Relationships

Who is happier – single men or single women? You may be surprised

https://www.earth.com/news/who-is-happier-being-single-men-or-women/

‘My story on Tinder predator went live, then my phone rang – it was him’

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0qw8egydkjo

What widow fantasies taught me about happiness

Seven years into my marriage, I started to daydream about planning my husband’s funeral. I thought about the outfits in which I’d dress our young children for th…

By Hollay Ghadery

It’s not ‘divorce month.’ It’s ‘starting to think about divorce month.’

https://msmagazine.com/2025/01/08/january-women-divorce-month/

Lisa Raitt and Bruce Wood

‘The bottom fell out of the world’: Lisa Raitt’s story of navigating her husband’s young-onset Alzheimer’s

Lisa Raitt and her husband Bruce Wood When Lisa Raitt first joins our Zoom call, we make small talk and chat idly about the weather. “I’m in Cape Breton today…

By Lisa Thibodeau

Lisa Raitt and Bruce Wood

Coercive control

Coercive control must be criminalized in Canada to protect women

It started slowly, insidiously, and incrementally. I had taken a job overseas as a communications professional and volunteer working with disenfranchised inner-city yo…

Coercive control

How losing my husband inspired me to be vulnerable

I was at my daughter's dance recital when I got the news that would change our lives: My husband, Harry, had cancer. Harry and I met in Germany when I had just turned …

By Cathy Thorpe

A journey that no one should have to face

We know that gender-based violence is a problem, and we want to support survivors in our lives, but it's an issue shrouded in stigma and silence. Too many people who expe…

By The Canadian Women’s Foundation