Best Canadian Women S Foundation Podcasts (2024)

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Big Data on Women’s Health 14:31

1M ago14:31

14:31

With Liza Vityuk at McKinsey & Company. Discrimination based on gender and other connected factors like our race and ability impacts our health in so many ways. In honour of International Day of Action for Women's Health, we’ve focused on gender and health matters we may know bits and pieces of but probably need to learn more about. Our guest Liza …

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Women’s Heart and Brain Health 13:14

2M ago13:14

13:14

With Carissa Gravelle at Heart and Stroke Foundation. The link between experiences of discrimination and your health and wellness is undeniable. It's all about the “social determinants of health”. Discrimination based on gender and other connected factors like our race and ability impacts our health in so many ways. For example, we get treated diff…

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Dementia and Gender 19:29

2M ago19:29

19:29

With Dr. Saskia Sivananthan, healthcare leader and Affiliate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at McGill University. The link between discrimination and your health is undeniable. Discrimination based on gender and other connected factors like our race and ability impacts our health in so many ways. For example, we get treated differen…

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The Federal Budget and Gender Equality 18:35

2M ago18:35

18:35

With The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada. As the Department of Finance Canada notes, the federal budget is “a blueprint for how the Government wants to set the annual economic agenda for Canada.” As Canada’s public foundation for gender justice and equality, government spending decisions are always a key topic for the Cana…

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Endometriosis and Misogyny 17:59

3M ago17:59

17:59

With Tracey Lindeman, author of BLEED: Destroying Myths and Misogyny in Endometriosis Care. The link between discrimination and your health is undeniable. The World Health Organization describes social determinants of health as “non-medical factors that influence health outcomes”, the “conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live, and age,…

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Feminist Climate Action 23:09

3M ago23:09

23:09

With Catherine Abreu of Destination Zero. I’ve heard people say, “climate disaster knows no bounds” and “it discriminates against no one.” There’s a sense in which that’s true. But impacts of climate change affect different people in Canada and around the world differently, depending on who they are. Women, girls, and gender-diverse people often ex…

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Becoming Water Literate 13:26

4M ago13:26

13:26

With cave diver and climate advocate Jill Heinerth. Climate change affects us all. But women, girls, and gender-diverse people often experience harsher impacts of climate change, especially those who are most marginalized. They’re also an important part of effective climate solutions. Gender equality itself is a climate crisis solution. Anishinabek…

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Defamation Law and Sexual Assault 17:32

4M ago17:32

17:32

With Mandi Gray, author of Suing for Silence: Sexual Violence and Defamation Law. #MeToo made headlines around the world in 2017 and thousands publicly shared their experiences of sexual victimization. The “me too” movement was first established in 2006 by American activist Tarana Burke. #MeToo has been called a watershed moment for gender equality…

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The Model Minority Myth 25:56

4M ago25:56

25:56

With Prachi Gupta, author of They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies that Raised Us. The Canadian Encyclopedia says the model minority is a stereotype that “depicts Asians as hard working, successful at school and in the workplace, and as economically prosperous.” It may seem like a positive stereotype. But it divides non-model and model raciali…

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Talking Gender and Climate Change 19:23

5M ago19:23

19:23

With Katie Harper at Project Neutral. I’ve heard people say, “climate disaster knows no bounds”. There’s a sense in which that’s true. But impacts of climate change affect different people in Canada and around the world differently, depending on who they are. Women, girls, and gender-diverse people often experience harsher impacts of climate change…

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The Walrus Talks Gender-Based Violence (Part 2) 36:19

5M ago36:19

36:19

With Jake Stika of Next Gen Men, Fay Slift and Fluffy Soufflé of The Fabulous Show with Fay and Fluffy, Shree Paradkar of the Toronto Star, and Angela Sterritt, national bestselling author of Unbroken. Today’s episode features four of seven incredible speakers at The Walrus Talks Gender-Based Violence, presented by the Canadian Women’s Foundation a…

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The Walrus Talks Gender-Based Violence (Part 1) 25:44

6M ago25:44

25:44

With Paulette Senior and Anuradha Dugal of the Canadian Women’s Foundation and Pamela Cross at Luke’s Place. Today’s episode features three of seven incredible speakers at The Walrus Talks Gender-Based Violence, presented by the Canadian Women’s Foundation and held on November 16, 2023. Speakers addressed pressing issues and solutions to end gender…

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Being Young and Facing Gendered Digital Abuse 14:46

6M ago14:46

14:46

With Amanda Arella at YWCA Canada. Those who are young face elevated risks of gendered digital harm. Statistics Canada found that, among those aged 18 to 29 years, young women were more often the target of online abuse, with a prevalence almost double the rate of young men. The gender difference was especially pronounced for receiving unwanted sexu…

