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Title: Interview with Saarah
Description: Sarah discuss her personal experiences as a Muslim woman, her activism, her study of Canadian indigenous history, and her practicum experience in Toronto women's and refugee shelters.
Subject: Activism, Anti-colonialism, Feminism, Intersectionality, Mental health, Refugees

Title: Interview with Margaret McPhail
Description: Margaret McPhail talks about her experience as an activist, through her role as a secondary school teacher and staff member at the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation (OSSTF/FEESO). She also describes her role on the International Women's Day Committee and with Organized Working Women.
Subject: Activism, Education, Feminism

Title: Interview with Martha Friendly
Description: In an interview conducted for the winter 2021 course offering of HISD25, Martha Friendly, Executive Director and founder of the Childcare Resource and Research Unit, discusses her work, experience and perspectives as a policy researcher on the ever-changing relationship between childcare, government and politics and the role of research as a form of advocacy.
Subject: Activism, Women, Parenthood, Feminism

Title: Interview with Deb Parent
Description: In an interview conducted for the winter 2021 course offering of WSTD10, Deb Parent, a self-defence instructor and activist, talks about her life journey and experiences as a lesbian, as well as her experiences in activism. Deb talks about her participation in protests and marches, such as the picketing protests as part of the organization, Gays of Ottawa, as well as the challenges in fighting for gay rights as a woman. Additionally, she also mentions other forms of intersectionality and the differences that may be experienced by gay women of colour.
Subject: Activism, Woman, Gender and sexuality, Feminism