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Today is International Women’s Day! I was inspired to create a video; you can check it out here.
This year’s theme is Press For Progress (#PressForProgress), which is to continue to progress gender parity.
I hope that all of us take a moment to reflect and recognize the contributions that women have made to advance society throughout history, and to celebrate the wonderful women in our own lives. This, however, represents the “softer side” of the day.
World Wildlife Day is a UN initiative observed on March 3rd since 2013. This year’s theme is “Big Cats- Predators Under Threat.” These beautiful animals need to be protected. According to the World Wildlife Day website,
Big cats are among the most widely recognized and admired animals across the globe. However, today these charismatic predators are facing many and varied threats, which are mostly caused by human activities. Overall, their populations are declining at a disturbing rate due to loss of habitat and prey, conflicts with people, poaching and illegal trade. For example, tiger populations plummeted by 95% over the past 100 years and African lion populations dropped by 40% in just 20 years. But a range of measures are underway to arrest this decline.
Today is Dr. Seuss’s birthday. As such, I started thinking about the importance of literacy, and the very important role that books continue to play in my life.
A bona fide bookworm as a young kid, I loved all of The Baby-Sitters Club books by Ann M. Martin; Goosebumps by R.L. Stine and Animorphs by K.A. Applegate and Michael Grant were among my other favourites.
As a young child (toddler/maybe younger to six or seven years old), my mom (and other family members) read to/with me every night. Frankly, I can’t imagine growing up without these experiences.
Continue reading “For the love of books & libraries (#DrSeuss)”
Today is Pink Shirt Day. This year’s theme is cyberbullying.
Like I said in my video (you can watch it here), Pink Shirt Day is an initiative to raise awareness of bullying (cyberbullying, specifically). It’s important that we understand that there is power in numbers, and bullying can be stopped. (Please check out www.pinkshirtday.ca for resources and tips.)
Pink Shirt Day has its origins in Nova Scotia, Canada in 2007, and is now observed in many countries around the world.
Continue reading “Taking a Stand Against Cyberbullying on Pink Shirt Day”
UPDATE (March 2nd, 2018): Toronto Police have responded to Marci Ien’s allegations/opinion piece. Check out an article from The Star here.