No Safe Place: Sexual Assault in the Lives of Homeless Women,[1] is an important read. Written by Lisa Goodman, Katya Fels and Catherine Glenn with contributions by Judy Benitez, it chronicled a well-researched discourse on the complex reasons—past and present—of why women in the United …

In the early 90s Linda and I began searching for explanations that would help us comprehend that adults—parents, grandparents, other family members, guardians, and others such as pedophiles, human traffickers and pornographers, for example—took/take pleasure in organizing the torture of …

THE WAR AGAINST WOMEN was the title written in bolded black on the plain white paper cover of the June 1991 report. Presented to the House of Commons by a Sub-Committee assigned to examine the status of women in Canada, it contained the following descriptive paragraph, A woman['s]...ex-partner was …

William who? William Sampson. He died. Last week, on the 29th of March, the Huffington Post announced his death from an apparent heart attack, he was 52.[1] Sadly, I didn’t know him. But, I read his book and he helped me. His book helped me help others. His book was titled, Confessions of an …

Sitting with a wise lawyer, he, his partner, Linda and I were discussing how simple it would be to fix the Criminal Code of Canada so that non-state torture (NST) would be criminalized. His words were, “It’s a no-brainer.” “It’s a no-brainer”: Fixing the Criminal…

Non-state torture (NST) is the crime the unidentified victimized person repeatedly stated he suffered. There is no section in the Criminal Code of Canada that permitted this victimized person, or permits any Canadian citizen, so harmed to claim such a legal right. Instead this person’s victimi…

“How the killers were caught,”[1] and “Afghan wife slain for having baby girl,”[2] were the headlines occupying the front page of the ‘B’ section of The Chronicle Herald on January 31st, 2012. Under the first headline is the tragic story of the seven members of th…

A three month torture ordeal He was forced to exist in a dark bedroom closet of a Toronto basement apartment, malnourished, naked, cold, shivering and wounded—he was/is an adult male. Razor blades were used to slice into his body. Punched and clubbed with hammers and broom handles until these…

Everywhere I look media articles and cartoons take aim at the New Year's resolution ritual. I read that taking action to eat healthy foods and be physically active by walking will improve wellness.[1] And according to Ruth, she says she always seemed to fail at keeping her resolutions until last yea…

Organized Acts of Human Evil Who best to explain what it means—how it feels—to be held captive by the acts and ordeals of everyday evil than those who speak of having survived such atrocities? Writing this Blog is to share with equality, dignity and respect the voices of those who have …