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Taking Action on Online Hate 20:48

7M ago20:48

20:48

With Leigh Naturkach at the Mosaic Institute. We’re still not doing enough to end gendered digital hate, harassment, and abuse on a large scale. Perhaps that can give us the impression that the public doesn’t care or we’re all too complacent to do anything about it. The numbers tell us otherwise. In 2023, the Canadian Women’s Foundation found that …

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Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence 16:37

7M ago16:37

16:37

With Rhiannon Wong at Women’s Shelters Canada. The Tech Safety Canada website says technology-facilitated gender-based violence “happens when someone uses technology to harm or control you.” It can take the form of “harassing text or social media messages, restricting access to technology, non-consensually sharing intimate images, using location-tr…

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Rising Extremism and Gendered Digital Abuse 19:25

7M ago19:25

19:25

With Barbara Perry, Professor in the Faculty of Social Science and Humanities at Ontario Tech University, and Director of the Centre on Hate, Bias and Extremism at Ontario Tech University. A recent House of Commons report speaks to the rise of ideologically motivated violent extremism in Canada, based on xenophobic, gender-driven, anti-authority, a…

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Misogynoir in Digital Spaces 21:33

7M ago21:33

21:33

With Yamikani Msosa, Executive Director at the Ottawa Coalition To End Violence Against Women. Misogynoir, a term coined by Dr. Moya Bailey, describes the distinctive form of anti-Black sexism faced by Black women. We’ve explored it in previous episodes. How does it show up in digital spaces? The data available paints a distressing picture. UK and …

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Digital Creator Alicia Mccarvell (@aliciamccarvell) 32:45

7M ago32:45

32:45

With Alicia Mccarvell, creator and social media influencer (@aliciamccarvell). There’s a lot of research on how social media can impact users and expose them to harmful content. But those with a prominent online presence experience more digital harassment themselves - politicians, academics, journalists, and professional content creators and highly…

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Digital Creator Hannah Sung (@hannsung) 19:33

8M ago19:33

19:33

With Hannah Sung (@hannsung, @hannah_tok), veteran of Canadian media and co-founder of Media Girlfriends. Communication in the western world has changed a lot: in 1800s, it was printing presses and telegraphs, then telephone, radio, movies, and television. Next came satellites, email and the internet, mobile phones, and smartphones, all the way to …

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Missing Voices in Hate and Harassment Data 18:22

8M ago18:22

18:22

With Dr. Nasreen Rajani. Gendered digital abuse can take lots of forms: threatening or damaging communication, cyberstalking, non-consensual distribution of intimate images, online dating abuse, hacking, doxing (publishing private information about someone online), flaming (posting insults or personal attacks), impersonation, gendered and sexualize…

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Digital Creator Fallon Farinacci (@fallonfarinacci) 29:05

8M ago29:05

29:05

With Fallon Farinacci, social media influencer (@fallonfarinacci). There are good resources designed to help you better respond to and take care of yourself in situations of digital hate and harassment. Right to Be says there’s “no right or perfect response to harassment.” Their online harassment survival guide says it’s ok to feel vulnerable and t…

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Rainbow Organizations Facing Hate 21:05

8M ago21:05

21:05

With Stephanie Jonsson at Ontario Digital Literacy and Access Network (ODLAN). Organizations working on gender justice, feminist, and 2SLGBTQIA+ issues are subject to online attacks intended to delegitimize and devalue their efforts. Employees who deal with these attacks have little protection. Their mental health is impacted, and their time and re…

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Digital Creator Libby Ward (@diaryofanhonestmom) 30:24

9M ago30:24

30:24

With Libby Ward, social media influencer (@diaryofanhonestmom). Digital hate, harassment, and violence hurts so many women, girls, and Two Spirit, trans, and non-binary people in Canada. Content creators who address gender justice issues like Libby have a lot to teach us about it. Kelly Odenweller’s research identifies gendered stereotypes and assu…

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Breaking Social Media Polarization 29:07

9M ago29:07

29:07

With Chris Bail, Founding Director of the Polarization Lab. The fact that social media platforms draw out and reward anti-social, polarizing behaviour goes hand-in-hand with the gendered hate and abuse so common to digital interactions. We can’t fix one without fixing the other. Nor can we ignore what social media does for us psychologically and so…

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Digital Creator Brynta Ponn (@bryntaponn) 26:33

9M ago26:33

26:33

With Brynta Ponn, social media influencer (@bryntaponn, @brynstagram). Digital hate, harassment, and violence hurts so many women, girls, and Two Spirit, trans, and non-binary people in Canada. Content creators who address gender justice issues like Brynta have a lot to teach us about it. Body shaming is defined as “unsolicited, mostly negative opi…

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Countering Digital Hate 25:54

