When Peggy Nash first decided to run for elected office, she had no idea where to start, who to contact, or what the rules were. For those who are underrepresented in political life, politics can seem ...

Flora Isabel MacDonald – politician, humanitarian, adventurer, and role model for a generation of women – was known across Canada and beyond simply as Flora. In her memoir, co-authored by award-winning ...

Following significant increases in women's electoral representation in the 1980s and ?0s, progress has stalled. Today, there are only a few more women in Canada's parliament and legislatures than a decade ...