Categories:
Cultural Studies
Feminist Memorials
Gender Studies
Social Work
Violence Against Women
Women's Studies

B&W photographs
Bibliography
272 pages
$28.95 Cdn
$25.95 US
6" x 9" paper
Sumach Press
ISBN-10: 1-894549-53-8
ISBN-13: 978-1-894549-53-0

Release: March 2006

Remembering Women Murdered by Men
Memorials Across Canada
The Cultural Memory Group

Women are murdered by men every day, yet these acts of femicide barely make the news. Across Canada, there are over fifty memorials to women who have been murdered. Each one tells at least two stories: the terrible one of unremitting violence against women and the triumphant one of women claiming public space, naming the violence and insisting that society remember. This book is the first to record thirty of these, and in so doing names the women remembered and the circumstances of their deaths.

The authors document the feminist community's response and the initiative taken to build memorials along with the official attempts to keep them out of public view. The memorials documented include those in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, The Pas, Toronto, Montreal, London, Ottawa and Moncton.

Remembering Women Murdered by Men features the voices of memorial makers and the struggle of bringing public attention to the issue of femicide. It inspires all of us to speak out.

Visit the companion website, The Global Women's Memorial, a dynamic and interactive forum dedicated to ending violence against women: www.globalwomensmemorial.org.

About the Authors:

The Cultural Memory Group includes:

• Christine Bold,
  Professor of English at the University of Guelph;
• Sly Castaldi,
  Executive Director of Guelph-Wellington Women in Crisis;
• Ric Knowles,
  Professor of Theatre Studies at the University of Guelph;
• Jodie McConnell,
  Human Rights and Equity Advisor; and
• Lisa Schincarial,
  PhD candidate in Communications and Culture at York University.

Book Launch:

Remembering Women Murdered by Men
Memorials Across Canada
The Cultural Memory Group

An important new title which is a
public record of feminist remembrance
and a powerful contribution to the
movement to end violence again women.

 

In Toronto:

Wed. March 29, 2006, 6:30 - 9:30 pm

Oakham House Lounge
At Ryerson University
63 Gould St., Toronto
(corner of Church, north of Dundas)

In Guelph:

Wed. April 5, 2006, 6:30 - 9:00 pm

Greenroom,
The Book Shelf
41 Quebec St.,
Guelph, ON

 

Ordering Information available from Sumach Press

 

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