Aug 6, 2025 | 50th Anniversary 1975-2025, Did You Know?, News and Views, Now Available
Part 2: August 2025-December 2025 To view the 50th Anniversary 1975–2025 web posts in order by date: – Move left to right across each row.- Hover your mouse over an image to see its title- Click the image to open the related “50th Anniversary” web post 50 Ways:...
Aug 6, 2025 | Did You Know?, News and Views, Now Available
Please share this information if you know of someone who is eligible and should be applying. Click on our Bursary webpage at the links below to review the criteria for each individual bursary to see if you are an eligible applicant, and to download an application. In...
Jul 31, 2025 | 50th Anniversary 1975-2025, Did You Know?, News and Views, Now Available
Part 1: January 2025-July 2025 To view the 50th Anniversary 1975–2025 web posts in order by date: – Move left to right across each row.- Hover your mouse over an image to see its title- Click the image to open the related “50th Anniversary” web post 50 Ways:...
Jun 26, 2025 | 50th Anniversary 1975-2025, Did You Know?, News and Views, Now Available
All are invited to celebrate our 50 years of advising government and educating the public on issues that relate to the status of women in Prince Edward Island! Please save the date of October 23, 2025, to join Council members and staff at the Charlottetown Library...
Jan 23, 2025 | 50th Anniversary 1975-2025, Did You Know?, News and Views
Today, January 23, 2025, is officially the 50th anniversary of the formation of the PEI Advisory Council on the Status of Women. Today, we are delighted to launch our anniversary year with a festive 50-year logo, created for us by Mag Lillo at Ruby Square Design. Look...
Aug 20, 2025 | 50th Anniversary 1975-2025, Did You Know?
Over the years, the most-requested publication of the PEI Advisory Council on the Status of Women was Moving On: A Practical Guide for Women Leaving a Relationship. The publication is no longer in print because up-to-date help and resources are available through more...
Aug 13, 2025 | 50th Anniversary 1975-2025, Did You Know?
From 1975 to 1982, each Minister Responsible for the Status of Women was a man. In 1982, Leone Bagnall was appointed as the first female Minister Responsible for the Status of Women by Premier James Lee in 1982. She went on to become and was the first female Leader of...
Aug 6, 2025 | 50th Anniversary 1975-2025, Did You Know?
We are asking each current staffperson with the PEI Advisory Council on the Status of Women to choose a milestone year to reflect on among these “50 Ways to Achieve Equality” posts. Today’s significant year is selected by Trish Altass, who has been working part-time...
Jul 31, 2025 | 50th Anniversary 1975-2025, Did You Know?
We are fresh off the 31st+ annual Charlottetown PRIDE parade, and still feeling the joy and energy as well as the need to be visible and insist on 2SLGBTQ+ rights. The community has certainly come a long way from the frightening, threatening, and shame-filled early...
Jul 23, 2025 | 50th Anniversary 1975-2025, Did You Know?, News and Views
We are asking each current staffperson — and Chairperson! — with the PEI Advisory Council on the Status of Women to choose a milestone year to reflect on among these “50 Ways to Achieve Equality” posts. Today’s significant year is selected by Hsiao-Yu Liu,...
Jul 16, 2025 | 50th Anniversary 1975-2025, Did You Know?, News and Views
One of the priority areas that the PEI Advisory Council on the Status of Women has worked on for many years is the mental health of women and gender-diverse people. Prioritizing mental health is essential for gender equality, but it has not always been given the...
Jul 9, 2025 | 50th Anniversary 1975-2025, Did You Know?, News and Views
It is a bit of a coincidence that Jane chose 2000 as her milestone year last week, because our plan for this week, 25 posts into our “50 Ways to Achieve Equality” series, was to look back to our 25th anniversary year, the year 2000, to see how we...
