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LEAF’s Project Director Kat Owens was interviewed by the CBC about why survivors of sexual assault may be pursuing justice through non-criminal avenues.

Kat was also interviewed by the Washington Post about LEAF’s intervention before the Supreme Court of Canada in R. v. Sullivan and R. v. Chan, cases about whether an accused person can rely on the defence of self-induced extreme intoxication for certain violent offences like sexual assault.

The Globe and Mail covered LEAF’s intervention before the Supreme Court of Canada in R. v. Kirkpatrick, a case about how condom use should be interpreted under the consent provisions of the Criminal Code.

CTV News covered LEAF’s submission on the federal government’s proposed legislation framework to regulate “online harms”.
Joint Submission with the Citizen Lab on Toronto Police Services’ Use of AI Policy
 
LEAF, in collaboration with Citizen Lab Fellows and a Senior Research Associate, made a joint submission to the Toronto Police Services Board’s public consultation on its draft policy concerning police use of artificial intelligence technologies. The submission urges the Board to centre precaution, substantive equality, human rights, privacy protections, transparency, and accountability in its policy.

Read more about the submission here.
Submission on Quebec’s Bill 2

In early December 2021, LEAF Québec and LEAF National submitted a brief to the Québec National Assembly on Bill 2. This bill proposes significant changes to family law for the first time in 40 years. Among other changes, the bill includes transphobic proposals regarding identity documents, a regime to regulate surrogacy, and the requirement that judges consider family violence when assessing the best interests of the child.

In our brief, LEAF provided 15 recommendations to advance substantive gender equality and to express our solidarity with 2SLGBTQ+ organizations protesting the bill’s transphobia. You can learn more about the bill and what LEAF recommended here.
Hak v. Attorney General of Québec (Bill 21 Litigation)
 
LEAF is intervening jointly with the Fédération des Femmes du Québec (FFQ) at the Court of Appeal of Québec to argue that An Act Respecting the Laicity of the State, commonly known as Bill 21, infringes gender equality. Bill 21 restricts the wearing of religious symbols (like the hijab) in certain professions with the goal of affirming Québec as a secular state. The Court of Appeal will hear this case in spring 2022.

As interveners, LEAF and the FFQ will explain to the Court that section 28 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, a provision that protects gender equality, can be used to address the violations of Muslim women’s fundamental rights in this case.

You can learn more about this case and LEAF’s position here.
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Remembering bell hooks

We mourn the passing of Black feminist scholar and activist bell hooks, whose groundbreaking writing on gender and race helped so many of us to identify the interplay of what she called “imperial white supremacist heteropatriarchy” and to commit to a feminism that seeks to overcome those systems of oppression.

Feminism is for Everybody isa short, accessible introduction to feminist theory by one of its most influential practitioners. Designed to be read by all genders, this book provides both a primer to the question 'what is feminism?' and an argument for the enduring importance of the feminist movement.”

All About Love presents a radical understanding of love as being a verb rather than a noun, and provides a model of love as care, compassion, and unity.
Sort Of follows Sabi, a non-binary, millennial, Pakistani Canadian who is living in Toronto and supporting themself as a nanny and a part-time bartender. They are contemplating an exciting move to Berlin with a friend, when an unexpected event happens that makes them seriously reconsider their future plans. (Streaming on CBC Gem)
Burn It All Down is the “feminist sports podcast you need”. Each week, the hosts bring an intersectional feminist view to the biggest stories in sports, toss the most abominable people in athletics on the proverbial Burn Pile, and celebrate people carrying the torch in sports.
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Le FAEJ s’est associé à Volonté de faire, un mouvement national regroupant plus de 200 organismes de bienfaisance, pour éduquer les Canadiens sur le pouvoir qu’ils ont de faire une différence par l’exercice de leur volonté. Vous trouverez plus d’information, y compris des ressources gratuites sur le don de succession, dans le site Web de Volonté de faire.  
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Nous pleurons le décès de la féministe, érudite et activiste noire bell hooks, dont les écrits révolutionnaires sur le genre et la race ont aidé un si grand nombre d’entre nous à identifier l’interaction de ce qu’elle appelait « l’hétéropatriarcat suprémaciste blanc impérialiste » et à s’engager à un féminisme qui cherche à surmonter ces systèmes d’oppression.

Feminism is for Everybody est [Traduction] « une brève introduction accessible à la théorie féministe par l’une de ses praticiennes les plus influentes. Conçu pour être lu par tous les genres, cet ouvrage présente à la fois un abécédaire à la question “qu’est-ce que le féminisme?” et un argument pour l’importance tenace du mouvement féministe. »

All About Love présente une compréhension radicale de l’amour comme étant un verbe plutôt qu’un nom, et offre un modèle d’amour sous forme de soin, de compassion et d’unité.
Sort Of suit l’histoire de Sabi, un enfant du millénaire canadien non binaire d’origine pakistanaise vivant à Toronto et subvenant à ses besoins en tant que bonne d’enfant et barman à temps partiel. Ils envisagent un déménagement excitant à Berlin avec un ami, alors qu’un événement inattendu les porte à revoir sérieusement leurs plans d’avenir. (En continu sur CBC Gem)
Burn It All Down est le [Traduction] « balado sportif féministe dont vous avez besoin ». Chaque semaine, les hôtes présentent une optique féministe intersectionnelle des plus grandes histoires du sport, jettent les personnes les plus abominables du monde de l’athlétisme sur la pile à brûler proverbiale, et célèbrent les personnes qui tiennent le flambeau dans le monde du sport.