Tag Archives: Canada
Bay Street Mamas: Can female lawyers have a baby and a killer career?
My latest feature, “O Mother Where Art Thou?” is in Precedent magazine. It’s been one year since the Law Society of Upper Canada introduced its “Justicia” initiative in an effort to reverse the high attrition rate of female lawyers in … Continue reading
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Susan Ouriou wins GG award for translation
Perhaps the most humble translator Canada has ever seen, Susan Ouriou is dedicated to the words and meaning of the texts she translates. I had a chance to see her in action as part of the Emerging Aboriginal Writer’s program … Continue reading
Filed under Aboriginal, books
Girl Guides of Canada on its deathbed and it’s killing me inside
When I heard the news that the Girl Guides of Canada have lost 40 percent of their members in the last ten years, I felt kind of sad. It’s slightly hypocritical of me to mourn the death of this 100-year-old … Continue reading
Filed under cheap fun, ethical living
Girl Guides & eating disorders; Big Pharma busted in Ontario; female breadwinners on the rise; Cda to takeover GM?
Here are my picks for National News, written for air this morning on Take 5, CIUT 89.5 FM Big Pharma bilks the system – but Ontario busts them for $34 million The Ontario Health Ministry has busted some pharmacies, drug … Continue reading
Filed under journalism, news, Toronto
Beaver trapping in Northern Ontario
Stripped of their tail, fur and legs, the six small beaver strung up side-by-side over the open fire look remarkably like the small pig carcasses commonly dissected in high school biology classes. “They’re done when the blood stops dripping,” says … Continue reading
Filed under Aboriginal, travel
