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women in media

The "You Don't Own Me" Get out the vote video

UPDATE: Lesley Gore, who died today at 68, remembered in 2012 video with Sia and Lena Dunham

Lesley Gore passed away today at the age of 68. Her 1964 hit “You Don’t Own Me,” inspired a generation.
Chrystia Freeland, MP for Toronto Centre

Liberal MP Chrystia Freeland: women's voices critical for Canadian democracy

 Last November, two Liberal MPs, Scott Andrews and Massimo Pacetti, were suspended because of sexual harassment allegations made by two NDP MPs. In the midst of the unfolding Jian Ghomeshi...

Women leading Canadian media companies see opportunities opening

Now Magazine's CEO Alice Klein founded her own company in 1981, now one of Toronto's most important media companies.

Miss Representation: Vancouver women leaders challenge sexism in media industry

The Vancouver Observer publisher Linda Solomon joined a distinguished panel of media specialists to talk about institutionalized misogyny.

Films to see at VIFF on Days 1 & 2

Isabelle Huppert plays a mom who exploits her daughter in the French film My Little Princess.