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The History of women in Canada is the study of the historical experiences of women living in Canada and the laws and legislation affecting Canadian women. In colonial period of Canadian history, Indigenous women's roles were often challenged by Christian missionaries, and their marriages to European fur traders often brought their communities into greater contact with the outside world.
Halpern v Canada (AG), [2003] O.J. No. 2268 is a June 10, 2003 decision of the Court of Appeal for Ontario in which the Court found that the common law definition of marriage, which defined marriage as between one man and one woman, violated section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Marlys Edwardh CM (born 1950) is a Canadian litigation and civil rights lawyer who was one of the first women to practice criminal law in Canada. [16] In 1946, Gretta Wong Grant became the first female lawyer of Chinese descent in Canada. [17] In 1954, Violet King Henry became the first Black female lawyer in Canada. [18]
" 'If two ride a horse, one must ride in front': Married Women's Nationality and the Law in Canada 1880–1950". Canadian Historical Review. 94 (1). Toronto, Ontario: University of Toronto Press: 28– 54. doi:10.3138/chr.1349. ISSN 0008-3755. OCLC 4960260033 – via Project MUSE (subscription required) Green, Joyce (December 2001). "Canaries ...
Imperial Plots: Women, Land, and the Spadework of British Colonialism on the Canadian Prairies is a 2016 book by Sarah Carter, professor of history at the University of Alberta. The book documents the history of female homesteaders on the Canadian Prairies and the relationship between that history and Canadian colonialism.
Organizing around women's suffrage in Canada peaked in the mid-1910s. Various franchise clubs were formed, and in Ontario, the Toronto Women's Literary Club was established in 1876 as a guise for suffrage activities, though by 1883 it was renamed the Toronto Women's Suffrage Association. [13]
Of the books reviewed by men, 70% were authored by men and only 30% were authored by women; in contrast, 57% of books reviewed by women were written by women, and 47% were written by men. While the count showed an increase in the proportion of reviews written about books authored by women, it was observed that a gender gap still existed in the ...
In 2001, the majority of Canadian marriages (76.4%) were religious, with the remainder (23.6%) being performed by non-clergy. Same-sex marriage has been legal in Canada nationally since 2005. Court decisions, starting in 2003, had already legalized same-sex marriage in eight out of ten provinces and one of three territories.