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Ottawa, April 14, 2025 –– Equal Voice recognizes a historic moment in Ontario’s political landscape as MPP Donna Skelly is elected Speaker of the Legislative Assembly – the first woman to hold this role in the province’s history.
March 8, 2025 - Ottawa, ON – As Canada celebrates International Women’s Day (IWD), Equal Voice is urging all Canadians to act in closing the persistent gender gap in politics. While women make up approximately 30% of elected officials at the federal level, representation varies across provinces, municipalities, and local governments. Progress has been made, but more work is needed to achieve real and sustaining gender parity in political leadership.
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EQUAL VOICE EXPANDS WITH NEW CHAPTER IN NIAGARA, ONTARIO
February 13, 2025 – Niagara, ON -- Equal Voice Foundation (Equal Voice), Canada’s leading multi-partisan
organization dedicated to electing and supporting women in politics, is proud to announce the launch of
its newest volunteer chapter in the Niagara Region. This expansion reflects Equal Voice’s commitment to
fostering a more inclusive and representative political landscape by equipping and empowering women
to take on leadership roles at all levels of government.
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Equal Voice Releases "What We Heard" Report on Hybrid Legislatures
[Toronto, June 13th, 2023] – Equal Voice is pleased to release its “What We Heard” report, a significant milestone as part of the 27-month project, Modernizing Legislatures. This project, led by Equal Voice and funded by the Government of Canada through Women and Gender Equality Canada, aims to instigate systemic change in Canadian legislatures to make them more gender-sensitive institutions.
International Women’s Day will always be one of my favourite annual celebrations. It’s an important occasion to look back at the successes and gains made to advance gender equity and reminds us of the important work that lies ahead.
Equal Voice is a national, bilingual, multi-partisan charity that — since 2001 — has been advocating for the equal representation of women in Canada’s Parliament, in provincial and territorial legislatures, and on municipal and band councils.
Chi Nguyen – Executive Director
A personal and professional reflection: a year ago today, I stepped into my dream role at Equal Voice. Our work at Equal Voice is to elect, support and retain women and gender diverse people in Canadian politics. As a lifelong champion of women’s leadership and democracy, I could not have imagined a better place to show up to every day.
Here are some lessons that have emerged for me over this past year – that I’ll continue to carry forward.
For the third year, the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation – also commemorated as Orange Shirt Day – has been observed on September 30. For some Canadians, this may be a controversial holiday. However, I believe that if each and every Canada resident take a moment to consider how this day, and the reason for it, impacts Indigenous people in Canada, anyone can see its importance.
This week, when MPs return to the House of Commons, they’ll have some urgent business to attend to. With the resignation last week of the previous speaker, there are a number of MPs who have decided to seek out the role of Parliamentary referee.
The Equal Voice Foundation mourns the passing of a Canadian trailblazer Dr. Rosemary Speirs, distinguished feminist activist, journalist, nature conservationist, philanthropist, and founding Chair of Equal Voice.
