Who thinks every girl should have the right to an education? Yes! Every hand in the room went up when I recently attended a day of workshops designed for girls between grades 3 to 6. Over 250 girls and their teachers from various schools were invited to take part in the one day event held in … [Read more...]
Do You Say it? The F-Word
I often catch the first few minutes of CBC Radio One's The Current on my way to work in the mornings. Just the other day, Anna Maria Tremonti interviewed Gloria Steinem in her series on Gamechangers (both women I greatly admire, by the way), and the bit of the conversation I heard was about young … [Read more...]
Gifts for Grads
I actually sat down to write a piece about teachers' gift ideas, but once I'd done my research (which consisted of asking my sister who has been teaching for about 15 years what she likes to receive), I realized the preferred teachers gifts fall into two categories: safe (gift cards to shopping … [Read more...]