Monisola Ogunsuyi also known as Moni was born on March 24th, 1994 in downtown Toronto. She is of Nigerian decent and proud of her Nigerian-Canadian culture. Growing up was very hard for Moni and at times she almost thought it was impossible. She grew up in a very violent and toxic home and suffered from depression and anxiety because of it. At the ages of 16 and 17 she was also sexually assaulted and has been a survivor of domestic violence as well. She has been on her own since she was 16 … [Read more...]
MISS WORLD CANADA, Moni Ogunsuyi – VOTE TODAY!
April 29, 2015 by Team Celebration
Filed Under: CANADIAN, Contributors, FEATURED, FEATURED EVENTS, Uncategorized, WOMEN GENDER EQUITY ISSUES Tagged With: BEAUTY CONTESTANT, Canadian girls, Canadian women, Canadian youth, child abuse, gender violence, MISS WORLD CANADA, Miss World Canada contestant, mission, Moni Ogunsuyi - VOTE TODAY!, rape, sexual abuse, sexual violence, VAW, violence against women.
The Council of Canadians 2015, Maude Barlow
January 23, 2015 by Team Celebration
The Council of Canadians is about to kick our 2015 election campaign into high gear with a real game-changer. As a valued supporter of this organization, I want you to be the first to know. In our election survey I asked you and 125,000 fellow supporters how you want the Council of Canadians to direct our focus, energy and resources. You told us a top priority must be to boost voter turnout from the community level up – especially amongst young voters. I couldn't agree more. So today … [Read more...]
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End a Rape Culture, “No means No” ~ “Yes means Yes”
January 20, 2015 by Team Celebration
We live in a culture in which rape and sexual violence is expected and accepted as a norm. In Canada 1 in 4 women in will experience at least one incident of sexual assault in their life. Half of these assaults will be against women under 16 years of age. “YES MEANS YES!” Hi. We’re Tessa and Lia, two grade 8 students who’ve started a petition to make sure our peers know what we mean when we say that. The goal of our campaign, “We Give Consent” is to make consent a topic in the Ontario … [Read more...]
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