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Alright, Now What?

Canadian Women's Foundation

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Frequency: 1 episode/14d. Total Eps: 140

Alright, Now What? puts an intersectional feminist lens on stories that make you wonder “Why is this still happening?” Through expert interviews, we explore systemic roots and strategies for change that will move us closer to the goal of gender justice. Hosted by Andrea Gunraj of the Canadian Women’s Foundation, Canada’s public foundation for gender justice and equality. | canadianwomen.org

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Big Data on Women’s Health

Season 6 · Episode 12

Wednesday, June 19, 2024 • Duration 14:31

With Liza Vityuk at McKinsey & Company. Discrimination based on gender and other connected factors like our race and ability impacts our health in so many ways. In honour of International Day of Action for Women's Health, we’ve focused on gender and health matters we may know bits and pieces of but probably need to learn more about.

Our guest Liza Vityuk is Partner at McKinsey & Company. She has more than 15 years of experience in commercial and growth strategies, building digital businesses, and improving customer experience globally. Liza is the Chair of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee in Canada, overseeing efforts for more than 1,300 colleagues. She joins us to speak to McKinsey Health Institute’s 2024 report, “Closing the women’s health gap: A $1 trillion opportunity to improve lives and economies”. It points to some big findings.

While women live longer than men, they spend 25% more of their lives in debilitating health.

 The study of biology defaults to the male body, which results in many treatments being less effective for women.
 Women face more barriers to care, timely diagnosis, and good healthcare treatment. 
And health burdens for women are systematically underestimated, with datasets that exclude or undervalue important conditions.

This is our last episode of Alright, Now What? for few months. We’re taking a summer break and will start up again in the fall with more great topics and guests. Thank you so much for your listenership and support.

Relevant Links: McKinsey Health Institute’s, “Closing the women’s health gap: A $1 trillion opportunity to improve lives and economies” report

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Women’s Heart and Brain Health

Season 6 · Episode 11

Wednesday, June 5, 2024 • Duration 13:14

With Carissa Gravelle at Heart and Stroke Foundation. The link between experiences of discrimination and your health and wellness is undeniable. It's all about the “social determinants of health”. Discrimination based on gender and other connected factors like our race and ability impacts our health in so many ways. For example, we get treated differently based on our gender in healthcare settings. Our access to relevant health services and options differs wildly depending on our gender. Even the medical research that gets funded and acted on depends on our gender.

In honour of International Day of Action for Women's Health, we’re focusing on gender and health matters we may know bits and pieces of but probably need to learn more about.

Our guest Carissa Gravelle is passionate about anti-racism, diversity, inclusion, young people, under-represented populations, mental health, and wellness. Carissa has worked in the non-profit sector for over a decade spearheading equity, diversity, inclusion, and access initiatives. Carissa works to advance health equity for marginalized populations and believes in the importance of educating through storytelling and meaningful conversations to change perceptions and inspire social change.

Relevant Links: Heart and Stroke Foundation

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The Walrus Talks Gender-Based Violence (Part 2)

Season 6 · Episode 2

Wednesday, February 14, 2024 • Duration 36:19

With Jake Stika of Next Gen Men, Fay Slift and Fluffy Soufflé of The Fabulous Show with Fay and Fluffy, Shree Paradkar of the Toronto Star, and Angela Sterritt, national bestselling author of Unbroken. Today’s episode features four of seven incredible speakers at The Walrus Talks Gender-Based Violence, presented by the Canadian Women’s Foundation and held on November 16, 2023. Speakers addressed pressing issues and solutions to end gender-based violence.

Listen to learn how we can become allies to survivors of abuse and work as agents of safety and care from the ground up.

A note about content: this episode addresses gender-based violence.

Relevant links: The Facts about Gender-Based Violence

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Twitter: @cdnwomenfdn

LinkedIn: The Canadian Women’s Foundation

Instagram: @canadianwomensfoundation

The Future of #MeToo

Season 1 · Episode 4

Monday, July 27, 2020 • Duration 18:53

This week we're talking about the Me Too Movement, workplace harassment during the pandemic, and what we can do to end it for good. Join us as we discuss the climate surrounding sexual violence in Canada with our own Keetha Mercer and Michelle Squires.

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The Future of Normal

Season 1 · Episode 3

Monday, July 20, 2020 • Duration 19:31

This week, we're talking about how the pandemic has impacted the women's sector, and the future of gender equality in Canada. Join us in conversation with Pamela Uppal, a Policy Director with the Ontario Nonprofit Network, and our own Anuradha Dugal.

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The Future of Safety

Season 1 · Episode 2

Monday, July 13, 2020 • Duration 17:01

We know that the social isolation measures necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic are making it more difficult for those who are at risk of abuse or violence to safely reach out for help. In this episode, we're talking about gender-based violence during COVID-19 with our own Keetha Mercer and Jacqueline Hall. Join us as we dig into the numbers and envision solutions.

