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Women In film in Vancouver March 4-8

The Vancouver International Women in Film Festival is on from March 4-8. Go to www.womeninfilm.ca to learn more. We need more films by women and we need to celebrate the ones who are making films so why not grab a friend and go watch a few! And come back here and write a review (PLEASE)!Click here:

Mindfulness Made Easy – I need feedback on my new book cover

Here is the Cover from my upcoming book: Mindfulness Made Easy. I am looking for beta readers so email me if you want to read the whole thing. It’s only 50 pages. I welcome any feedback! MINDFULNESS MADE EASY – 50 PRACTICES TO REDUCE STRESS AND CREATE CALM – FOR TEACHERS, PARENTS AND PROFESSIONALS The way to find peace in our stressful world

LEAF is fighting in the SCC today for pregnancy rights

I love LEAF (I was once on the Board). Today LEAF lawyers are appearing before the Supreme Court of Canada to fight for mothers rights. It always amazes me that we capitalists don’t understand that mothers do all the work of raising our next generation with no income! Luckily LEAF understands social policy, the law and fairness! Here are some

Woman harasssed 108 times on a walk in NY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1XGPvbWn0A Good for Hollaback an anti-harassment advocacy group – for a video that got 15 millon views! Filmmaker Rob Bliss placed a video in his backpack and accompanied one woman for 10 hours walking the streets of New York City. They counted how many times she got spoken at by complete male strangers. It was 108 times! OMG. It seems that harassment has become so common that we

Lawyers in BC make the world a better place

http://www.vancouversun.com/touch/news/metro/lawyers+vote+down+school/10339932/story.html?rel=813152 Here is the TWU news. I love how lawyers as individuals stand up for human rights. 75% of lawyers is an all time record! I love it when a Law Society that regulates lawyers uses its muscle to ensure that those who educate lawyers do so in a way that is consistent with our laws (discrimination based

Four RCMP officers had sex with potential witnesses

Okay am I crazy or is this the most offensive thing ever. Is it possible that four men (not one!) who are paid to defend our laws and our lives did not know that they might be doing something a bit wrong when they had sex with women they were interviewing for a 6 person

Must listen to why women attacked don’t speak out

This is a great CBC interview with an amazing woman at Vancouver WAVAW (women against violence against women). It explains why women don’t report. Think of three years under the legal microscope. This is so sad. http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/bcearlyedition_20141030_98259.mp3

The International Womens Media Foundation website attacked

This just announced: The website of the International Women’s Media Foundation suffered a complex brute-force attack Sept 5, the organization said in a press statement Sept. 12. The website, which features the work of the IWMF and promotes the empowerment of female journalists worldwide, was defaced and most of its original content destroyed. The

Parents join me for a 15 minute revolution on Tuesday

The BC teachers are still on strike.Please show up at your school at 9am to 915 on Tuesday with your kids and tell the government to bargain fairly! I have followed the debates and now am convinced that the Liberal government did not really want to solve the strike at all. Although the issue seems

Sexism at the highest ranks is disturbing

Great article on stereotypes by our own Justice Minster. Its disgusting. Moms change diapers, dads are leaders! http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Moms+change+diapers+Dads+form+leaders+Justice+ministers/9969889/story.html