Lisa Thibodeau

Everybody's health folder looks different. Mine was a beige dossier overflowing with hundreds of papers, reminders of every doctor's visit or treatment I’d received. It c…

The conversation around Shane Gillis’ SNL jokes goes well beyond one comedian or one controversial punchline. When comments about women are brushed off as humour, they can say a lot about what we’ve come to accept. And those attitudes don’t stay on the stage. They show up in our workplaces, too.

The Inuk actress is making waves yet again as one of the stars of North of North, a sharp comedy set in the fictional Arctic community of Ice Cove. The show is funny, stylish and full of life, but for Lambe, who grew up in Iqaluit, Nunavut, it's a real opportunity to bring people into the heart of Northern communities. 

When was the last time you looked at the ingredients list on a box of condoms? For most of us, the answer is probably never. And for a long time, Rachael Newton hadn’t either. That all changed when she started thinking more about the products women use for sexual wellness and realized how little most of us know about what’s actually in them.

Women often joke that they secretly fear they will end up alone and penniless in old age, as the so-called “cat ladies.” Sadly, as award-winning Toronto Star reporter Moira Welsh details in her new book, divorce, time spent out of the workforce raising children rather than building savings and pensions, and the sheer invisibility of older women can make that fear all too real.

Know the history. Change the systems. Speak up. Those were just a few of the messages running through Wednesday night’s Women, Truth & Reconciliation event, hosted by…

Truth and Reconciliation Day is a time to listen to Indigenous voices and make space for stories that haven’t always been heard or understood in this country. And Indigenous women have plenty to tell us – about family, culture, community, land, identity and the realities of living in Canada today.

I am not a paddler or an outdoor person. My idea of a great vacation is sitting by a pool reading a book. So you might wonder how I found myself on a canoe trip with my daughter and nine other women, a 402-kilometre journey down the Yukon River.