Dress for Success Vancouver’s 14th annual fundraising event IMPACT – An Event for Change is on Thursday, March 7th, 2013 from 6:00- 8:00 pm at the Rosewood Hotel Georgia’s beautiful Spanish Ballroom. Guests will be treated to special welcome cocktails, wine tastings, and a selection of delicious hors d’oeuvres. Fred Lee, Vancouver’s “Man About Town” will
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This film by Deepa Mehta is amazing! Every woman (and her husbamd) must watch it together to get a real sense about what dominance looks and feels like. Thank you Deepa!
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Buy Tickets Now! Women Transforming Cities is partnering with Pecha Kucha Night Vancouver to create an evening with speakers around the theme of designing an ideal city for women and girls. What can be done to create safer, more affordable, more inclusive cities? Hear about fun, passionate and key ideas—from technology initiatives and bridging diversity
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A recent report by a Toronto school board found that students are shockingly nervous and anxious. This comes as no suprise to me because I write about societal and cultural pressures (especially on females). Apparently the solution to all this stress is to better screen for anxiety and provide more support (e.g. anti-anxiety techniques). Wow. Sounds like a bandaid for
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Bewteen 1969 and 2006 about 40 women (low estimate) have been murderd or disappeared on three northern BC highways. Given the low population in these communities it seems very odd that the police (RCMP) have not found a culprit. Not one. So its no surprise when last week Human Rights Watch – an international organisation – wrote a report suggesting
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You must watch the CBC (CBC Doc Zone) documentary “Mars and Venus, Today.” I was so delighted that someone looked into the science behind John Gray’s books (that have had a massive impact on women!). There is no science behind his theories. His books have always been my most hated for one reason: He tells women to go
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Barbara Yaffe wrote a great article “Women lead six provinces but tough tactics remain” in the Vancouver Sun (Jan 31, 2013). She suggests that the brutal behaviours of those in Parliament might shift if more women were elected. Here are some of her statistics: – Canada has 6 Premiers. Two were not elected but appointed
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