Archive for June 2007

Profile: Florence Booth House, Toronto

Jun 15th, 2007 | By Sharon Feener | Category: History, Organizations, Society

If you lost your job, where would you turn? If your house was destroyed in a fire where would you go? If life as you knew it was interrupted, where would you seek solace? In 2006, 572 women turned to The Salvation Army Florence Booth House.

Located in Toronto’s downtown core, Florence Booth House was opened [...]



A Woman at Work: Discrimination of Mothers in the Workplace

Jun 15th, 2007 | By Jennifer Worrall Lynch | Category: Economy, Feminism

I have always been career minded. Since I can remember, I have vowed to put school, then university, then work, first. When I finished school, my parents had to practically force me to take a “gap” year before university. I was so worried that if I took a year off my peers would get ahead [...]



Panty Raid

Jun 15th, 2007 | By Alison Jenkins | Category: Society, Uncategorized

It has recently come to my attention that some women coordinate their bras and panties. And they don’t just match colours: they buy the sets together. One of my friends won’t buy the bra if there is not a matching panty available.
I was shocked. Speechless, even. Don’t get me wrong: I like to get dressed [...]



Eating Between the Lines: Health and Literacy Connections for Canadians

Jun 1st, 2007 | By Alaina Roach OKeefe | Category: Health

June Tavenor-Brake’s article last March, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away,” outlined preventative health care, and stated that we don’t really want to “keep the doctor away.” To pick up on the theme started by Tavenor-Brake, I would like to suggest that we can begin promoting healthy patterns of preventative health care [...]