Politics

"Poor cities, expensive day care"

May 22, 2010




In today's newspaper, I was reading an article called Arme Städte, teure Kitas (Poor cities, expensive day care). Let me (roughly) translate the first few paragraphs for you: It is extremely unfair for parents: Depending on where they live, they will pay very different amounts for day care spaces and often the prices vary significantly [...]

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German midwifery care threatened

May 7, 2010




On May 5, International Day of the Midwife, the kids and I attended a protest in Berlin in support of German midwives.  Midwifery care in Germany is currently threatened due to significant increases in the liability insurance premiums that midwives have to pay. According to the Deutscher Hebammen Verband (German Association of Midwives), the premiums [...]

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A step backwards for reproductive rights

March 23, 2010




When I was pregnant with Emma, I started having regular contractions much earlier than I should have. I was worried I might be in early labour and went into the Labour and Delivery clinic at hospital where my prenatal care provider was and where I was due to have my baby. As I sat waiting [...]

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A day in the life of marginalizing "fringe groups" in Canada

March 2, 2010




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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Canadian women are livid…and rightfully so

January 29, 2010




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 [...]

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Should you donate Kraft Dinner to the food bank?

December 22, 2009




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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Being a Woman is Not a Pre-Existing Condition

November 4, 2009




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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An open letter to the attendees of the Nestle Family blogger event

September 29, 2009




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 [...]

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Parents of twins can now both take parental leave

September 18, 2009




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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More on Health Care

September 15, 2009




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 [...]

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