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The Future of Work

Season 1 · Episode 1

Thursday, July 2, 2020 • Duration 18:26

In this episode we're talking all about child care, work, and the gendered impacts of COVID-19 with our own Karen Campbell and Ann Decter. Join us as we uncover why women in the workforce are being disproportionately impacted by the pandemic, and what policies or actions would need to be in place at work and at home for a truly gender-equal workforce to be achieved.

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The Walrus Talks Gender-Based Violence (Part 1)

Season 6 · Episode 1

Wednesday, January 31, 2024 • Duration 25:44

With Paulette Senior and Anuradha Dugal of the Canadian Women’s Foundation and Pamela Cross at Luke’s Place. Today’s episode features three of seven incredible speakers at The Walrus Talks Gender-Based Violence, presented by the Canadian Women’s Foundation and held on November 16, 2023. Speakers addressed pressing issues and solutions to end gender-based violence.

Listen to learn how we can become allies to survivors of abuse and work as agents of safety and care from the ground up.

A note about content: this episode addresses gender-based violence.

Relevant links: The Facts about Gender-Based Violence

Episode ⁠Transcripts⁠

Facebook: Canadian Women’s Foundation

Twitter: @cdnwomenfdn

LinkedIn: The Canadian Women’s Foundation

Instagram: @canadianwomensfoundation

Being Young and Facing Gendered Digital Abuse

Season 5 · Episode 36

Wednesday, January 17, 2024 • Duration 14:46

With Amanda Arella at YWCA Canada. Those who are young face elevated risks of gendered digital harm. Statistics Canada found that, among those aged 18 to 29 years, young women were more often the target of online abuse, with a prevalence almost double the rate of young men. The gender difference was especially pronounced for receiving unwanted sexually suggestive or explicit material, where young women were almost three times as likely to be targeted as young men.

YWCA Canada found that 44% of women and gender-diverse people aged 16 to 30 report having been personally targeted by hate speech online. Those most targeted include people with disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ people, Indigenous people, and Black people.

We’re at the end of our series delving into gendered digital hate and harassment with leading experts and content creators. We’ve been talking about the problem and what we can do to change it. We’ve offered practical tips to help you in your digital life, and we’ve talked about what it means to “take back the tech” for all of us.

Our guest Amanda Arella is the Director of Public Policy, Advocacy, and Strategic Communications at YWCA Canada. Amanda is a lawyer, strategic thinker, and passionate advocate for gender equity. She leads advocacy for feminist regulatory responses to gendered online hate, grounded in the recommendations of youth survivors of online hate and technology-facilitated violence. Prior to joining YWCA Canada, Amanda honed her advocacy skills as a litigator at a national law firm, with a focus on administrative, privacy, and health law.

A note about content: this episode addresses gender-based violence.

Relevant links: #BlockHate: Centering Survivors and Taking Action on Gendered Online Hate in Canada, The Facts about Gendered Digital Hate, Harassment, and Violence

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Taking Action on Online Hate

Season 5 · Episode 35

Wednesday, January 10, 2024 • Duration 20:48

With Leigh Naturkach at the Mosaic Institute. We’re still not doing enough to end gendered digital hate, harassment, and abuse on a large scale. Perhaps that can give us the impression that the public doesn’t care or we’re all too complacent to do anything about it.

The numbers tell us otherwise. In 2023, the Canadian Women’s Foundation found that 88% of people in Canada believe we need to make changes so online spaces are safer for everyone. Fifty-eight per cent of women in particular strongly agree with this idea. Likewise, 88% of people in Canada believe social media companies have a responsibility to keep users safe from hate and abuse on their platforms.

Despite outsized voices to the contrary, the vast majority of people in Canada want safer digital spaces and we want accountability for users.

We’re almost at the end of our series delving into gendered digital hate and harassment with leading experts and content creators. We’ve been talking about the problem and what we can do to change it. We’ve offered practical tips to help you in your digital life, and we’ve talked about what it means to “take back the tech” for all of us.

Our guest Leigh Naturkach is Executive Director at the Mosaic Institute. Prior to this, Leigh worked at Women’s College Hospital Foundation, AIDS Committee of Toronto, right here at the Canadian Women’s Foundation, and in media at Corus Entertainment. Her volunteer experience spans two decades in both leadership and frontline roles, focused on gender equity, reproductive justice, support for young people, and in end-of-life rights and care.

A note about content: this episode addresses gender-based violence.

Relevant links: Pre-registration for Mosaic Institute’s Addressing Online Hate certificate course, The Facts about Gendered Digital Hate, Harassment, and Violence

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