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When: Wednesday, July 25th from 4:00-8:00 pm
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NEW CWS/cf ISSUE: FEMINISM, ACTIVISM AND SPIRITUALITY
dedicated to the memory of CWS/cf founder, Shelagh Wilkinson
Vol. 29, Nos. 1,2
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- Table of Contents
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Editorial/Éditorial
by Rosina Agyepong, Margaret Brigham, Sabra Desai, Patsy Sutherland, Anne Wagner and Njoki Nathani Wane - 3
In Memoriam Shelagh Wilkinson by Luciana Ricciutelli - 7
Exploring Notions of Spirituality
Alternative Altars: Beyond Patriarchy and Priesthood and Towards Inclusive Spirituality, Governance and Activism Among Catholic Women Religious in Ontario
by Christine Gervais - 8Second Nature: Contemporary Pagan Ritual Borrowing in Progressive Christian Communities by Laurel Zwissler - 16
Spiritual Beginnings of Indigenous Women's Activism: The Life and Work of the Honourable Thelma Chalifoux, White Standing Buffalo
by Judy Iseke and Leisa Desmoulins - 24Beyond Questionable Certainties
by Mary Lou Soutar-Hynes - 35Connecting the Mind, Body and Spirit Through Movement(s)
Traditional Healing and Spirituality Among Grenadian Women: A Source of Resistance and Empowerment
by Patsy Sutherland - 43Ecospiritual Action and the Gift Imaginary: A Union of Spirituality and Politics
by Kaarina Kailo - 51"Born from Silence": Theory and Strategy for Resistance and Justice-Making from the Birth of Creative Power
by Deborah Prokipchuk Ackley - 61Classical Martial Arts Training: A Zen Approach to Health, Wellness and Empowerment for Women
by M. Ann Philips - 67Dance for Peace and Healing: Spirituality in Action
by Ronnie Joy Leah - 72In Memory of Shelagh Wilkinson, 1928-2011
Shelagh Brenda Wilkinson, September 18, 1928-November 16, 2011: Such a Long Journey
tribute by Marion Lynn - 79Women's Studies - One Experience
by Shelagh Wilkinson - 83With Thanks
by Lesley Wilkinson - 85Marion Lynn and Shelagh Wilkinson: An Interview with the CWS/cf Founders
interview by Luciana Ricciutelli - 86Quite a Journey: A History of the Bridging Programme
by Shelagh Wilkinson - 90 fShelagh with family and friends
photoessay by Luciana Ricciutelli - 97Dr. Shelagh Wilkinson, York University Convocation, October 18, 2009
convocation address by Shelagh Wilkinson 102Those Less Often Heard: Honouring Distant Voices
Black Women's Experiences of Spirituality as a Form of Resistance and Activism
by Nadesha Gaytle - 107Sankofa: Reclaiming My Voice Through Canadian Black Feminist Theorizing
by Nadia Prendergast - 121Breaking the Silence: Reclaiming Qur'anic Interpretations as a Tool for Empowerment and Liberatory Praxis for Dealing with Domestic Violence in Canadian Muslim Communities
by Sabra Desai and Zehra Haffajee - 127Indigenous Spirituality, Activism and Feminism in the Life of My Mother
by Rose Ann Torres - 135The Psycho-Spirituality of African Canadian Women Living with HIV/AIDS in Ontario
by Edna Aryee - 141Honouring Spirituality and Activism: Children and Young People's Awareness and Response to the Needs of Others
by Lynn DeCaro - 152(Re)Embodying Academia: Bringing Spirituality into the Ivory Tower
Reclaiming Our Spirituality: A Pedagogical Tool for Feminism and Activism
by Njoki Nathani Wane - 159Spirituality, Religion, Secularism and the Academy: Reflections on "The Muslim Woman's Question
by Tassabaum Fahim Ruby - 171Spirituality and Empowerment of Black Women in the Academy
by Rosina Agyepong - 176Creating Space for Spiritual Praxis in Academia: A Dialogue
by Jabeen Aslam and Krista Riley - 183Poetry
Rosary by M. E. Csamer - 15
Margit Bridge by Ilona Martonfi - 15
Universe of Now by M. E. Csamer - 23
Ants by Farideh de Bosset - 41
(S)Mothering by Carolyne Van Der Meer - 41
A Date by Farideh de Bosset - 49
