Eyes Wide Open
Part 4. Getting Your Story Out
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In Eyes Wide Open Nash examines the risks women face when entering into public office. The chapter explores topics such as gender-based violence, backlash, polarization, threats, and more.
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Contributors
Peggy Nash
Peggy Nash is an advocate for labour rights and social justice in Canadian politics and the labour movement, as a long-time senior negotiator for the CAW (now Unifor). A former president of the federal New Democratic Party, she was a candidate for leader after the untimely death of Jack Layton. A candidate in several federal elections, she served as a Member of Parliament and was named Official Opposition Industry and Finance Critic. Nash is an educator, a frequent media commentator, a founding member of Equal Voice and a co-founder of Toronto Metropolitan University’s Women in the House program.
