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Mission Possible – Workshop

When: June 22, 2011 6:30-8pm Where: Dunbar Community Center, Vancouver Topic: When Mission Possible: Creating a Vision and Goals for Work and Life Join the author of Mission Possible: Creating a Mission for Work and Life in developing your own personal strategic plan. From vision, to mission statement and specific goals, learn techniques to

Write That Non-fiction Book – Workshop

When: June 15, 2011 6:30-8pm Where: Dunbar Community Center, Vancouver Topic: Write that (non-fiction) Book! Get it written and out there Join a seven time author in getting your book out of the closet. Learn about the world of publishing and the steps you need to take to get your ideas from concept to

Mindfulness for Beginners – Workshop

When: June 8, 2011 6:30-8pm Where: Dunbar Community Center, Vancouver Topic: Mindfulness for Beginners Maybe your child has taken the MindUp program at school. Maybe your friend is practising a new type of meditation. Maybe you just want to know what all this “living in the present” is all about. If you want to

Raising Strong Girls – Workshop

When: May 25, 2011 6:30-8pm Where: Dunbar Community Center, Vancouver Topic: Raising Strong Girls- Strategies for Parents and Teachers Worried about cliques, mean girls and peer pressure? Is your daughter prepared to deal with the difficult teen years? This seminar will help you understand the world of girls and how parents can truly empower

The right idea shared at the right time can change the world

Watch this great TED talk by Brene Brown, researcher and storyteller about how we need all to be more vulnerable to be able to find true connection with others.

The right idea shared at the right time can change the world

This great TED talk by Sir Ken Robinson urges us to shift our whole concept about how we educate children.

The Painful Statistics on Women’s Progress

If you think women have “arrived” think again. Here are the amazing thoughts of Lynda Gratton, Professor of Management at the London Business School and award-winning author (www.lyndagratton.com). This formed part of a February 2010 Economist magazine debate on the progress of women. As the academic director of the Centre for Women in Business

Why Women’s Studies Programs Are Still Necessary

The National Post editorial suggests (wrongly in my humble opinion) that we no longer need women’s studies programs. Obviously they have not read the statistics that show that women have “not quite arrived”. I have posted the article (although I hate to promote it) and I am posting the rebuttal which is brilliant. You decide.

The Sticky Floor Holds Women Back

According to experts, it’s the sticky floor that is really holding women back, According to Londa Schiebinger, Professor at Stanford University, Director of the Clayman Institute for Gender Research and leading international authority on gender, we need to free women from housework, to allow them to reach their full potential. Here are some of

Stop Bullying By Telling Truth To Power

One more child is dead due to silence around bullying. Prosecutors in New York just charged nine (yes nine!) teenagers with a variety of crimes including stalking, harassment and rape after the death of a 15-year-old girl who committed suicide. Apparently she had recently immigrated from Ireland and was dating an older boy, which