Apparently women at the RCMP have had enough. First it was Corporal Galliford who blew the whistle and now several others. These police officers are now threatening a class action suit suggesting that the harassment is a systemic problem in the RCMP that senior officials have ignored for decades. In fact I read that Alexander […]
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We all know that if children get better education they fare better in life. But do we know why children are not getting this critical education? It might seem obvious, but not really. Parents do not put their young children into educational programs because the programs are either not available or are too costly. This
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I cannot agree less with Margaret Wente of the Globe & Mail. In her recent response to news of RCMP sexual harassment she suggests that women who complain about harassment are part of a “grievance industry” and that men on the whole are much more enlightened and are behaving much better these days. She backs
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Mothers continually tell me they feel trapped. They feel much like their mothers: slaves to their homes, their children and their husbands. Many modern men feel this as well when they choose to stay home with their children. What women and men do not realize is that we (as a society) have simply accepted a
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The correlation is clear. If you provide women with education and career choices they will be less likely to get married and have children. This should be obvious, but it is becoming abundantly clear in China, India and other countries – with dire consequences. As women gain education they get jobs. When they get jobs, they are
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The CBC hosted a radio debate a few weeks ago about women and work. It was the same old debate pitting two successful women against each. Each suggested that her particular choice was better: to have children and stay home and work like a dog for no pay or have no children and work like
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The harmful ripple effect of one murder is shocking and sad. This morning women across Canada were more afraid than yesterday. They are texting alerts to all their friends and mothers are picking up their girls from school – even though the murder of the 18 year old girl occurred thousands of miles away in the little town of Armstrong, BC. Routing Number
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I am saddened but not surprised by Corporal Catherine Galliford’s damning indictment of her 20 year employer: the RCMP. Its not that police officers are bad guys. Its just that they have created a top-down military-like system that might be very effective in emergency situations, but does not allow for much honesty or candor. The tough-guy image
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A recent HBR article suggested that women stunt their careers in four ways. Same old stuff really. Women are once again told that they would be much more successful if they just spoke up more, took more credit for their work, asked more and stopped being modest about their accomplishments. This is the same old
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The target market for my services is “closet-feminists” or those women and men who beleive in equality for women but are too afraid to stand up and say so. I think it is okay to stay in the closet. Here is another brilliant take on the topic by Shari Graydon -Catalyst of Informed Opinions: “Last week Rick Mercer inspired a welcome debate
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