I love WAVAW. It is a Vancouver rape relief center that answers 4,000 crisis calls each year – with only one line. As a result some women who call get a busy signal instead of a support worker’s voice. One line is no longer enough. We want to expand our crisis line. So come join the Scotiabank
I am excited about attending the Minerva “Face of Leadership Conference” on June 22. Come join me and learn about diversity and inclusion. https://theminervafoundation.com/announcing-the-full-face-of-leadershiptm/
Great video on female capital. Female Capitalhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGojxqo8oF0
I went to a talk at SFU (at their lovely waterfront campus!) a few weeks ago and was delighted to hear Anne Giardini speak about how she survived (thrived) in a male dominated world. She too is a lawyer. She reminded me about how many groups of women (like the Canadian Bar Association Women ) have
As you may know, when the Christian Church imposed its beliefs in Europe centuries ago they destroyed much of the Celtic and pagan (earth loving) traditions. but curiously, they overlaid their new ones on the old pagan ones. Here is a quote about the history of EASTER from a book I am reading: “Oestre, the Goddess of Light, brings fertility
The following free talk is at UBC On January 13, 2016 12-1pm at Jack Bell Building Room 028, 2080 West Mall, UBC Lunch provided with RSVP online “Representation in Gaming and Technology: The only winning move is to play” Kayla Kinnunen, Game Director, Roadhouse Interactive Video games are quickly becoming an entertainment medium with a
I am speaking at the Canadian Bar Association on January 21 at lunchtime in downtown Vancouver. This will be my he first talk on my new book: Lean Out (out in a few weeks). Here is the Blurb: LEAN OUT, NOT IN Maureen Fitzgerald, PhD – a recovering lawyer and change agent – shatters the
Wishing you all love, happiness and health in 2016. Maureen Image courtesy of Tina Phillips at FreeDigitalPhotos.net0
The United Nations is now calling on all nations to commit to formally gender equality. Here is a excerpt from a great article: “On September 27, we ask the highest leaders in each land to take personal responsibility for their commitment to change the trajectory of gender equality and the empowerment of women. We ask those
Here is a great review: “Ricki and the Flash” stars Meryl Streep as a free-wheeling rock musician who, approaching middle age, decides it’s time to get to know the family she left behind when she hit the road seeking stardom. She finds those she left behind are totally dysfunctional, especially her daughter (Mamie Gummer, Streep’s