June Callwood was born in Chatham, Ontario in 1924 and later raised in Belle River. During this time, her life at home was unstable. Her childhood was spent living in poverty, facing evictions, and watching people eat, knowing she was not going to feel food in her stomach that night. At 16, Callwood was forced to drop out of high school and work to fill in the gap of her estranged father’s salary. She scored a job at the Brantford Expositor, where her journalism career took off. The struggles and hardships Callwood had to endure throughout her childhood are reflected in her writing. Those events moved her to raise awareness by writing about others going through the struggles of poverty, loneliness, and hunger.

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June Callwood worked towards a just world by bringing awareness in those whose rights were ignored. June worked towards providing subordinate groups with the basic needs they are entitled to. In.......June established .. And ..., respectfully. Every human has the right to equal opportunity, education, shelter, and healthcare. June provided the homeless, the sick, and the disregarded the needs that they lack. June had a concern for the personal dignity of women. ........sensor ship and reproductive rights.... June promoted the personal power, worth and dignity of women. She established that women have the right to choose when and if they want to use their bodies to reproduce without input from men. June was concerned of the validity and efficacy of the police system. In 1968, June attempted to stop police violence against homeless youth in a Yorkville riot. She was consequentially arrested. Police are supposed to protect the vulnerable and make them feel safe, as well as enforce law. However, June noticed that the system was flawed in that it was using violence against unarmed