social justice

Annual Merkur Lectures: Equity, Civil Liberty and Social Justice

The Merkur Lectures: Equity, Civil Liberty and Social Justice are hosted by Congregation Darchei Noam under the guidance of the Merkur family, the Social Justice Advocacy Committee, and Rabbi Tina Grimberg.

The inaugural Merkur lecture will be Spirit Bear: Echoes of the Past with inaugural lecturer Cindy Blackstock, Executive Director, First Nations Child and Family Caring Society

Free registration HERE

At a 30% pay gap, a woman will have to work 3 1/2 months into the new year to earn what men do by December 31 of the previous year. Put another way, it will take Ontarian women 15 1/2 months to earn what Ontarian men do in 12–and women who are racialized, disabled, Indigenous, migrant and immigrant, or sexual minorities or gender variant will have to work into May and June.

This is why Equal Pay Day is in April.

On the street

• Women, come on your lunch break!
• Wear red, because discriminatory pay gaps keep women “in the red”.
• Demand the Ontario government take steps to close the gender pay gap!
• TORONTO: Join us at College & University at 12:00 NOON