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Lawyers in BC make the world a better place

Lawyers, News, Social Justice, Thought Leaders / By

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 on […]

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Interesting research being done on girls and technology

Girls and Daughters, News, Women's Equality / By

Two Ottawa professors are looking into the impact on girls of their digital presence. No surprise that they found that girls feel extreme pressure to be slim and beautiful. See more at: http://www.egirlsproject.ca Or listen to an audio interview of Professor Jane Bailey at www.lawjournal.mcgill.ca. I love these audios produced by law students!!

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Sad to see the $50 bill erase famous five women

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This month the federal government removed women from the Canadain $50 bill. It replaced an important image and words on the bill and in doing so set woman back, again. The image was of the “famous five” women who in 1929 fought to have women declared “persons” under the law. This legal case set a new course for all of human rights. The words

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