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How do you support women working in corporations?

I went to a panel presentation last week at the YWCA: Innovative Workplaces: Supporting Women in Business. It was a full house with 60 women! The speakers were Evi Mustel of the Mustel Group; Janet Austin, CEO YWCA and Kirsten Sutton, Managing Director, SAP. they were all SO well informed and so well spoken. And so humble. I learned

Shari Graydon is a great teacher on Op Eds for women

I went to a talk up at UBC last week by Shari Graydon of Informed Opinions (based in Ottawa). She is a powerful and compassionate presenter and clearly knows her gender-bias stuff. I agree that women need to be good at writing Op Eds so that we can share our brilliance with the world. Please

My 10 book titles on advancing women and girls

I have been writing 2 books on advancing women and girls for over four years now. It just occured to me that if I really wanted to get all my ideas out to the world quickly it would be better to write 8-10 smaller practical ebooks than 2 big hardcover books. So I recently chunked my

Women who got married got fired before Edith Lauterbach

I did not know Edith but I am riding on a road she built. She died at age 91 and was the last of four female flight attendants who in the 1940’s organized a union to fight for equal rights for “stewardesses.” In the 1940’s airline attendants who got married got fired. They were

Quote of the week

“The problem with the world is that we draw our family circle too small.” Mother Teresa

Conference to advance women in science, engineering and technology

All women scientists and engineers should attend the upcoming conference in Vancouver on May 11, 2013. It is titled Creating Connection: Working Together to Transform our World, a dialogue about the role of women in science, engineering and technology hosted by UBC. If you go, please let me know what transpires. It sounds exciting. And I

Shane Koyzan is an amazing person and poet

Shane got 5 million hits on his “To This Day” TED talk – poetry. I think we can learn from him as well as his message. He “simply,” in the face of possible shame and embarrassment tells his story (a life of bullying and being bullied) and through his vulnerability frees all of us to tell the truth

Dress for Success Event on March 7, 2013

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”

Event by Women Transforming Cities tonight!

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

Must watch the film Heaven on Earth

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!