Rosemary will share her perspectives on the topic drawing on her varied and faith-filled journey as a writer, speaker and activist. Where do we find hope and vision in the current moment? What can we learn from where we have been?

Rosemary Ganley is a lifelong feminist activist and writer. She is the co-founder with her husband John, of the development agency “Jamaican Self Help”. Which inspired her book: “Jamaica Journal: the Story of a grassroots Canadian Aid Organization. Rosemary gave the Margaret Laurence Lecture at Trent on feminist theologies in 2011, and now writes a weekly column for the Peterborough Examiner. She was assistant editor of the independent newspaper Catholic New Times in Toronto 2001-2006. Her writing has appeared in the Globe and Mail, the Toronto STAR, the Peterborough Examiner, The Green Teacher and Conscience magazine.

Rosemary was invited to sit on the Gender Equality Advisory Council for the G7 meetings in 2018, and in June of 2022, Rosemary was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws by Trent University.