Pauline Tennent

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Providing free menstrual supplies — while necessary in the movement towards equity — is only part of what’s necessary. (Shutterstock)

Free menstrual products matter to support equity, but so do adequate facilities and sinks

Pauline Tennent, University of Manitoba; Adele Perry, University of Manitoba; Julia Smith, University of Manitoba, and Lindsay Larios, University of Manitoba

Addressing inequality surrounding menstruation should include a decent amount of accessible washrooms. It also means ready access to sinks and soap to wash reusable products with dignity.
A temporary memorial for Canada’s residential schools is blessed by Indigenous elders in a pipe ceremony in Calgary in August 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Bill Graveland

Reckoning with the truths of unmarked graves of Indigenous children, education systems must take action

Lisa Korteweg, Lakehead University; Pauline Tennent, University of Manitoba, and Tesa Fiddler

Here’s what the education system needs to do to help teachers address, repair and heal education towards and beyond reconciliation.