Blog - Page 23 of 93 - Maureen F. Fitzgerald

Harper government holds women back

Here are Joyce Murray’s (Member of Parliament) recent words in our Federal legislature: Mr. Speaker, 48 years ago today, Liberal Prime Minister Lester Pearson officially established the Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada, based on the concept of equal opportunity for women and men. The royal commission played a major role in

Mindfulness Made Easy – Practice #4 Eat Mindfully

Here is the fourth of my 50 Mindful Practices from my upcoming book. Please sign up for my weekly emails if you want to get the rest automatically in your email box. I welcome your feedback and please pass along to your friends! MINDFULNESS MADE EASY – 50 PRACTICES TO REDUCE STRESS AND CREATE CALM – FOR HOME, SCHOOL AND WORK Practice

Three new booklets on advancing women

I have decided to break my upcoming women’s book (formerly called Man’s Guide to Ultimate Power) to into 3 smaller (100 page) booklet. This way they are easier to read and access. Here are the tentative titles. Please let me know what you think. 1. Level the Playing Field- 20 ways to advance women at work and in

Mindfulness Made Easy – Practice #3 Use All Your Senses

Here is the third of my 50 Mindful Practices from my upcoming book. Please sign up for my weekly emails if you want to get the rest automatically in your email box. I welcome your feedback and please pass along to your friends! MINDFULNESS MADE EASY – 50 PRACTICES TO REDUCE STRESS AND CREATE CALM – FOR HOME, SCHOOL AND WORK Practice

Mindfulness Made Easy – Practice #2 Body Scan

Here is the second of my 50 Mindful Practices. My book is being published so in the meantime I will blog one of these each week or so. Please sign up on my website if you want to get them automatically in your email box. I welcome your feedback and please pass along to your friends! MINDFULNESS MADE EASY – 50

Mindfulness Made Easy – Practice #1 Breathe

Here is the first of my 50 Mindful Practices. The manuscript of my upcoming book is off at the editors as of today! I plan to blog one of these each week, so sign up on my website if you want to get them automatically in your email box. I welcome your feedback and please pass along to your friends!

How can academic women help other woman with gender issues?

I know I am supposed to support the Gender Studies department at UBC but I find it impossible to engage when the upcoming topics is: “Go Figure! Public Pedagogies, Invisible Impairments and the Performative Paradoxes of Visibility as Veracity.” This is part of the reason why I write in plain language for women. So