http://www.clio-maria.com Clio-Maria's personal homepage Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:49:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Family violence is a pervasive problem that affects us all.  Even if you have not personally been the victim of abuse, it is a problem that exists in all of our communities and has touched the lives of women we know:  our sisters, mothers, co-workers, and friends.  Victims of abuse ... http://www.clio-maria.com/index.php/2008/06/17/immigrant-women-and-family-violence/ I’ve been doing some research recently about the Asia Minor Catastrophe of 1922 and I’ve started reading some of the narratives of the refugees who were forced to flee Smyrna and escape to mainland Greece.  I’m really interested in how memories of that event have shifted over the years and ... http://www.clio-maria.com/index.php/2008/05/28/asia-minor-catastrophe/ Throughout Canada’s history – and even before Canada became a nation – government officials, social reformers and various middle-class professionals have attempted to regulate the personal lives of individuals in an effort to create a particular version of Canada. Indeed, a major focus of Canada’s colonial project was not simply ... http://www.clio-maria.com/index.php/2007/10/01/aboriginal-women-in-canada/ I actually laughed out loud a few times last night as I watched the provincial election debate. Liberal leader Dalton McGuinty’s visible frustration (shaking his head like a little schoolboy), his repeated references to the mistakes of the NDP over 15 years ago, and his inability to adequately address ... http://www.clio-maria.com/index.php/2007/09/21/provincial-leadership-debate-why-you-should-not-vote-liberal/ Foreign domestic workers are among the most vulnerable and exploited group of workers in Canada. Despite the tremendous demand for their labour, these women are unable to enter Canada through the points system because the state does not define childcare as skilled labour. Through the Live-in Caregiver policy ... http://www.clio-maria.com/index.php/2007/09/16/21st-century-slavery/ By now we’ve all heard the arguments for and against public funding for faith-based schools in Ontario. While John Tory has tried to position himself as a champion of equality, Dalton McGuinty has recently denounced the idea, arguing that it will lead to segregation and threaten the current stability ... http://www.clio-maria.com/index.php/2007/09/11/division-and-exclusion-the-problem-of-faith-based-schools/ Within the last thirty years, feminist researchers and historians have attempted to recover the histories and experiences of marginalized and silenced women. Many of these scholars have attempted to challenge dominant stereotypes of woman as passive and docile, and have focused on redefining women as active actors in history. ... http://www.clio-maria.com/index.php/2007/09/07/new-direction-for-womens-history/