Category Archives: Participant Bio

Donna MacPhee grew up in Alberta’s Drumheller Valley, but she has lived much of her life in Calgary, which is where I interviewed her. She was forced to navigate everyday racism as a child, and when her struggles took a … Continue reading →

I interviewed Kathy Mallett in Winnipeg. It was there that she grew up, but she first became active in the late 1970s while living in Thomposn, in northern Manitoba — at that time she worked mostly with other indigenous women … Continue reading →

I talked to Shelley Finson at her home in Halifax. Born in England into a white working-class family, she spent a few years living in Jamaica as a teen and then moved to Canada in her twenties, in the late … Continue reading →

I interviewed Sadeqa Siddiqui at the offices of the South Asian Women’s Community Centre (SAWCC) in Montreal. Siddiqui moved from Pakistan to Canada in the late 1960s with her family. In the early 1980s she got a job with the … Continue reading →

I interviewed Lynn Jones at her home in Halifax. She grew up in the tight-knit African Nova Scotian community in Truro. This was a context in which the whole family, the whole community, was involved in trying to create change, … Continue reading →

I interviewed Richard North, along with his partner Chris Vogel, at their home in Winnipeg. Richard grew up in London, Ontario. He came out as gay in 1972 and for many years thereafter was involved in gay liberation activities. He … Continue reading →

I interviewed Chris Vogel, along with his partner Richard North, at their home in Winnipeg. Chris grew up in a prairie CCF family and became politicized as a student at the University of Manitoba in the late 1960s. He came … Continue reading →