Includes articles previously published in the journal Canadian woman studies.

Includes bibliographical references and index

Section I. Feminist Perspectives. From Riot Grrrl to Radical: Reflections from a Working-Class Feminist / Gina Whitfield -- Feminism & Multiculturalism in Quebec: An-Other Perspective / Dolores Chew -- Gender-Based Analysis and Differing Worldviews / Cynthia D. Stirbys -- Teaching Sexual Assault: The Education of Canadian Law Students / Rosemary Carins Way and Daphne Gilbert -- Does Yes Mean Yes? Exploring Sexual Coercion in Normative Heterosexuality / Hedda Hakvåg -- Alternative Altars: Beyond Patriarchy and Priesthood and Towards Inclusive Spirituality, Governance and Activism Among Catholic Women Religious in Ontario / Christine Gervais -- Reclaiming Our Spirituality: A Pedagogical Tool for Feminism and Activism / Njoki Nathani Wane.

Section II. Herstories. It's Time for Change! The World March of Women 2000 / Pam Kapoor -- Women's Words: Power, Identity and Indigenous Sovereignty / Patricia A. Monture -- Remaking Waves: The Quebec Women's Movement in the 1950s and 1960s / Cheryl Gosselin -- Troubling Herstory: Unsettling White Multiculturalism in Canadian Feminism / Mary-Jo Nadeau -- "We're Here, Standing at the Shoreline": Sylvia Hamilton's Intervention in the Nova Scotian Discourse of Belonging and Multicultural Citizenship / Sharon Morgan Beckford -- "Los Desaparecidos": The Madres of the Plaza de Mayo and the Reframing of the Victims / H.M. Fraser -- What Women Need Now from Police and Prosecutors: 35 Years of Working to Improve the Police Response for Women Escaping Male Violence / Louisa Russell -- Creating Trialogue: Women's Constitutional Activism in Canada / Marilou McPhedran -- The Canadian Disabled Women's Movement: From Where Have We Come / Pat Israel and Fra Odette.

Section III. Work-Economy. "With the Appropriate Qualifications": Aboriginal People and Employment Equity / Patti Doyle-Bedwell -- Organizing on the "Factory of Wheels": The Bus Riders' Union and Anti-Racist Feminism for the 21st Century / Fiona Jeffries -- On Being A Feminist Farmer / Jennifer deGroot -- Strangers in an Estranged World: Two Radical Feminists in the Academy / Geneviéve Pagé and Ève-Marie Lampron -- Dueling for Dollars: Feminist Activism and Minimum Wage Coalition Politics / Joan Grace.

Section IV. Policy. Women and the Canadian Legal System: Examining Situations of Hyper-Responsibility / CAEFS-NWAC -- Welfare Policy: A Critical Site of Struggle for Women's Safety / Janet Mosher and Pat Evans -- Why Women Still Ain't Satisfied: Politics and Activism in Canadian Child Care / Martha Friendly -- Arbitration and Family Laws: Muslim Women Campaign to Eliminate the Use of Religious Laws in Legally-Binding Arbitration / Alia Hogben -- Consent and Coercion in the Law of Rape in South Africa: A Feminist Transformative Approach / Shereen W. Mills -- Response to Canada's Apology to Residential School Survivors / Beverley Jacobs.

Section V. Violence. Commemoration for the Montreal Massacre Victims / Ursula Franklin -- Breaking the Silence: Reclaiming Qur'anic Interpretations as a Tool for Empowerment and Liberatory Praxis for Dealing with Domestic Violence in Canadian Muslim Communities / Sabra Desai and Zehra Haffajee -- Moving Beyond Rape as a "Weapon of War": An Exploration of Militarized Masculinity and its Consequences / Caitlin Maxwell -- Stolen Sisters: A Human Rights Response to Discrimination and Violence Against Indigenous Women in Canada / Amnesty International -- Violence Against the Women of Juárez / María Guadalupe Morfín Otero -- Homophobic Sexist Violence in Canada: Trends in the Experiences of Lesbian and Bisexual Women in Canada / Ellen Faulkner.

Section VI. Representation. Erasing Race: The Story of Reena Virk / Yasmin Jiwani -- Aiming for Better Than "Nobody Flinched": Notes on Oppression in Cancer Care / Christine Sinding, Lisa Barnoff, Patti McGillicuddy, Pam Grassau, and Fran Odette -- Simpering Outrage During an "Epidemic" of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome / Caroline L. Tait -- The Role of Montreal's Dykes on Mykes Radio Show / Marie-Clair MacPhee and Mél Hogan -- Nunavut: Whose Homeland, Whose Voices? / Isabel Altamirano-Jiménez -- N'tacinowin inna nah': Our Coming In Stories / Alex Wilson -- No Woman Left Covered: Unveiling and the Politics of Liberation in Multi-interculturalism / Tanisha Ramachandran.

Section VII. Health. Feminist Perspectives on Breast Cancer, Environment Health and Primary Prevention: The Case for the Precautionary Principle / Dorothy Goldin Rosenberg -- "It's Your Body But": Young Women's Narratives of Refusing Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccination / Francesca Mancuso and Jessica Polzer -- Traditional Healing and Spirituality among Grenadian Women: A Source of Resistance and Empowerment / Patsy Sutherland -- Notokwe Opikiheet: "Old Lady Raised": Aboriginal Women's Reflections on Ethics and Methodologies in Health / Kim Anderson.

Section VIII. Activism and Resistance. Wa(i)ving Solidarity: Feminist Activists Confronting Backlash / Victoria Bromley and Aalya Ahmad -- Advocacy, Activism and Social Change for Women in Prison / Kim Pate -- The Pedagogies of Transnational Feminist Activism / Debbie Lunny -- The Feminist Pacifist and Antimilitant Movement in Colombia: The Experience of la Ruta Pacífica de las Mujeres / Diana Maria Montealegre M. -- ¡Escuche Las Krudas! Raw, Feminist Rap Music from Havana / Talia Wooldridge -- Local Activism, Global Feminisms and the Struggle Against Globalization / Angela Miles.

This reader brings together articles on themes and topics at the forefront of feminist inquiry and research previously published in one of Canada's oldest feminist journals, Canadian woman studies.

Issued also in electronic format.