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Lawyers should be ashamed in Aquilini divorce case

I just read about the big divorce trial of Francesco Aquilini (one of the owners of the Vancouver Canucks) and his wife Taliah. They are fighting over a $615,ooo wine collection. It is a chilling story of a mother of 4 children who was a stay-at-home-mom for 20 years and has absolutely no income except

Watch this and please do something on Feb 14 V Day!

Watch this beautiful thank-you video from the mastermind of V-Day http://youtu.be/U8iGB2eUYL0

Leave of Absence sounds like a great play to see

I just read about the new play “Leave of Absence” directed by Lucia Frangione. It is playing in Vancouver BC until February 16 at the Pacific Theatre (www.pacifictheatre.org). It apparently tackles teen bullying, sexuality and religion through the eyes of a 15 year old girl. I think I will go see it. [Source: Vancouver Sun, Mark

Women leave because corporations don’t care and they do

According to a recent article by Yvonnne Zacharias, the glass ceiling is causing more women to leave corporations and become entrepreneurs. No real surprise. Between 2000 and 2011 self-employed women in Canada grew by 23%. An Ipsos Reid survey of 500 top female executives discovered the vast majority of women still feel the glass ceiling. Joanne Norris a

DJ fired by calling our Premier a MILF

I am not sure what a MILF is, but I can guess. A Victoria Times Columnist reported that a Courtney (Vancouver Island) radio station, JET FM fired DJ Justin Wilcomes for asking Christy Clark, our BC Premier what it’s like to be a MILF. Apparently the Premier was not offended, nor did her office complain or ask for a

UBC wins $3 million to see if social agencies can replace religion

Wow. Professor Edward Slingerland at Asian Studies UBC (plus 50 researchers!) has just received $3 million to study how religions have cemented moral behavior around the world and whether social agencies or government can replace religions as sources of connection and shared values – like in some scandinavian countries. As a recovering Catholic I find this a

Research on 500 women executives can’t be wrong

The Ipsos Reid study (for Randstad) from June 2012 is SO important. 500 female executives were surveyed. Here are some of the findings: 77% said there was a moderate or large divide between the money a man gets in a leadership role and what a woman gets in the same position. 72% said there was a

Great research by Catherine Tinsley on women

Watch this research-based video on how women are affected during recessions. <iframe width=”560″ height=”315″ src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/AIkwtfpOAZw” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe>

3 elderly women attacked when hospital sent sick man away

Thanks to Tracey Young who wrote a letter to the editor of the Vacncouver Sun last week. As a social worker she explained how mentally ill people fall bewteen the cracks and end up harming themselves or others. In this case 3 Vancouver women over 65 ended up in the hospital after being attacked

Sad 1500 page report on Pickton does not heal

Two years of investigationg. This demonstrates how a legal-type process can actually cause more harm than good. I wonder if there will ever be more restorative processes eventually where accountability and honesty prevail? http://www.vancouversun.com/news/should+have+caught+Pickton+sooner+Vancouver+police+chief/7716616/story.html