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Alexandria Petit-Thorne

Beyond the Legislature: Female Representation at Home and Abroad

Alexandria Petit-Thorne Nov 26, 2014

In the past 16 months, Canada has held six provincial/territorial elections in the provinces of British Columbia, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick as well as the territory of Nunavut. These elections resulted in two female…
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Women Need Not Apply – The Men Only Gender Equality Conference

Alexandria Petit-Thorne Nov 1, 2014

On September 20, 2014, the United Nations Women’s Global Goodwill Ambassador Emma Watson gave a heralded speech on gender equality to launch the UN Women’s HeForShe campaign. In a strange turn of events, Iceland and Suriname have decided to…
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