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Canada’s Status of Women to fund new-old feminist movement
LifeSiteNews.com – November 19, 2010
Canada’s Status of Women funds a new feminist movement
Women’s Worlds 2011 conference given $1,016,400 taxpayer dollars
By REAL Women of Canada Staff
OTTAWA – The near collapse of the feminist movement in Canada, and the failure of the feminist movement to become an international political force, has been an ongoing concern for the federal Status of Women (SOW). Consequently, it has decided to take decisive action (using the taxpayer’s dollar) to organize what they hope will become a new, powerful feminist movement both in Canada and internationally.
In fiscal year 2008-2009, the SOW gave a grant totaling $1,016,400.00 to fund a large feminist conference, called the Women’s Worlds 2011 (WW 2011). Its objective is to draw feminist women together from across Canada and abroad to form a new feminist movement. The conference is to be held in the Ottawa-Gatineau area in July 2011. The planning and co-ordination of the conference are being carried out by the Women’s Studies Programs at Carleton University and the University of Ottawa, in concert with l’Université du Québec en Outaouais and Catholic Saint Paul University in Ottawa.
The steering committee and sub committees are comprised of “volunteers” – many of whom appear to be students from the Women’s Studies Programs at the various universities. There are, however, several experienced feminist activists who are in charge of the operation, to keep a firm hand on the project.