Gender, Health and (In)justice in Canada: An Introduction
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2022-11-21
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DIALOGUE ON GENDER, HEALTH AND (IN)JUSTICE IN CANADA
Dr. Martha Paynter is the author ofAbortion to Abolition: Reproductive Health and Justice in Canada. She is an Assistant Professor at the University of New Brunswick, where her research examines the intersection of reproductive health and the justice system. She is a faculty member of the Contraception and Abortion Research Team based out of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia, and with the Health Law Institute at the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University. The founder of Wellness Within: An Organization for Health and Justice, Dr.Paynter received the Senate of Canada 150 Anniversary Medal for her volunteer service to the country. Her clinical practice focuses on abortion and reproductive care.
Dr. El Jones is a spoken word poet, journalist, and community activist.
She is a professor in Mount Saint Vincent University’s Political Studies
department and served as the Nancy’s Chair of Women’s Studies for the
2017-2019 term. El is the author of Live from the Afrikan Resistance! and
her most recent book Abolitionist Intimacies. El was the fifth Poet Laureate
of Halifax. In 2016, El was a recipient of the Burnley “Rocky” Jones human
rights award for her community work and work in prison justice. She is a
co-founder of the Black Power Hour, a live radio show with people who
have experienced incarceration on CKDU that creates space for people
inside to share their creative work and discuss contemporary social and
political issues.