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Women are more likely to hold interim leadership roles in federal politics, but clinching the top role remains elusive

Ottawa, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - December 7, 2021) - Yesterday, Canada celebrated an important milestone in our democratic history: on December 6, 1921, Agnes Macphail was elected as the first woman

Amarjeet Sohi, who will be Edmonton’s first mayor of South Asian origin, will lead the most diverse city council in the city’s history.

Christine Le says she wants to make politics more engaging for other young people. Photo supplied Seven young Asian Canadian women who bonded as delegates at this year’s virtual Daughters of the Vote event say they are determined to shift the cultural and structural barriers to their communities’ full representation in media and politics. "There's been generations of Asians that have not participated because they have not seen themselves reflected in institutions like politics," said Aaliah Carlos, adding she got motivated by learning about injustices in legal and political institutions...

Article content You don’t really matter in a society until someone cares enough to count you. That’s one reason I’m very pleased by recent developments when it comes to recognizing gender diversity. Starting with the literal people-counters. Statistics Canada is modernizing its gender and sexual orientation census categories to include a greater diversity of people, including those whose spot on the rainbow falls somewhere between two colours. The organization recently held public consultations on its statistical metadata standards (people-counters have all the fun) to update or replace...