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100
This person was the first woman physician to practise in Canada and was also the founder of the Canadian Women's Suffrage Association.
Who is Dr. Emily Stowe?
100
This Inuvialuit graphic artist is known for her particular stencil technique to achieve colour gradiation in her depictions of animals and human figures.
Who is Mary Kapbak Okheena?
100
This person was the first woman Premier of Ontario.
Who is Kathleen Wynne?
100
This trans rights trailblazer successfully helped organize the push to add gender identity or expression to Canada's human rights protections (Bill C-16).
Who is Morgane Oger?
100
This term coined by Kimberle Crenshaw in 1989 refers to the overlapping nature of an individual's social identities (e.g., gender, race, etc.,) which creates new kinds of discrimination and privileges.
What is intersectionality?
200
This is the year in which Roberta Bondar went to space, becoming the first Canadian woman, the second Canadian, and the first neurologist in space.
What is 1992?
200
This world-renowned operatic contralto was featured on Canadian stamps in 1999.
Who is Portia White?
200
This politician was the first Indigenous woman to lead a Canadian province/territory.
Who is Nellie Cournoyea?
200
Dr. Notisha Massaquoi founded this organization which conducts research and works with Black communities to develop programs and improve health outcomes.
What is the Black Health Equity Lab (BHEL)?
200
This is the social system that privileges men politically, financially, and socially, creating a society in which power/wealth are predominantly controlled by men.
What is the patriarchy?
300
Dr. Flordeliz "Gigi" Osler was the first woman of colour to be elected as the president of this association.
What is the Canadian Medical Association?
300
This charity was first formed to support Portia White's highly successful international singing career, and now supports individuals pursuing careers in the arts in her honour.
What is the Novia Scotia Talent Trust?
300
During Jean Augustine's time in Parliament, she served as the Minister of _____.
What is the Ministry of Multiculturalism and the Status of Women?
300
Mary Two-Axe Early challenged what discriminatory policy for 20 years.
What is the Indian Act (which indicated that Indigenous status could only be determined through male lineage)?
300
This concept refers to the social practice of enforcing and upholding the patriarchy.
What is misogyny?
400
Dr. Alaa Murabit (global expert in health, sustainable development, and girls' education) played a crucial role in shaping the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, specifically this goal.
What is Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions?
400
Kai Cheng Thom, a non-binary trans woman, writer, and performance poet, received numerous awards for her first book titled ____.
What is Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars?
400
Julie Lemieux, Canada's first trans Mayor, was featured in this children's book in 2020.
What is Canadian Women Now and Then?
400
Dr. Notisha Massaquoi was responsible for introducing the first mandatory race-based data collection policy for this municipal service.
What is Toronto Police Services?
400
This term refers to the mental activity required to perform tasks in a way that maintains positive relationships and ensures things run smoothly (typically regarded as an unacknowledged and underappreciated burden disproportionately taken on by women).
What is emotional labour?
500
Dr. Mona Shahwan El-Tahan developed North America's first mathematical model to predict this.
What is iceberg movement/motion?
500
This is Mary Kapbak Okheena's main source of inspiration for her art.
What are children's facial expressions and/or freedom of expression?
500
In October, this person became the first woman premier in New Brunswick's history.
Who is Susan Holt?
500
In 2019, Morgane Oger won a precedent-setting human rights case which affirmed that protection from discrimination would now also include this community.
Who are transgender women?
500
This concept refers to the gender-based pricing system that charges more for items marketed to women compared to similar or identical products marketed to men.
What is the pink tax?