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Unmothering Autism

Ethical Disruptions and Affirming Care

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Unmothering Autism rethinks autism and mothering to reveal what it means for us to live well together in, and through, difference.

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Glass Ceilings and Ivory Towers

Gender Inequality in the Canadian Academy

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Glass Ceilings and Ivory Towers amasses vital, data-driven research that both corroborates enduring accounts of inequality for women academics and offers pathways toward substantive policy change.

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Suing for Silence

Sexual Violence and Defamation Law

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Suing for Silence exposes the phenomenon of lawsuits whose purpose is to silence those who disclose sexual violence, revealing the gendered underpinnings of Canadian defamation law and its chilling effect on public discourse including formal reports of sexual violence.

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Feminism’s Fight

Challenging Politics and Policies in Canada since 1970

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Feminism’s Fight shows how fifty years of feminist struggle over public policy can inform today’s fight for gender justice and against continued discrimination.

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We Shall Persist

Women and the Vote in the Atlantic Provinces

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We Shall Persist is the first book to detail the distinctive political contexts and common problems that characterized campaigns for women’s suffrage and other rights in Atlantic Canada.

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House Rules

Changing Families, Evolving Norms, and the Role of the Law

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House Rules takes a hard look at the law and norms governing family life, compelling readers to rethink entrenched inequalities in familial relationships and proposing ways to approach legislative solutions.

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Feeling Feminism

Activism, Affect, and Canada’s Second Wave

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Feeling Feminism is a groundbreaking collection of interdisciplinary scholarship on second-wave feminist history and feminist social movements in Canada that puts emotions at the centre of the story.

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No Legal Way Out

R v Ryan, Domestic Abuse, and the Defence of Duress

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No Legal Way Out tells the story of one woman who felt trapped in an abusive relationship – and in a system that gave her no way to escape.

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Demanding Equality

One Hundred Years of Canadian Feminism

UBC Press

In a wide-ranging survey of Canadian feminism from the 1880s to the 1980s, Demanding Equality reveals a continuous, vibrant, and often contentious search for equality, autonomy, and dignity.

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Frontiers of Feminism

Movements and Influences in Québec and Italy, 1960–80

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Frontiers of Feminism shines new light on the recent history of feminist movements, using the examples of Italy and Québec to bring an international perspective to major themes, strategies, and modes of organizing.

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