CBC
Vancouver’s new statue-less statue aims to honour overlooked women
A statue-less statue is making an appearance in downtown Vancouver to highlight the lack of public monuments honouring women and girls. The empty statue base was unveiled by YWCA staff at Canada Place on Monday, ahead of International Women’s Day. Titled Reserved for Her, it’s meant to highlight that just 12 per cent of permanent public statues in Canada depict women, while 65 per cent honour men, according to the YWCA’s estimates. “We know that especially Indigenous women, Black women, racializ