With a Simple Pink Rose by Ilona Martonfi - 50
Stir by Carole Glasser Langille - 60
Motherlode by Carolyne Van Der Meer - 60
Incest by Farideh de Bosset - 71
Alzheimer's: A Square Dance in two movements by Evelyn Violini - 71
Simone by Adrick Brock - 76
Under the Bed by Joan Bond - 120
The Stepfather's Photos by Ilona Martonfi - 126
A Gentle Impression by Joanna M. Weston - 139
when i'm alone and senior by Joan Bond - 140
Anything by Kay R. Eginton - 149
Aimer par Angela Galipeau - 149
wor(l)ds about we(e) women by Adele Graf - 150
Judith by Adrick Brock 157
Planting by Sandra Woolfrey - 158
On the Street (Pantoum) by Joanna M. Weston - 181
Mudstones by Ilona Martonfi - 182
Running at the "Y" by Carolyne Van Der Meer - 191
Book Reviews
Mennonite Women in Canada: A History reviewed by Deborah McPhail - 193
This Spot of Ground: Spiritual Baptists in Toronto reviewed by Johanna H. Stuckey - 194
Sex, Gender and Episcopal Authority in an Age of Reform, 1000-1122 reviewed by Becky R. Lee - 195
Women's Lives in Biblical Times reviewed by Patricia Keeney - 195
Native American Women's Studies: A Primer reviewed by Donna Schatz - 196
Les Dramaturges Antillaises: Cruauté, Créolité, Conscience Féminine révisé par Mylène F. Dorcé - 197
Angelic Scintillations reviewed by Heather Spears - 198
A Rain of Words: A Bilingual Anthology of Women's Poetry in Francophone Africa reviewed by Philippa Jabouin - 200
Private Spear to World Stage from Austen to Eliot reviewed by Anne Gagné - 200
Reading Women's and Gender Studies in Canada by Margaret Hobbs and Carla Rice - 201
Daughters and Mothers in Alice Munro's Later Stories reviewed by Gisela Argyle - 208
Engendering Genre: The Works of Margaret Atwood reviewed by Jennifer Fraser 209
The Cambridge History of Canadian Literature reviewed by John Lennox - 209
L'Art Naïf dans la Modernité révisé par Jeanne Maranda - 211
Paris Times Eight: Finding Myself in the City of Dreams reviewed by Tanya Pikula - 212
The Risks of Remembrance reviewed by Norma Lundberg - 213
Young Romantics: The Tangled Lives of English Poetry's Greatest Generation reviewed by Natalie Neill - 214
Front Cover
Janet Stahle-Fraser, "The Harvest," 1999, 28" x 48", acrylic on canvas..
Back Cover
Janet Stahle-Fraser, "Garden Door," 1998, 22" x 30", acrylic on canvas.
Janet Stahle-Fraser is a painter/printmaker with a m.a. in philosophy from the University of Guelph. Her love for exploring media is apparent in the diversity of media and techniques she employs such as colour and monochrome woodcuts, etchings, monotypes, mixed media, pastel and acrylic paintings. Recently, she has begun to incorporate digital techniques into her work. Janet's art has been shown at the Art Gallery of Ontario, the McMichael Gallery and internationally. It has been featured in Canadian books, magazines and newspapers. She is the recipient of numerous awards and is a faculty member in fine art at Nipissing University. Janet opens her Tapawingo Studio to the public for the summer and has been a long time member of the Muskoka Autumn Studio Tour. Her studio is located one km east of Baysville on Hwy 117 at #2781 with a sign posted on the north side near The Landscapes Resort's flags and entrance. Call her at 705-767-3594 for hours. Email: janet@tapawingostudio.on.ca Web: www.tapawingostudio.on.ca.
Artist Statement:
My main media are painting and printmaking but my background in philosophy shapes my artistic vision. My work gives form to the products of my questioning mind. Often, these questions concern myth, culture, religion, life and mortality. I am constantly seeking a vantage point that gives me the necessary distance for questions to enter. Then I play in my sandbox with the medialessons of the power of women and importance of women's roles in her own family.
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