Annelies

CAWI has the honour to announce the first Caroline Andrew Civic Engagement Award, named after one of our co-founders, Caroline Andrew. Caroline was a a firm believer in the power of community mobilization to bring about change in society. In this spirit, Caroline and Fran Klodawsky, Professor Emeritus at Carleton University, obtained a one-year research grant to determine barriers to city decision-making faced by the full diversity of women. After that,  the countless connections that Caroline provided at the local, national and international level that laid a solid foundation for the organization that CAWI would become. To commemorate her legacy, CAWI will [...]

Intersectional feminism describes how our overlapping identities - gender, race, language, class, ability, sexual orientation, to name a few - impact how we experience oppression, power and discrimination. As intersectional feminists, we want to make Ottawa better for everyone by making sure it is better for people who live at the intersections of various forms of oppression. For example, our advocacy on the City’s Official Plan this past year was successful in directing language changes that will result in more equitable policies. With the Envirocentre, we created an accessibility toolkit for climate organizations to help them be more inclusive. We developed [...]