International Women’s Day Information Table

Humber celebrates women of excellence for International Women’s Day.

The Centre for Human Rights, Equity & Diversity will be hosting an information table on March 8, 2017, LRC lobby, North Campus from 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. 

Learn more about notable women below:

Wangari Matthai
“We’re constantly being bombarded by problems that we face and sometimes we can get completely overwhelmed. [But] we should always feel like a hummingbird. I may feel insignificant, but I don’t want to be like the other animals watching the planet go down the drain. I’ll be a hummingbird, I’ll do the best I can”.

Wilma Mankiller
“Women in leadership roles can help restore balance and wholeness to our communities”

Malala Yousafzai
“I want to change the political system so there is justice and equality and change in the status of girls and women"

  • Children’s rights activists Malala Yousafzai, the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
  • Campaigned for the rights of girls to have an education and had written a diary for the BBC Urdu service when the Pakistan Taliban controlled her home area of Swat in 2009.
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Rigoberta Menchú
“What I treasure most in life is being able to dream. During my most difficult moments and complex situations I have been able to dream of a more beautiful future”.

Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond
“It is one of our traditions that there should be balance between men and women. That doesn't mean we should always be in front of men, but that their needs to be a balance. Women need to know that they can succeed”.

  • First aboriginal Canadian woman to be on the bench in Saskatchewan

Vera Wang
“When you have a passion for something then you tend not only to be better at it, but you work harder too”.

  • American Fashion Designer

Lieutenant-Commander Wafa Dabbagh
“I want other Canadians to know that there are people serving Canada who are not white with blond hair and blue eyes. We are all working together, white, black, Asian, Arab and Aboriginal – and I’m one small face among them.”

  • The first Muslim woman wearing a head covering to enlist and serve in the Canadian forces
  • In 2010, she received an Operational Service Medal, and in 2012, the Diamond Jubilee Medal. Sadly, Lieutenant-Commander Dabbagh succumbed to cancer in 2012.

Claudia L. Gordon
"By my junior year in high school, I made it known to all that I would go to law school and become an attorney. Many shrugged off my grand intention as wishful thinking. Some cited my deafness as an obstacle rendering it impractical if not impossible to pursue a law degree. Thanks to the values that were instilled in me during my formative years, I understood then that those voices of doubt neither dictated my worth nor my capacity. I want to contribute to a better society where there is more understanding and acceptance of people with disabilities and where the same opportunities are provided for all."

Jenna Talackova

This Canadian supermodel and TV personality first rose to fame when she joined the Miss Universe Canadian pageant last 2012, only to be subsequently disqualified after someone recognized her as transgender. Now, the 26-year-old beauty is a trans rights advocate and led Vancouver’s 2012 Pride parade as Pride Parade grand marshal

Madame Chiang Kai-Shek
"We write our own destiny; we become what we do."

  • Chinese head of the Chinese Nationalistic government in exile on Taiwan

Measha Brueggergosmanwinning

Brueggergosman's powerful performances have earned her much international recognition.

From the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and the International Tattoo in Nova Scotia to the National Arts Centre Orchestra, the Cincinatti Opera and the International Beethoven Festival in Bonn, her voice and interpretation have amazed listeners.

Muna AbuSulaymanNamed

AbuSulayman is a Saudi Muslim business woman, media personality and full-time mum to her two daughters. With her role in the spotlight, Muna AbuSulayman often speaks up and writes about issues surrounding women’s rights, society, community development and east-west dialogue.

  • Named Young Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2004

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