Linda MacDonald (activist)

Linda MacDonald is a feminist grass roots activist against Non-State Torture (NST), a human rights violation and crime, born in Charlottetown, P.E.I, Canada.[1][2]

She is a retired registered nurse living in Nova Scotia, Canada and the Co-Founder of Persons Against Non-State Torture- a human rights advocacy self-funded campaign.[3][2] [4][5]MacDonald as a professional nurse worked at hospitals, public health, and as care coordinator with home care.[6] She is an educator, researcher, author and a member of ACUNS.[1][7]

She received her RN at the Victoria General hospital, Bachelor of Nursing (BN) at Dalhousie University and Masters of Education (MEd) at St. Mary's University all in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

MacDonald was featured on feminist Robin Morgan's radio show WMC Live.[1][6] She works with Jeanne Sarson a human right activists for girls and women at NST.[8]

She is the co-author with Jeanne Sarson of their book WOMEN UNSILENCED Our refusal to let torturer-traffickers win! published by Friesen Press to be released in the spring 2021.

References
  1. "Jeanne Sarson and Linda Macdonald speak out against Non-State Torture". FiLiA. Retrieved 2019-03-29.
  2. "Speaking Out Against Non-State Torture: Linda MacDonald and Jeanne Sarson - Raise the Hammer". raisethehammer.org. Retrieved 2019-03-29.
  3. "Macdonald, Linda". ACUNS. 2018-12-10. Retrieved 2019-03-29.
  4. https://www.sunjournal.com/2019/03/20/obituary-louise-n-labbe/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. MacIvor, Angela; May 28, Susan Allen · CBC News · Posted; May 30, 2014 6:03 AM AT | Last Updated; 2014. "Woman alleging torture at parents' hands felt like a 'thing' for years | CBC News". CBC. Retrieved 2019-03-29.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. "Episode138.mp3".
  7. "Champions for the cause | Canadian Nurse". www.canadian-nurse.com. Retrieved 2019-03-29.
  8. "New website on non-State torture (NST)". World Pulse. 2017-08-29. Retrieved 2019-03-29.
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