OUT / 86
Nancy Ruth was the first out-lesbian appointed to the Senate.
The long-time feminist and Conservative caucus member is
the subject of this 2008 Herizons interview.
by Kaj Hasselriis
BENDING GENDER / 90
Performers and activists S. Bear Bergman and Kate Bornstein
discuss breaking down binaries in Gender Outlaws: The Next
Generation. First published in 2011.
by Mandy van Deven
FIREBRAND ARTIST DAPHNE ODJIG / 93
Daphne Odjig inspired generations of artists and helped to
establish a strong Indigenous painting community in the 1970s.
First published in Herizons in 2011.
by Jann L.M. Bailey
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