In her new book, Transforming Power: From the Personal to the Political, Judy Rebick explains how globalization and mass communication technology are revolutionizing our understanding of power and producing profound new ideas about social and political life. In this lecture, she will focus on how many of the new movements are based on key tenets of feminism like the personal is political and embracing diversity.
Judy Rebick is a well-known social justice activist, educator, writer, and
speaker. The former host of two national television shows on CBC Newsworld and a frequent commentator on CBC radio and television, Judy is also the founder of one of Canada’s most popular independent online news and discussion sites–rabble.ca. She is perhaps best known to Canadians as a former president of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women, Canada’s largest women’s group. Judy currently holds the Sam Gindin Chair in Social Justice and Democracy at Ryerson University.
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