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Hospital nurse Lori Dupont by a former boyfriend and
co-worker. An Inquest Action Group, in support of the
Dupont family, advocated for changes to Bill 168, the
Occupational Health and Safety Act regarding Violence and
Harassment in the Workplace,
as recommended by the
inquest jury. The government responded on June 15, 2010
by passing Bill 168. In celebration and in living memory of
the nurse, the group raised $13,000 for a University of
Windsor Lori Dupont Scholarship in Nursing that was
presented to her mother, Barbara on June 15.
Similarly, Mary Jo Leddy’s visit in 2002 inspired a
Women in Black silent vigil against war and violence, part of
an international movement founded in 1988 by Israeli
women. Pat Noonan, who was part of that group, said
Windsor women have stood in solidarity with those women
every week for the past eight years. “Women in Black has
become a forum for local activists to share issues and visions
leading to a better community and a better world,” she says.
The milestone 10th annual visitor, 24-year-old Jessica
Yee, founded the Native Youth Sexual Health Network. She
represents a movement toward youthful, ‘third-wave’
feminism, says Forrest whose generation is regarded as
‘second-wave’ feminists.
“We second-wavers are entrusting younger women with
“a gift” that we hope takes the movement forward.”
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2010 Jessica Yee
2009 Nettie Wiebe
2008 Uzma Shakir
2007 Lee Maracle
2006 Lee Lakeman
2005 Akua Benjamin
2004 Shawna Dempsey and Lori Millan
2003 Michele Landsberg (Photo courtesy of York University)
2002 Mary Jo Leddy
2001 The Honourable Monique Bégin (Photo by Robert Lacombe)
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