Keynote speaker Sally Armstrong talks about her unique form of investigative journalism that put her ahead of the curve in many ways for decades.

An Amnesty International award-winner, this Canadian journalist is also a member of the Order of Canada, a documentary filmmaker, teacher, author, human rights activist and contributing editor at Maclean’s magazine.

She tackled issues such as child prostitution in Bangladesh, war crimes in the Balkans, discrimination, and abuse in women's prisons. She focuses on stories about women and girls in conflict zones from Bosnia to Somalia to Rwanda to Afghanistan.  Armstrong’s best selling book, Veiled Threat: The Hidden Power of the Women of Afghanistan, was published in 2002. The Nine Lives of Charlotte Taylor: The first woman settler of the Miramichi was published in March, 2007.  Armstrong is the co-producer and host of several documentaries, including They fell from the Sky in 2001 and The Daughters of Afghanistanin 2003.

In 1996, Sally Armstrong was honoured by the YWCA of Toronto with the prestigious Women of Distinction Award in Communications. In 1997 she received the Achievement Award for Human Rights for Women from Jewish Women International. She received an Honorary Doctor of Law degree from Royal Roads University in 2000 and an Honorary Doctor of Letters from McGill University in 2002.

Highlights FromSally Armstrong's Keynote Address
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