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VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT: GLENDA SIMMSveteranfeminists2022-10-03T14:13:05-04:00

THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT

Dr. Glenda Simms

January 25, 1939 – December 31, 2021

“Feminism is when you can differentiate between yourself and a doormat.”

Distinguished educator, cross-cultural psychologist and undaunted advocate for gender and racial equality. First Black woman to be appointed president of the Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women, 1990. A founding member of the National Organization of Immigrant and Visible Minority Women, member of the North Bay Human Rights Hall of Fame and honorary member of the Federation of Medical Women of Canada.

More About Glenda:

  • Remembering an Icon, January 31, 2022, The National Congress of Black Women Foundation
  • Tribute to Dr. Simms, by Ron Fanfair, January 4, 2022
  • “The Myth of the Superwoman Webinar.” Speakers: Dr. Glenda Simms, Gender & Equity Specialist and Debra Wright, Author & Forgiveness Life Coach. Moderator: Patricia Bebia Mawa, Executive Vice President, March 8, 2021, Silvertrust Media & Afroglobal Television
  • National Women’s Conference 2014, Dr. Glenda P. Simms
  • Discussion with Kevin O’Brian Chang, Dr. Glenda Simms and Senator Ruel Reid on the two-child limit proposal in Jamaica 2014.
  • “Development of Gender Institutions in the Caribbean: Challenges for the 21st Century,” presented by Glenda Simms at the Ninth session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, México City, 10-12 June, 2004

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