[Special to Global News; September 29, 2020] The pageantry of last week’s almost surreal throne speech, and the subsequent televised address by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, may have left Canada’s political classes with much to dissect and discuss. Yet Canada’s women and moms were simply left rolling their eyes at a big theme in those speeches — …
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Who owns the environment? The state of Green party politics around the world
[Ipsos Views; February 26, 2019] Throw a dart at a map of the world and, odds are, it will land on a country where public trust in the political establishment is significantly low – if not at an all-time low. In 2018, just one in five people (21%) globally thought it would be best to …
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Young Quebecers more engaged in politics than we think
[Global News; September 29, 2018] For Quebec’s would-be premiers, the finish line is in sight. The days of knocking on doors, shaking hands and kissing babies are drawing to a close. The TV debates are over. On Oct. 1, Quebecers will go to the polls to decide which party will form the next government. At …
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Who Am I? More Girls Look to Social Media for the Answer
[Published November 20, 2017 on LinkedIn] My generation of women – those of us born in that hazy space between Gen X and the Millennials – love to talk about how grateful we are to have gone through high school before social media was a thing. We still had the internet, in all its snail’s …
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