9M ago25:54

25:54

With Imran Ahmed from the Center for Countering Digital Hate. Whether you’re on social media, streaming platforms, dating, messaging and meeting apps, or on game sites, if you’re a woman, girl, or Two Spirit, trans, or non-binary person, you’re at greater risk of hate, harassment, and violence. It’s easy to forget the basic facts of digital media. …

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Digital Creators Emma & Floli (@the.sisofficial) 26:52

10M ago26:52

26:52

With Florence-Olivia (Floli) and Marie-Emmanuelle (Emma), together known as The Sis. Whether you’re on social media, streaming platforms, dating, messaging and meeting apps, or on game sites, if you’re a woman, girl, or Two Spirit, trans, or non-binary person, you’re at greater risk of hate, harassment, and violence. 1 in 5 women experience online …

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Attacked for Being a Non-Compliant Woman Online 31:55

10M ago31:55

31:55

With Sarah Sobieraj, author of Credible Threat: Attacks Against Women Online and the Future of Democracy. The Commissioner for Human Rights in the Council of Europe says, “just speaking out … about issues online, often when related to feminism, gender equality, sexual abuse or specific aspects of women’s rights, such as sexual and reproductive heal…

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Digital Creator Kairyn Potts (@ohkairyn) 30:27

10M ago30:27

30:27

With Kairyn Potts, social media influencer and creator (@ohkairyn) and writer, actor, model, and TV host. Digital hate, harassment, and violence hurts so many women, girls, and Two Spirit, trans, and non-binary people in Canada. Content creators who address gender justice issues like Kairyn have a lot to teach us about it. 1 in 5 women experience o…

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How to Be a Woman Online 27:23

10M ago27:23

27:23

With Nina Jankowicz, author of How to Be a Woman Online: Surviving Abuse and Harassment, and How to Fight Back. Whether you’re on social media, streaming platforms, game sites, or dating, messaging, and meeting apps, if you’re a woman, girl, or Two Spirit, trans, or non-binary person, you’re at greater risk of hate, harassment, and violence. 1 in 5…

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Back-to-School, Interrupted (Part 2) 22:18

11M ago22:18

22:18

With Dr. Stacey Bélanger, pediatrician at CHU Sainte-Justine Hospital in Montréal and Mental Health Task Force member at the Canadian Pediatric Society. Young people in Canada aged 12 to 17 say their mental health has declined since 2015, and the decline is more pronounced amongst young women. On top of that, children and youth who are recent immig…

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Back-to-School, Interrupted (Part 1) 17:12

11M ago17:12

17:12

With Taylor Meissner at Intersections Therapy Collective. Young people in Canada aged 12 to 17 say their mental health has declined since 2015, and the decline is more pronounced amongst young women. On top of that, children and youth who are recent immigrants or refugees, racialized, or in rural and remote communities are less likely to get approp…

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Storytellers, Not Story Takers 12:33

12M ago12:33

12:33

With Molly Hayes, national reporter with The Globe and Mail. Women and equity-seeking journalists investigate under-told stories. We need them to give voice to gender justice matters that otherwise go unheard. Think about the most stunning contemporary stories you’ve seen on gender and equality issues. Chances are that women and equity-seeking jour…

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Family Violence, Racialized Survivors 14:58

12M ago14:58

14:58

With Simone Saunders, founder of The Cognitive Corner. Family violence refers to many kinds of abuse and neglect in families. Umbrella terms like this can be challenging. They cover a range of experiences, but they can obscure gender and power dynamics in their broadness. Women, girls, and Two Spirit, trans, and non-binary people face family violen…

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AI and Gender Equality 16:58

1y ago16:58

16:58

With Hazel T. Biana at DLSU College of Liberal Arts, Paola Ricaurte at Harvard University, Paulette Senior at the Canadian Women’s Foundation, and Benjamin Prud'homme at Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute. Artificial intelligence (AI) is moving at breakneck speed. What are its possible benefits for women and equity-seeking people? Can …

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Ovarian Cancer 14:26

1y ago14:26

14:26

With Dr. Barbara Vanderhyden, Corinne Boyer Chair in Ovarian Cancer Research at the University of Ottawa. Like many things related to sexual and reproductive health, there’s elevated stigma about gynecological cancers. Like many health issues for women, girls, and gender-diverse people, there are serious gaps in knowledge and treatment, too. The ga…

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Menopause 15:25

1y ago15:25

15:25

With Dr. Shafeena Premji, physician and Director of Mahogany Medical Clinic and The Village Medical, and Janet Ko, President of The Menopause Foundation of Canada. It’s interesting how Western medicine has framed women’s sexual and reproductive health. It has a history of presuming normalness means youth and reproduction, so ageing and not reproduc…

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Menstrual Bleeding Disorders 20:09

