You can listen to my interview with CBC’s Gloria Macarenko from On the Coast here. [ read more…]
Watch my interview with Vancouver Breakfast Television
Originally appeared May 23, 2019 [ read more…]
Interview on Global News Morning BC
Aired May 22, 2019 on GlobalTV. Watch below. [ read more…]
Listen to my interview with Simi Sara
This Victoria Day, I sat down with Simi Sara to discuss Outside In. You can listen the interview above. [ read more…]
Libby Davies recounts four decades of political activism in her book Outside In: A Political Memoir
Orginally published in The Globe and Mail, May 21, 2019. By Andrea Woo.
Libby Davies built a career on going to bat for those who live on the margins: sex workers, people who use drugs, the poor, and members of the LGBTQ community. [ read more…]
EXCERPT: The federal NDP must stand tall in its commitment to a boldly progressive agenda
Originally published in rabble.ca, May 16, 2019
In 2015, Libby Davies retired as deputy leader of the NDP and member of Parliament for Vancouver East, after four decades of work as a politician, community organizer and activist for progressive causes. Her recently published book, Outside In: A Political Memoir, recounts her career and the causes she has worked for, from the legalization of same-sex marriage to housing justice and access to safe injection sites on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. [ read more…]
Getting women into Canada’s Parliament
Originally published in Policy Options, May 14, 2019
Former NDP MP and deputy leader Libby Davies, who recently published a memoir, and political scientist Jeanette Ashe discuss gender and elected office.Jeanette Ashe: You’re one of few women ever elected to Canada’s House of Commons, and you were also the first openly lesbian MP — where today LGBTQ MPs make up approximately 2 percent of the House. [ read more…]
My plunge into politics — and sexism
Originally published in the Toronto Star, May 11, 2019
In the research for my book Outside In: A Political Memoir, I came across a 1982 election interview on BCTV with Jack Webster — the journalist known as “king of the Vancouver airwaves” at the time — where my right to run for city council was challenged based solely on my gender. [ read more…]
Outside In book tour is happening!
Very excited that the book tour for Outside In is about to begin – see the first leg of events listed below. It seems like it has been a very long journey of reflecting, writing, and going through the process of editing and publishing. [ read more…]
“And now he’s trying to get his wife elected”
Thus said George Puil just before the 1982 civic election on Jack Webster’s BC TV program. Sexism in politics is a lot in the news these days, and while progress has been made we are still living with sexism and discrimination. [ read more…]