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(Frieda Werden)

History and Future of Abortion in Canada

Talk by Dr. Rachael Johnstone of Queen's University

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Women's Issues in Canada Show Series Detail List All Series

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  » Most Recent: 4 Dec, 2013
Length: 0:29:55
Uploaded: 1 Mar, 2013

Recording Date: 9 Feb, 2013
Recording Location: Toronto
Logsheet: none
Language: English
Topical for: Timeless
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Program Title: History and Future of Abortion in Canada
Description: Rachael Johnstone's thesis, titled The Politics of Abortion in Canada After Morgentaler: Women's Rights as Citizenship Rights, is based on extensive interviews and documentary analysis of abortion rights at the federal and provincial levels, with a focus on New Brunswick, Ontario and Quebec. She spoke recently in Toronto, at a forum hosted by the Greater Toronto Workers' Assembly. Her topic was the history and future of abortion in Canada.

Host(s): Frieda Werden
Featured Speakers/Guests: Rachael Johnstone is a feminist scholar and activist, who recently completed her Ph.D. in Political Studies at Queen's University, with a specialization in Gender and Politics. She is currently an Adjunct Professor of Gender Studies at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario.

Credits: Audio courtesy of LeftStreamed . Event organized by the Internal Education Committee of the Greater Toronto Workers' Assembly as part of a series of discussions on anti-capitalism and feminism. Adapted for broadcast by Frieda Werden.

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Topic:
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Politics > Feminism
Regional > Canada
Health
Society and Culture > Women
Type: Speech/Presentation

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