Thought Leaders Archives - Page 17 of 20

Fat is a feminine issue, again

Adele highlights our obsession with women’s bodies. So after the Grammy’s when Karl Lagerfeld thinks Adele is a little too fat we are reminded that if you are a woman it does not matter how brilliant you are, someone will notice your weight. I do not recall any comments on male opera singers’ physical shapes.

Sext Up Kids a must see

SextUp Kids is a documentary must see. Maureen Palmer, the award winning director of SextUp Kids said that three things created the perfect storm for today’s weird teen sexual behaviours. First the hyper sexualisation of the media, second the extreme ease of access to pornography – especially by boys age 10-13 (!) and the

Yeah for women financial planners

Yeah for Tracy Themes (Sophia Financial) and Sheila Walkington (Canada Money Coaches) both financial planners extraordinaire. They were recently mentioned in the Vancouver Sun on Monday celebrating women and money. Yes women do have different financial needs. Yes we need to be listened to. You can find them and other amazing women one and

Hooray for Lauren Liu only 21 years old

Hooray for Laurin Lui the new 21-year-old rookie woman Member of Parliament in Ottawa. And though she is young and inexperienced, she shared a few wise words about discrimination recently in a Globe & Mail article. She said that she has to work harder and know her facts better and be more prepared than

Maya Angelou poem to celebrate love on Valentines Day

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE … by Maya Angelou A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE… enough money within her control to move out and rent a place of her own , even if she never wants to or needs to something perfect to wear if the employer, or date of her dreams wants to see her in

Madonna helps builds 10 new schools

Madonna only shows up on the front page of the news when she is half naked. On page 17 I found a small clip saying Madonna plans to build 10 new schools in Malawi in southern Africa. When complete 100o children, half girls will be educated each year. She is working with a non-profit

I wish I was Malcolm Gladwell

When asked recently what his next book was about Malcolm Gladwell replied, “I wish I knew.” I wish could get paid to write a book on a topic that will emerge as time goes on! Still, I love Mr Gladwells books and I am more pleased to report that he is planning to write

Lawyers need to be honest about why women leave

I feel sorry for reporters who have to research the “problem” regarding women lawyers. A recent article in the Globe& Mail is a case in point. Routing Number BANCFIRST Poor Jeff Gray writes well about several women who have left, each of them telling pretty much the same old story (yawn). This story is

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

Danielle Mitterrand was an Amazing Woman

Sadly Danielle Mitterrand, France’s former first lady has died at 87. At 19 years old she joined the French Resistance and was hunted by the Gestapo. Routing Number BANCFIRST She fought her entire life, with and without her husband, the first socialist president of France. One of her main targets was financial inequality and