Sexism, Silence and Violence
Written by Hannah McGechie & Benoît Allain-Melanson on 19/12/08
“Grief for you has rebellion at its heart, it cannot simply mourn.”
- Adrienne Rich
On December 6th, 1989, Marc Lépine walked into L’École Polytechnique in Montréal, shouting “I hate feminists” before shooting and killing fourteen women [...]
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Crime Prevention Through… a Restaurant?
Written by Hannah McGechie on 10/12/08
I was first introduced to the Kids in the Hall Bistro in 2005. I was visiting my family in Edmonton and my aunt and I wanted to find a nice place to have lunch. Suddenly, [...]
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The Right to be a Child
Written by Hannah McGechie on 19/11/08
As a criminology student, I am exposed to some pretty controversial guest lecturers. One such lecturer had spent decades in prison for sexually assaulting several children. The entire lecture was a little unsettling, but one [...]
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Letters to a Bullied Girl
Written by Hannah McGechie on 10/11/08
We can no longer turn away or sit idly by as our peers are bullied so severely and relentlessly that they are forced to withdraw, isolate themselves and even turn to suicide.
- Emily and Sarah [...]
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Youth University
Written by Hannah McGechie & Benoît Allain-Melanson on 09/11/08
I grew up in an environment and school where everyone around me went to university. Out of my graduating class, only two people did not immediately head off to pursue a higher education. It was [...]
