Our Advocacy Work
September 27th, 2021The following op ed first appeared on The Toronto Star‘s website (17 September 2021) and in the print version (20 September 2021). The argument I make below is one we’re […]
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April 6th, 2020In Stalinist Russia, poet Anna Akhmatova’s husband was shot and her son imprisoned. Every day for months she stood outside the prison walls begging for word about her son’s fate. […]
read more...“Poet, can you write this?” We need to write the post-coronavirus reality we want nowOur Advocacy Work
December 6th, 2014You know you’ve done your job as a conference planner when delegates depart complaining of not having slept since they arrived, thanks to an excess of intellectual stimulation provided by […]
read more...Should Smart Women Strive to be Public Intellectuals?Our Advocacy Work
October 14th, 2013I don’t often shout back at the TV, despite the vast volume of material it broadcasts that I find vile or banal. But last week I couldn’t help myself. The […]
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October 10th, 2013Jian Ghomeshi calls it common sense. But will the government listen? Last week, some of Canada’s most notable women (including Informed Opinions Honorary Patrons, Senator Nancy Ruth and the […]
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August 13th, 2013“You really have to write that!” This enthusiastic exhortation — often exclaimed simultaneously by a chorus of voices — is a common refrain in the commentary writing workshops we lead. […]
read more...Changing lives through media commentaryMaster Media Engagement
April 4th, 2013It’s one of the most commonly-cited deterrents to doing media interviews: not having control over how the words you speak will be used in the resulting story, whether it’s in […]
read more...When they get it wrongMaster Media Engagement
January 31st, 2013Guilt didn’t play a big role in my upbringing: I was never discouraged from having sex in order to prevent my mother from having a heart attack, nor was I […]
read more...The Motivational Power of GuiltOur Advocacy Work
October 28th, 2011It’s 1997, and I’m on the phone in the home office space I share with my husband. He’s leaping up and down and gesticulating wildly in an effort to change […]
read more...IBM CEO and the female confidence issue