Elevating the voices of women and gender-diverse people for a more equitable, democratic Canada.
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"By grounding AI governance in predictable rules, respect for rights, & democratic values, Canada can position itself as a leader in responsible innovation," writes Monifa Brooks via @TheHillTimes
Media, contact Brooks @ tinyurl.com/3hbrscmy hilltimes.com/2026/05/04/why…
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Ontario's Dog Owners' Liability Act establishes what animal law lawyer @shroffanimallaw calls "leash liability" — & it could affect anyone who cares for someone else's dog via @rhiannaschmunk @cbcnews
Media, contact Shroff @ tinyurl.com/nyz4afyv cbc.ca/news/canada/ontario-d…
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MP @JeanYip3 is one the leaders speaking up for a balance of power:
“If women held the balance of power, the world would be a more compassionate and efficient place.”
- MP Jean Yip, Scarborough—Agincourt, Ontario
Join the campaign. Add your voice.
Help #BalanceThePower.
🔗: informedperspectives.org/btp…
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Nearly 70% of our decision-makers are men. That gap has consequences.
MP @JennyKwanBC shares why it matters.
Add your voice: "I support gender parity in parliament because..."
#BalanceThePower
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"When women lead, we don't just imagine better systems, we build them." 💪
Thank you MP Ginette Lavack (St. Boniface–St. Vital) for supporting our #BalanceThePower campaign. Join us in building a gender-balanced Parliament: informedperspectives.org/btp…
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Could the closure of the Strait of Hormuz trigger a worldwide food crisis? #CdnMedia, experts available for comment:
Rebecca Ellis - tinyurl.com/22jpnfz3
Verena Seufert - tinyurl.com/3u9tvrkr
Tammara Soma - tinyurl.com/299xc33n
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Areas in Ontario, Quebec and Manitoba face flooding
#CdnMedia, experts available for comment:
Dr. Anabela Bonada @ tinyurl.com/y8rab5kr
Barbara Robinson @ tinyurl.com/4pf4faph
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Canada is facing record-high aviation fuel costs and concerns of shortages. #CdnMedia, Cathy Press, CEO @pilot_chinook available for comment @ tinyurl.com/2pc3v764
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"It's not about supply and demand. It's about extracting the maximum possible price based on information that someone didn't necessarily knowingly volunteer." @VassB on surveillance pricing via @AsiaBlosser @TorontoStar
Media, contact Bednar @ tinyurl.com/t7yff7uh
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"Neutrality often functions to preserve existing divisions of power. It is a choice that shapes how decisions are made, whose experiences are recognized and whose concerns are minimized," writes Dr. Karine Coen-Sanchez @SanchezCoen
via @IRPP
Media, contact Coen-Sanchez @ tinyurl.com/2txp2cn4 policyoptions.irpp.org/2026/…
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"I don’t like what I see: less local democracy, weaker public oversight, and more centralized control over public education. This is not accountability. It is centralization." Professor Elizabeth Dhuey @TorontoStar
Media, contact Dhuey @ tinyurl.com/37be2uw6 thestar.com/opinion/contribu…
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At this rate, Canada won't reach gender parity in Parliament until 2115. Politicians need to hear that's unacceptable. Join Courtney and tell us why you want a gender-balanced Parliament — the more voices, the harder we are to ignore.
Join our Balance the Power campaign: informedperspectives.org/bal…
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Period products should be free and in Manitoba, they are.
From free menstrual products in schools and community spaces, to now being the first province in Canada to require employers to provide them to workers — Manitoba joins British Columbia in leading the way.
This is what happens when nearly half of your cabinet is made up of women. This is why we need to #BalanceThePower.
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"To truly protect women's sport, govts, athletes & civil society must strongly oppose exclusionary policies of IOC & int sport federations." Sarah Teetzel, Marcus Mazzucco & Silvia Camporesi @ConversationCA
Media contact Teetzel @ tinyurl.com/y4fm4ku3
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Early menopause doesn't doom women to heart disease — but severe symptoms like night sweats & insomnia might. Dr. Jerilynn Prior explains via @laurenpelley @CBCNews
Media, contact Prior @ tinyurl.com/54c5z7mr
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Informed Perspectives retweeted
I also speak Hindi and Gujarati… in case any South Asian news outlets are interested!
NASA's Artemis II moon mission launches today. #CdnMedia, contact these experts for comment:
Dr. Sara Mazrouei tinyurl.com/z2vyypwk
Dr. Nathalie Nguyen-Quoc Ouellette tinyurl.com/2wexan5w
Dr. Parshati Patel tinyurl.com/5x83a3t3
Dr. Bhairavi Shankar tinyurl.com/42te7ndb
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In most recent @CMAJ, recommendations were included to benefit a person's heart & cardio system as well as lower their risk of dementia. #CdnMedia, contact these experts for comment:
Dr. Sarah Hanafi - tinyurl.com/3z2h8baj
Dr. Stéfanie Tremblay - tinyurl.com/mwxukysk
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NASA's Artemis II moon mission launches today. #CdnMedia, contact these experts for comment:
Dr. Sara Mazrouei tinyurl.com/z2vyypwk
Dr. Nathalie Nguyen-Quoc Ouellette tinyurl.com/2wexan5w
Dr. Parshati Patel tinyurl.com/5x83a3t3
Dr. Bhairavi Shankar tinyurl.com/42te7ndb
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The danger the manosphere poses to girls, women and gender diverse people - Professor Carmen Celestini discussed with @CBCGloria via CBC's On The Coast
Media, contact Celestini @ tinyurl.com/34adt3yr cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-4…
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"Gender equity is impossible without caregiver equity. Policy should reflect that." @ProfJMcLaughlin, Vanessa Fong & Margaret Schneider via @IRPP
Media, contact McLaughlin @ tinyurl.com/48sdpsev policyoptions.irpp.org/2026/…
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