This is a sample Letter to the Editor. Feel free to edit it for your own 
purposes.
Personal stories are powerful. Think about how the facts connect to
the circumstances in your university, college, city, or town.

Ontario has a 31.5% pay gap, one of the largest in the world. On [insert date of Equal Pay Day] citizens of [your community] will be joining thousands of men and women across Ontario to mark this year’s annual Equal Pay Day. This event is held in April because it’s the month when [I as a woman / my partner / my mother] must work until to earn the same pay that a man earns in 12 months. For older women, it means working until 79 years old to be paid what men earn by age 65. Racialized women, aboriginal women and women with disabilities face even larger gaps.

With today’s economy, every penny counts and coming home with almost one third less money causes economic hardship and poverty. 
[Give example of effect on you or your family.]

Equal Pay Days are held around the world to recognize the full value of women’s work and their contribution to local economies. They are designed to marshal action on many fronts to close the gap.

[Our city/town] and its employers need to mark this year’s Equal Pay Day by starting a conversation on the gender pay gap. Pay gaps are a human rights violation. It’s time to make closing the gender pay gap a priority. 

[Your name]