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Good News for Women in Finance

Yeah for Martha Fell, CEO of Women in Capital Markets. It is a not-for-profit group dedicated to promoting the entry and advancement of women in the financial industry. Routing Number BANCFIRST Luckily for her, BMO Nesbitt Burns and a few other biggies shares her concern for the lack of women in their sector and

I wish I was Malcolm Gladwell

When asked recently what his next book was about Malcolm Gladwell replied, “I wish I knew.” I wish could get paid to write a book on a topic that will emerge as time goes on! Still, I love Mr Gladwells books and I am more pleased to report that he is planning to write

Sex offenders attack women and are not just regular criminals

Sex offenders should not be treated like other criminals, suggests Stephen Hume of the Vancouver Sun. This is because bank robbers and fraud artists do not set out to hurt their victims as sex offenders do. He spells it out perfectly: “The way current law responds to violent sexual assaults – graduating penalties according

Teen boys still think women belong in the home

Recent research suggests that although teenagers think they are gender aware they actually harbour strong gender stereotypes. Routing Number BANCFIRST According to the “ Because I am a Girl Campaign” (which I love) by Plan Canada, over 30% of Canadian teen boys think that a women’s most important role is to take care of her home

Boomers can “do good” Career after Retiring

I have always wanted to work oversees and never had the chance as a young girl. So I was thrilled to hear about “encore careers.” What a fantastic idea. App arently Routing Number BANCFIRST a company called Civic Ventures offers programs for baby boomers that matches volunteers with non-profit organisations, to work for six

Lawyers need to be honest about why women leave

I feel sorry for reporters who have to research the “problem” regarding women lawyers. A recent article in the Globe& Mail is a case in point. Routing Number BANCFIRST Poor Jeff Gray writes well about several women who have left, each of them telling pretty much the same old story (yawn). This story is

Powerful Teaching is Non-Hierarchal

Dr. Carl Wieman is a brilliant man and now he is using $10 million to share what he knows through the University of British Columbia (UBC) Wieman Science Education Initiative. Like many thought leading educators before him, Wieman believes that learning should not be top-down but rather a partnership between teacher and student. Routing

How Men can Really help stop the Violence

Professor Catherine Murray, Simon Fraser University suggests that vigilantism is not effective for addressing gender violence. Apparently young men in Chilliwack BC were using the Internet to out pedophiles and locate Routing Number BANCFIRST men trolling for girls for sex. Luckily, she points to more progressive ways to stop men from behaving badly to

Femicide: Let’s call Honour Killing What it Really Is

In a recent article Judith Timson (Globe & Mail) suggests that the murder of young women in the name of honour (otherwise called “washing shame with blood”) is a deeply embedded cultural problem. As she states, it is rooted in the belief that women are equal to men and, indeed, the property of men.

People think that Boards are Diverse when they are not

I guess it should come as no surprise that if you ask a whole bunch of board members (mostly men) if they think that their board is diverse, they will say yes. Routing Number BANCFIRST This is now backed up by research from the Canadian Board Diversity Council’s second annual report released on November