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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

Stop Sexualizing Girls with Padded Bikini Tops

I want to celebrate the mothers (Mumsnet) and other protestors in the United Kingdom who last week managed to stop huge retailer Primark (138 stores) from selling padded bikini tops for young girls. In 2006 Tesco, supermarket giant removed a pole dancing set (with frilly garder and DVD!) but still carries padded bras for girls. Why

Leaders Must Recruit Women Leaders

Here some clips from a great Globe & Mail Editorial on women (from 11 Jan 2010). The column suggests that women still have a long way to go and recommends that leaders such as CEOs take up the personal task of advancing as many women as possible. It’s hard not to feel wistful in

Sadly Women Lie To Be Nice

Sadly, a girlfriend recently lied to me. And if that wasn’t bad enough, when I asked her why she could not be entirely honest, she denied it (of course). The problem is that now I have lost a bit of trust and we both feel uncomfortable about the whole thing. The elephant is clearly under the table.