This book has has photos of 53 women from accross Canada …quite moving and brave! And [Source: Postmedia News, Monique Polak]
Research out of the University of Montreal shows that women who read bad news are later more responsive to stresses. It has something to do with women being more empathetic. That is likely why I don’t like reading the news first thing in the morning. Frankly its distressing anytime. [Source: Vancouver Sun 15 Oct 12, from
I just read about how a teacher in Cairo cut a young girls hair in the “protection of Islam.” I have been to Egypt, travelling only with my friend Missy. It’s an advanced country. Or so we think. When will this stop?
I just read that Mira Oreck is from Vancouver. She is the brilliant activist behind Obama…and the fantastic “Wake the F…Up” campaign. Remember the book that became a best seller: Go the F…to sleep? Who says book titles do not sell? Go Mira go. I will have to look for her video. [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column
“Immature love says I love you because I need you. Mature love says I need you because I love you.” Erich Fromm
Alex Rister pulled this list of TED talks together. http://alexrister1.wordpress.com/2012/10/28/top-ten-ted-talks-delivered-by-women/
Equal Voice is pleased to announce that Alison Redford, Premier of Alberta, will be Ottawa on Monday, November 19th to accept the EVE Award (Ottawa) for 2012. She will be the guest of honour at the annual Women in Public Life Luncheon hosted by Equal Voice and the Canadian Club Ottawa. Tickets for the special
Canadians are so complacent! Our governments are flagrantly abusing democracy and we hardly hear a peep. Do you know what prorogued means? It means the government decides not to sit in the legislature. For about half the year! This has happened at the federal level and at provincial levels so many times in the last few
Here is another article on how lawyers are failing at work-life balance. One lawyer even blames the clients! If you following my writing you will know that that the term “work-life balance” is a fictitious term created by the media to suggest that individuals – not the institutions they work within – are somehow able
“True self-love requires radical self-reflection.” Gabrielle Bernstein