1y ago20:09

20:09

With Natalie Philbert, Manager of Women’s Programs and Services at Hemophilia Ontario, and Dr. Meghan Pike, pediatrician and clinical fellow in Pediatric-Hematology Oncology at Dalhousie University/IWK Health Centre. We don’t always have the language to speak about our periods – let alone menstrual bleeding disorders. What are the signs and symptom…

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Women’s Heart Health 16:33

1y ago16:33

16:33

With Dr. Tara Sedlak, the only certified Women’s Heart Health Cardiologist in Canada. The link between discrimination and your health and wellness is undeniable. It's all about the social determinants of health. The World Health Organization describes them as “non-medical factors that influence health outcomes”, the “conditions in which people are …

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Supporting Gender Diversity 17:01

1y ago17:01

17:01

With Dr. Lee Airton, Assistant Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies in Education at Queen's University. International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia is coming up on May 17. The UN says that only one out of three countries legally protect people from discrimination based on sexual orientation. Only one out of 10 protect people…

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Online Misinformation and Curious Minds 13:59

1+ y ago13:59

13:59

With Sabrina Cruz of Answer in Progress. Disinformation is false information intended to mislead. Misinformation is false information shared without intention of misleading. In this digital world, false information and the conspiracy theories, fake news, and downright lies attached to it seem to spread like wildfire. A poll found that people in Can…

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Gender Pay Gaps, Plural 21:19

1+ y ago21:19

21:19

With Dr. Hadiya Roderique, writer of Black on Bay Street and other articles, cultural critic, lawyer, researcher, speaker, and consultant. Equal Pay Day is symbolic of how far into the next year the average woman works to have earned what the average man earned the previous year. In Canada, women make 88 cents for every dollar men make. But there’s…

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Signal for Help and the Hidden Stories 32:08

1+ y ago32:08

32:08

With Nana aba Duncan (Media Girlfriends) and Eternity Martis. Sometimes, it’s the personal stories that can light a fire. Because in the flurry of activity around the viral Signal for Help, a hand gesture we released that means “I need your help”, we can forget we’re talking about real people. That’s why we’re releasing the Signal for Help podcast,…

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Indigenizing International Women's Day 19:24

1+ y ago19:24

19:24

International Women’s Day as we know it grew out of early 20th century action to promote women’s rights and suffrage. After that, its popularity waned. But feminist activism of the 1960s and UN sponsorship of the day in 1975 revitalized it as an occasion to promote women’s rights around the globe. We need to remember gender justice activism as more…

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Misogynoir and Healing Journeys 18:50

1+ y ago18:50

18:50

With Monica Samuel, Founder and Executive Director of Black Women in Motion. Understanding the abuse and discrimination Black women, girls, and gender-diverse people face offers insight on how we can better support their healing journeys. Misogynoir is a term coined by Dr. Moya Bailey to describe the distinctive form of anti-black sexism faced by B…

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Good Food in Tough Times 14:38

1+ y ago14:38

14:38

With Brianne Miller at Nada. In these rocky economic times, affordable, sustainable food seems elusive. Can you do food business in a way that does good? How are women and equity-seeking people leading the way? Lots of women and equity-seeking people get into entrepreneurship. It makes sense. Those who face barriers to stable, safe employment have …

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Stitching for Sustainability 17:15

1+ y ago17:15

17:15

With Munira Abukar at Stitch Lab T.O. Women are more likely to live in low-income households than men, especially single mothers. Indigenous women, racialized women, women with disabilities, and trans people also face a high risk of poverty. Economic stability is the ultimate goal of the Canadian Women’s Foundation’s Investment Readiness Program, f…

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Chilling Abuse Against Women Journalists 20:23

1+ y ago20:23

20:23

With journalists Garvia Bailey, Saba Eitizaz, Christina Frangou, and Salimah Shivji. Content note: this episode includes discussion of gender-based violence and sexual assault. It’s 2023 and we’re in Season 5. We start with online harassment and hate faced by women and racialized journalists. We need them to give voice to what’s often left unheard …

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Signal for Help: Learn to End Abuse 12:58

1+ y ago12:58

12:58

With Jennifer Delisle. An online search pulls up several news stories about women and girls who used the Signal for Help in dangerous situations. The Canadian Women’s Foundation launched the Signal in 2020 in the wake of rising abuse such as intimate partner violence and sexual assault as well as the rising use of video calls. The Signal for Help h…

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December 6 and Ending Femicide 11:58

1+ y ago11:58

11:58

With Corinne Ofstie. Content note: this episode addresses femicide. “December 6, 1989 was a terrible moment that became a transformative movement,” writes Canadian Women’s Foundation President and CEO Paulette Senior in The Toronto Star. “Every year on December 6, we need to revive the momentum anew. Advocates made sure that the 1989 massacre led t…

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