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Other Organizations Doing
Good Work

• Apathy Is Boring (Youth Focus)

• The Canadian Muslim Vote (Muslim Representation)

• Canadian Women’s Foundation

• Drag the Vote (2SLGBTQIA+ Focus)

• ElectHER Now (Grey Bruce ON)

• Feminist Campaign School (BC)

• FORA Network For Change

• Momentum Canada (2SLGBTQIA+ Focus)

• New Majority (Youth/1st Time Voter Focus)

• Nominee (Course-Based)

• PEI Coalition for Women’s Leadership

• Politics Now (Northern ON)

• Proud Politics (2SLGBTQIA+ Focus)

• Operation Black Vote (Black Representation)

• Samara Centre For Democracy

• Syrian Canadian Foundation Women in Civic Engagement Program

Documentaries

• Flora:Scenes from the Leadership Convention *

• Join or Die

• Kim Campbell Through the Looking Glass *

• Knock Down the House

• Love Affair with Politics: A Portrait of Marion Dewar *

• Michaëlle Jean: A Woman of Purpose *

• My Name is Kahentiiosta *

• Represent 

• Rising Against Asian Hate

• Steadfast

• The Right Candidate for Rosedale *

• Unrigged with Dave Meslin

* Available to watch online

Toolkits

• Accessibility (Universal Design) Toolkit - UNICEF

• Bystander Intervention Toolkit - American Friends Service Committee

• Digital Accessibility Toolkit - Government of Canada

• Indigenous Ally Toolkit - Montreal Indigenous Community Network

• Introduction to Community Organizing - UBC Climate Hub 

• Measuring Welcoming Communities: A Toolkit for Communities & Those Who Support Them - Pathways to Prosperity

• Organizing: People, Power, Change Toolkit - Action Network

• Protecting Democracy Toolkits: For Resisting Disinformation & Foreign Interference - Elections Canada

• Registering & Voting in a Federal Election - Elections Canada

• Running in a Federal Election - Elections Canada 

• Working at a Federal Election- Elections Canada

Articles

• “5 Key Ways to Make Online Platforms Safer During Elections” - Samara Centre 

• “Courage, Ambition & Renewal: The Story of Women in Politics” - The Honest Talk

• “Democrats see surge in women interested in running for office in a post-Roe America” - CBS News

• “Elect Her: A Roadmap For Improving Representation of Women in Canadian Politics” - Standing Committee on the Status of Women

• “Empowering change: countries paving the way for women in politics” - The Honest Talk

• “Exploring the Links between Women’s Status and Democracy” - Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace & Security

• “Is that online outrage you’re seeing really grassroots, or just ‘astroturfing?” - The Globe and Mail

• “Jacinda Ardern Captured the World. And Then She Walked Away.” - Elle

• “Leading the Fight Against the Pandemic: Does Gender ‘Really’ Matter?” - University of Liverpool

• “Learning Loss as Civic Loss”- Samara Centre

• “Let’s Reimagine our Political Future, Together” - Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

• “Political Actors: Level Up Your Civic Engagement” - UAlberta

• “See a Problem in Canada you want to Fix? Can an E-Petition Help?”- Samara Centre 

• “Why Canadian Politics Is Still Unsafe For Female Politicians” - Chatelaine

• “Women in Politics: To Run or Not to Run?” - The Conversation

• “Young, female voters were the key to defeating populists in Poland’s election – providing a blueprint to reverse democracy’s decline” - The Conversation

Videos

• Historica Canada Playlist: Asian Heritage in Canada

• Make Your Mark TV: Anne Malone Reflects on Running for Office with a Disability

• Make Your Mark TV: Former NL NDP Leader Gerry Rogers shares her experience as the first openly gay politician elected in NL.

• Make Your Mark TV: Laurabel Mba talks about Intersectional Feminism in Municipal Politics

• Make Your Mark TV: Mi'kmaq Youth Advocate Mira Buckle talks about the role of young people in municipal governance

• Massey College: Misinformation/Disinformation in the Media: How Large a Threat to Democracy?

• Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk: The Inuk author who championed Inuit language and culture

• Resilient Democracies: Lessons from Canada and the US on Foreign Interference and Election Security

• Samara Centre: In Defence of Democracy

• Samara Centre: The Polarizing Impact of Social Media on Politics with Sabreena Delhon

• TedTalk:Get Comfortable with being Uncomfortable with Luvvie Ajayi Jones

• TedTalk: How Women Will Lead us to Freedom, Justice & Peace with H.E. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

• TedTalk: The Danger of a Single Story with Chimamanda Adichie

• TEDxBasel: Leading without authority with Mary Meaney Haynes

• TedXCSU: The Science of Women's Leadership

• TEDxGeorgetown: It's Not Manipulation, It's Strategic Communication with Keisha Brewer

• TEDxLincolnSquare: We Cannot Lead Others Without First Leading From Within with Lolly Daskal

• TEDxPasadena: How to Outsmart Your Own Unconscious Bias with Valerie Alexander

• TEDxWinnipeg: Leadership: Breaking Traditional Gender, Age, & Religious Barriers with MP Rana Bokhari

• Trailblazers: Black Women in Canadian Politics

• Women in Canadian History: Rosemary Brown

• Women in Leadership: What if we Changed the Story?

• Women's Rights Leader: Thérèse Casgrain

Books

• 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act by Bob Joseph

• Arnait Nipingit: Voices of Inuit Women in Leadership and Governance by Louis McComber & Shannon Partridge

• Dancing Backwards by Sharon Carstairs and Tim Higgins

• Dear Madam President: An Open Letter to the Women Who Will Run The World by Jennifer Palmieri

• Gender-Based Violence in Canadian Politics in the #MeToo Era by Tracey Raney & Cheryl Collier

• How To Save The World In Your Spare Time by Elizabeth May

• Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed For Men by Caroline Criado Perez

• Ms. Prime Minister: Gender, Media & Leadership by Linda Trimble

• Mothers & Others by Melanee Thomas and Amanda Bittner

• Never Retreat, Never Explain, Never Apologize: My Life, My Politics by Deb Grey

• No Second Chances: Women And Political Power In Canada by Dr. Kate Graham

• Opening Doors Wider: Women’s Political Engagement in Canada by Sylvia Bashevkin

• Outside In: A Political Memoir by Libby Davies

• Qu(e)erying Evangelism: Growing a Community from the Outside In by Cheri DiNovo

• Stalled: The Representation of Women in Canadian Government by Linda Trimble, Jane Arscott & Manon Tremblay

• The #MeToo Effect—What Happens When We Believe Women by Leigh Gilmore

• The Right to Be Cold: One Woman's Story of Protecting Her Culture, the Arctic & the Whole Planet by Sheila Watt-Cloutier

• What Works: Gender Equality by Design by Iris Bohnet

• Who We Are: Reflections on My Life & Canada by Elizabeth May

• Women on the Ballot: Pathways to Political Power by Dr. Betsy McGregor

• Worth Fighting For by Sheila Copps

• Women, Power, Politics by Sylvia Bashevkin

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