These 10 dynamic Canadians -- eight women and two men -- are helping to steer us into the next wave of the feminist movement. Also see our look at Leveling the playing field for women: 35 years of feminism and our listing of Women's websites.
Lisa Bryn Rundle. Co-editor of Turbo Chicks, a new book of essays on young women's feminism, Rundle is keeping a close eye on how the next generation will push the women's movement forward by rethinking their own individual identities.
Peter Davison. He heads the Halifax-based Men For Change group, trying to promote fundamental rethinking of stereotypes about boys and men.
Carolyn Bennett. The MP for the Toronto riding of St. Paul's and head of the federal Liberal women's caucus is a tireless crusader on a range of feminist issues including reforming health care and crusading to get more women in Parliament.
Sylvia Bashevkin. Author of the definitive Canadian book on the feminist backlash in this country, Women on the Defensive, she brings an academic's rigour and perspective to commenting on the state of Canadian feminism.
Doris Anderson. The former journalist and first head of the federal Status of Women department is still going strong in her 80th year. Her latest cause is the renewed fight for proportional representation in Canada, in a bid to get more women into the Commons.
Michael Kaufman. A founder of the White Ribbon Campaign to stop men's violence against women, he also works with men on an individual level to end violence.
Judy Rebick. One of the most high-profile former leaders of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women, Rebick is an author, columnist, TV commentator and now publisher of a new Web site, www.rabble.ca.
Terry Brown. The current head of the controversial National Action Committee on the Status of Women and its first aboriginal leader, Brown is fighting for equality where it is most lacking, focusing on racism, violence and poverty.
Marilou McPhedran. Another veteran of the equality fights, she now focuses her legal activism on the anti-violence cause, mainly through the Metro Action Committee on Violence Against Women and Children (METRAC), international women's rights and health issues for women.
Shelagh Day. As co-chair of the Court Challenges Equality Rights Panel, president of the Canadian Human Rights Reporter Inc. and a founder of the Canadian Disability Rights Council, she is a consummate vindicator of women's issues. Her string of publications in the areas of human rights and equality rights includes her book Women and the Equality Deficit: The Impact of Restructuring Social Programs in Canada (Status of Women Canada, 1998), which promotes women's economic autonomy and well-being.
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