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    Because It’s 2015

    By now you’ve heard of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s famous response to the question: “why is [a gender balanced cabinet] so important to you?” But what else is he doing to help feminism in Canada? Aboriginal Women After years of Harper avoiding the issue, Trudeau has pledged to finally investigate the murders and disappearances of hundreds of Aboriginal women. But he isn’t stopping there; he plans to work with many Aboriginal communities and organizations to deal with the unique issues that these women and girls face everyday. Parental Leave Future fathers, this one’s for you, because feminism is not only limited to woman’s rights. Trudeau plans to increase parental leave…

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    Burgers, “Broads” and a Ball

    An Evening with the Women Redefining Burger Culture By Anoja Muthucumaru Photos by Meghan Gribben The BurgerBroads Dawna Marie Wright, better known as Ms.D-Madame of The BroadHouse, is the founder and fearless leader of the “BurgerBroads,” a blog and community of female burger aficionados. Before I visited the BurgerBroads blog, I expected to see posts simply about burgers and photographs of burger joints in Toronto, but to my delight I stumbled onto videos of women chowing down and pontificating on juicy burgers. In the videos, the women lovingly discussed the textures and the ingredients of the burgers. The short clips are filmed in a documentary style, showing women loving what they…