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Christy Clark should be ashamed for appealing the Teachers Union case

As both a parent and a lawyer, I am embarrassed by our governments decision to appeal the BC Supreme Court ruling of January 27 that said the province has grossly violated the bargaining rights of teachers and Canada’s constitution since 2002. Here is the Observer Magazine’s summary of the event: “The ruling by Justice

Eighty two percent men on corporate boards

Congratulations to Alex Johnston the new executive director of Catalyst, an organization dedicated to advancing women. She is a Toronto lawyer with a gender-neutral name! In a recent article she shared some statistics that show that women are still rare in corporate boardrooms. No surprise except things are getting worse. So I say, rather

It’s not Islam its Patriarchy

Thanks to Daphne Bramham for a great article on Tayyibah Taylor the editor of Atlanta-based Azizah magazine – the so-called voice of Muslim women. Ms Taylor who was born in the Caribbean, raised in Toronto and married an American is one of the 500 most influential Muslims in the world. As for gender equality she says

This is an amazing video on how empathy is the answer

I love Jeremy Rifkin’s talk. He is a modern day philosopher and well worth listening to. He suggests that the number one human drive is belonging. I agree. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7AWnfFRc7g&feature=player_embedded

Why young men behave badly

Here is what I got from an amazing talk by Michael Kimmel at UBC last week. It was on “GuyLand” – boys and masculinity. Our young boys are STILL being told to adhere to an out dated masculinity code that requires them to: not be feminine or a sissy; be a big wheel; be a sturdy oak and be

Why not just pretend there is no glass ceiling?

This is my second blog on why WXN should NOT have titled its women’s conference “What Glass Ceiling.” This is an excerpt from my upcoming book: “Occupy Women- A radical vision for dealing with the glass ceiling and the sticky floor.” Part 1: You can’t see it because it’s glass “No doubt about it, the glass ceiling is alive

WXN picked the wrong title for leadership conference

I am sad and dismayed that WXN chose to name their upcoming women’s leadership conference “What Glass Ceiling?” It not only suggests there is no “real” glass ceiling but also says that the women who are presenting at the event did not even notice it as they blasted through it! I know this title sounds catchy and funny but its not really. Not to

We must stop watching porn to help relationships

This is a great interview with Naomi Wolf. Its so sad that men don’t realize the high cost. No wonder women no longer want sex with men who grew up on porn. A shorter clip is at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/11/naomi-wolf-porn_n_4428180.html?ref=topbar

Lawyer Kim Beatty created Children’s Book Bank

I love stories like this. Kim Beatty, who graduated from Western Law School like I did, decided to quit law after many years (like I did)and set up a charity called Children’s Book Bank. In the past 5 years this storefront charity in Toronto has given away over 400,000 books to kids and schools in

Near death opens people’s minds

In his book The Omega Project, Kenneth Ring found that those who have had near death experiences show significant shifts in the following ways: Increase appreciation for life, greater self-acceptance; decrease in concern for impressing others, greater concern for others; decrease in materialism, increase for social and planetary issues, and increase in quest for