Our Advocacy Work
April 8th, 2015On the rare occasions when I get slammed on Twitter or condemned by an anonymous troll, I sometimes console myself that at least the criticism isn’t splashed across every news website, broadcast and paper in the country. That’s why it pained me to see the unfortunate off-the-cuff remark Nancy Ruth made last week to a scrum of reporters feed […]
read more...Some context on a favourite feminist philanthropistOur Advocacy Work
April 20th, 2013… that’s the title of the talk I delivered three times this past week — and I didn’t even need to explain the context for the title to get a laugh. A wide variety of women working in high tech (Girl Geek Dinners Ottawa), education (symposium hosted by the Canadian Teachers Federation), and the non-profit […]
read more...Overcoming Anonymous: In Search of More Fully Clothed Female Role ModelsOur Advocacy Work
April 9th, 2013There’s no predicting what impact your media intervention might have, but here are a couple of recent examples of the ripples created by published op eds… ****** Two days after Kathleen Wynn was elected leader of the Ontario Liberal party, becoming the sixth female premier in the country, The Globe and Mail published a thoughtful commentary by […]
read more...Media exposure creates ripples of influenceMaster Media Engagement
June 9th, 2012“I’m happy to try to help you.” These are the words I’m now recommending women train themselves to utter when reached by a journalist looking for context to a story. Although the default response for many remains “I’m not the best person.” … the truth is — as I’ve discussed before in this blog — […]
read more...Getting to “yes”