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Hello bloggers,
I thought I’d reproduce for you here the note I sent out to my friends and family to mark International Women’s Day this year.
Things with me are alright. thanks to those of you who have emailed to day hello — it’s always good to hear from you.
Best,
TG
Dear friends and family,
today marks International Women’s Day!  [...]

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well, today is Canada Day, a day to celebrate all things Canadian, fly our flag high and proud, and talk about all the things that are wonderful about our great country. I’ve done this kind of thing before, and I will admit that each year on Canada Day I’ve felt kind of happy and proud [...]

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A reader, Alec, sent me an email yesterday with a link to this article, about the level of representation in the current US Congress as it relates to the population at large. It’s pretty clear that the Congress is not really representative of the US population demographics. Check it out:

 Males - As of the 2006 [...]

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I thought I’d post a paper I recently wrote about the link between environmental protection and population control, and how population control practices and policies are bad for women of colour. I wish I had had more space to really delve into things a bit further, but this was only a 6 page assignment.
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in a couple weeks, I will be participating in a video conference with the head of the IMF. We’ve been asked to put together a list of questions for him to answer. I have a couple questions already, but I thought I would ask you:
What would YOU ask the head of the IMF if you [...]

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So a new report indicates that in Canada, the gap is widening between the rich and the poor, despite that Canada’s economy is soaring - our economy is the fastest growing in the G-8. A quarter million people in Canada are homeless, 1.7 million households live on less than $16,400 (USD - the US report [...]

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