Our Pink Thoughts

This is a portrait of my mother. She was not a famous person, not well known even, and fairly typical of her time and place. For the m...

When Andrie Nel first became involved with theatre in high school, she knew she had found her passion in life. She dove in head first, sc...

With a $5,000 donation and a dream, West Island Citizen was born in 1976 with the idea that a community takes care of its disadvantaged res...

If there’s one piece of advice that Louise Pitre can offer Canadian women, it is “Stand in your power.” The phrase may seem short and s...

Her name, Iniskimaki, given by Elder Tom Crane Bear of the Blackfoot Siksika Nation, means Sacred Buffalo Stone Woman.  Iniskimaki, better k...

Imagine a leader. In your head. Or draw it out on paper. Describe them. Is this person a man? Or is this person a woman? For me, tha...

In 1976 Love Koduah left her native country of Ghana for a better life in Canada . Life was not easy when she first arrived. Her degree in...