In the spirit of Women’s History Month, and a great International Women’s Day for those who celebrated it last week on March 8, the search and technology giant, Google, thought it would be amazing to celebrate the holiday by honouring it with a Google Doodle. A Google Doodle is the most prestigious award one could…
Coinciding with Women’s History Month, it is important to raise awareness to the struggle of being female. This word is no exception. This word has oppressive qualities that often hinder young girls from becoming potential leaders. The sad fact is, this word, though devastating to young girl’s development to become headstrong and independent, has none…
On March 8th 2013 at Mount Royal University, the World of Choices event will be taken place for all girls who are interested in learning more about the occupation of their choice! This means that if you’re interested in Medicine, Law, Agriculture, Business, Finance and many more. You can meet women who are expertise in…
Interested in business, entrepreneurship, enterprise, or just having a lot of fun? On January 5th of 2013, a student (One of those students being our own Syed!) run initiative in partnership with the Junior Achievement, host to the popular Company Program, called Youth Business Network is holding a competition that put the business skills of…
Hello ladies in Grade 10 or 11! If you’re wondering about future career possibilities and have time on May 25 to kill, then do I ever have an event for you! Junior Achievement of Southern Alberta is hosting an event called the World of Choices. If you are a young woman in Grade 10 or 11,…
Are you interested in math, science, technology, medicine or engineering? Want to become more involved in the community? How about having a professional scientist or engineer as your mentor? Cybermentor.ca matches girls ages 11 to 18 with positive female role models with careers in diverse fields. Through weekly email exchanges, you’ll gain insight into life as a…
Go see a FREE OUTDOOR FILM screening on the rooftop of the Alexander Calhoun Library! Raging human atrocities and massacres ravaged the African country of Liberia. This savage civil war knew no boundaries- villages were pillaged by child soldiers, innocent civilians were targeted by the rebels and government alike and terror trapped many fearful persons…
The issue of equality, or rather, inequality, between men and women has been long debated, questioned and criticized. I’m here to point out some arguments from hopefully what all of you will view as conciliatory. 1) Creation of woman from man. Let’s go back to the origins from a religious point of view. Long story short:…