On June 14, 2017, The Globe and Mail published an interview with the YWCA’s Maya Roy. She spoke about the ongoing fight to end violence against women, and her insight into the different circumstances of racialized and marginalized women.…
DIRECTOR’S THOUGHTS: WEN-DO SELF-DEFENCE FOR MUSLIM WOMEN When I took on this story about Muslim women taking a self-defence class, I wasn’t sure I had ever seen Muslim women threatened in our city (Toronto).…
By Linh for Life @ U of T Last year, I organized a Wen-Do Women’s Self Defence workshop, and it was the most empowering experience of my life. Self defence is so much more than martial art moves, and I…
Arij Elmi on why she’ll no longer downplay her encounters with hate in hopes of being believed By Arij Elmi for Canada 2017 I can’t stop crying. I spent the day following the Quebec mosque shooting reading news coverage and poring over…
Women can fight. They can learn how to take a punch and give one right back, to not back down. Step inside gyms across the GTA where women become warriors and learn about the various martial arts they choose to…
After a St. John’s woman reported being assaulted on a downtown street this week, CBC reporter Carolyn Stokes decided to go out and get some tips from a local self-defence instructor.…
