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What men and women do in the kitchen is very different

Katrina Onstad of the Globe wrote a great article in response to Time Magazines’ headline, “Men Spend More Time in the Kitchen” Here are a few of her insights (merged with mine). When men do show up in the kitchen, they tend to do the high visibility work, like meals for guests and barbeque – not the grocery

We need workplaces that don’t make parents lie about being sick

It no surprise that recent research shows that on school PD days, many people call in sick and cancel work. In fact 700 people from an 18,000 person organisation (Vancouver Island Health Authority) called in on November 21 – a non-instruction day in BC. This apparently costs billions in terms of lost work and replacements. If

First lady of France attacked by media

Three attacks on a women leader in one article. I just read that the incoming first lady of France is single and although Ms Trierweiler is the President’s life partner the fact that she is not married to him is wreaking havoc. Why? Because certain people do not want her to sleep with her

Yeah for Avon Foundation

I read about Reese Witherspoon becoming the global ambassador of the Avon Foundation for Women. She unveiled the Empowerment Circle of Support Necklace to help raise money for programs dedicated to women’s empowerment and the prevention of violence against women. It’s wonderful when those in positions on influence like movie stars and large corporations

Mining company funds homeless women

Now this is more like it! Silver Wheaton, a mining company just donated 1.5 million dollars to a housing project for homeless women and children in East Vancouver. This is wonderful. I wonder if there is a woman on their board? [Source: Vancouver Sun May, 9 2012]

Unworthy Creature looks like a great book

I am going to buy the book, “Unworthy Creature: A Punjabi Daughters Memoir of Honour, Shame and Love” by Aruna Papp with Barbara Kay. It seems to capture the difficulty women face when other women are being burned and killed in the name of family honour. It is always difficult to question the culture

Midwives program gets funding

You may know that women have been fighting to have midwives recognized by the medical profession for about 200 years. So it’s interesting that this week that in the name of saving money on medical costs, the BC government decided to give $2million to UBC to expand the midwives program – from 10 students to

I love the YWCA Women of Distinction Awards

I always cut and paste the full page of faces of women from the newspaper when the nominations for the YWCA Women of Distinction Awards come out. Many of these women I know, and many I do not. I am so please that the YWCA celebrates them across industries and advertises the wonderful things

Sue Paish moves

Congratulations to Sue Paish, lawyer extraordinaire on her move to head up LifeLabs.

Why do men spend so much on Mother’s Day

I recently read an article saying that men spend more money than women on Mother’s Day gifts. But wait. Something is missing. The article wrongly suggests that men are more generous than women and that perhaps it is because women have “conflicted” relationship with their mothers. The author of the article forgot some critical