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Harassed women accused of being a grievance industry

I cannot agree less with Margaret Wente of the Globe & Mail. In her recent response to news of RCMP sexual harassment she suggests that women who complain about harassment are part of a “grievance industry” and that men on the whole are much more enlightened and are behaving much better these days. She

Why did it take 28 years for Canada Post to pay Women Fairly

Twenty eight years ago one woman noticed that she was getting paid less than a man doing a similar job to her. She quite rightly complained to her union. The union did some research and realized hundreds of women throughout the corporation (Canada Post) were getting paid less than men. Because Canada Post refused

It’s not the police it’s the whole RCMP system

I am saddened but not surprised by Corporal Catherine Galliford’s damning indictment of her 20 year employer: the RCMP. Its not that police officers are bad guys. Its just that they have created a top-down military-like system that might be very effective in emergency situations, but does not allow for much honesty or candor. The tough-guy

Women leaders criticised for their feminine strengths

If you look closely at the criticisms levelled at women leaders, you will see that the very complaints are actually women’s feminine strengths. For example, a recent HBR article suggested that women stunt their careers in five ways. Apparently women sabotage themselves by being overly modest and not wanting to brag or appear arrogant. They

Stop asking women to act like men, please

A recent HBR article suggested that women stunt their careers in four ways. Same old stuff really. Women are once again told that they would be much more successful if they just spoke up more, took more credit for their work, asked more and stopped being modest about their accomplishments. This is the same

Why don’t feminists come out of the closet?

The target market for my services is “closet-feminists” or those women and men who beleive in equality for women but are too afraid to stand up and say so. I think it is okay to stay in the closet. Here is another brilliant take on the topic by Shari Graydon -Catalyst of Informed Opinions: “Last week Rick Mercer inspired a welcome

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. This is now backed up by research from the Canadian Board Diversity Council’s second annual report released on November 15. Of the

Short skirts don’t harm girls, rules do

School principals who introduce dress codes for girls are causing long-term harm without even realizing it. A recent article in the Vancouver Sun (by Byrony Gordon, 26 Oct 11) titled “Skirts haven’t been dangerous for 6,000 years” almost gets this important point. It is true that most teen girls wake up one day and

New CBA President says women lawyers still lag

The new head of the Canadian Bar Association of BC is a woman and clearly knows what she is talking about. Sharon Mathews, a seasoned lawyer writes in her first column (in BarTalk, October) that despite the gains for women lawyers, true equality and diversity eludes us. She says that the fact that we

I am the queen of the castle and …

Wow. British Prime Minister David Cameron has started the process of changing British law to allow for royal daughters to have Routing Number BANCFIRST the same right to ascend to the throne as their brothers. This is great but I wonder why now? I noticed that although the Queen has never suggested a law