Don’t forget to attend this great event if you ever plan on running for politics. I attended last year and it was great. www.womenvoters.ca
Did you see the research that found male DNA in 60% of women tested? Apparently women get this DNA during pregnancy from male fetus and it lasts their whole lives. Weird. I wonder whether women will now be treated better since we are after all, not that different than males. I wonder if I I
On October 8, 2012 the Famous Five posthumously became the only Canadians to be appointed honorary senators. We honour them as perhaps the best known Canadian women in history today who fought for our rights! Referred to as The Famous Five, Emily Murphy, Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney, Irene Parlby, and Henrietta Muir Edwards fought together
You may not be surprised but one of top three worst careers for mothers is a Lawyer. The other two are Investment Bankers and International Journalists. The best are doctors, teachers and entrepreneurs. It makes sense to me since – for some reason – law firms are still notoriously sweat shops, where billable hours are
I was up at the UBC law school (Vancouver) the other day and noticed the CFLS Newsletter. Wow. The group is headed by Law Professor Janine Benedet and appears to have over 100 members! I will have to go visit http://faculty.law.ubc.ca/cfls and attend some of their events.
“Vaclav Havel, playwright, dissident, prisoner and president of the Czech Republic was thrown into prison for writing an open letter to the then head of the Czech Communist Party. He said it was an act of “autotherapy” or an alternative to suicide. He felt that if he remained silent he would risk living a
Here is a great article by Colleen Westendorf. “Wednesday evening was a perilous moment for every person with a uterus in Canada and elsewhere. In a country where we are applauded for not having legal restrictions on abortion, Parliament voted on M312, which was defeated 203-91. Though the motion claimed to be in the
As a lawyer I am shocked that this case was appealed twice by our government lawyers (crimnal prosecutors) at the public expense all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada!. In the words of a few law students “The Crown is prosecuting Ms Ryan with a vengeance.” Apparently Ms Ryan was beaten, sexually assaulted and
We all know about the 100 plus women who are suing Canada’s national police force ( the RCMP) for systemic sexual harassment. Well, I just found out about an April report written by an internal RCMP diversity expert. Sadly it says what we women know all too well. In this particularly military-style lead organization both women and
Many of you know I write books for a living. I have been writing three (yes 3!) books at the same time over the last few years. Crazy, I know. So this is what I have decided to do. Over the next few months I will post my content (lots of it!) on this website.