From the category archives:
Most days, I’m proud to be Canadian. Whether I’m talking about our health care system, our maternity and parental leave programs, feminist leaders, or other topics close to my heart, my country usually makes me proud (even if it isn’t perfect). Today, however, my heart sunk. I was hit with bad news and then slapped [...]
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Remember what your parents told you? Remember what your teachers told you? No one can touch you down there without your consent. Turns out, someone forgot to tell our country’s medical professionals.
Yesterday, I was sitting in a middle-aged male client’s cubicle discussing a project we are working on, when tweets from @sassymonkey started popping up [...]
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There was a twitter party tonight where Kraft was promising to donate 50 boxes of Kraft Dinner (KD) for every tweet with the #bluebox hash tag. The goal was to reach one million boxes of KD being donated. Kraft’s donation drive, in conjunction with Feeding America, uses the slogan “Share a Little Comfort.” The thing [...]
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As a blogger on Moms Rising, I feel it is important to raise awareness about issues of importance to women and mothers and to ensure that our voices are heard. Although this one doesn’t affect me specifically as a Canadian, I know many of my readers are Americans. Please watch this video and raise your [...]
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Dear bloggers,
I learned about the Nestle Family blogger event with dismay when a friend e-mailed me about it. I was happy to hear that she had declined their invitation and hoped that many of the other mommy bloggers that I hold in high regard would follow suit. When I later saw the list of people [...]
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I love it when I get to share some good news as an update to an issue I posted on in the past. Back in November, I wrote about a couple who were having twins where both mom and dad wanted to take parental leave. In double the babies, double the work, double the leave, [...]
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A few weeks ago I wrote a post called Public health care: Canadian perspective on myths and reality in an attempt to break down some of the myths that I kept hearing about the Canadian health care system. Since then, I’ve come across some other great posts that I’d like to share with you:
MomsRising Health [...]
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When people think of breastfeeding difficulties, the things that probably come to mind are supply issues, bad latch, cracked nipples, constant feedings, and the like. Certainly, there are women who are afflicted by those difficulties and who cannot overcome them. But I believe the societal barriers to breastfeeding (propagated by the kyriarchy) have a much [...]
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Not too long ago I wrote about the lack of flexibility in our maternity and parental leave system. Today reader Gayle asked me if I would post about my thoughts on full day kindergarten, which has been proposed for the province of Ontario and is slated to begin in the fall [...]
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You know the spoiled little rich girl complaining that her Daddy won’t buy her a Porsche and she has to make due with a BMW? If you’re American, you’ll probably think I sound like that spoiled little rich girl after reading this post. I’m sorry.
I’m Canadian.
I have access to almost a year of leave (combined [...]
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