Organizations

Sit-In and Write-In for International Rights (December 10th)

Dec 4th, 2009 | By Erin Fagan Galle | Category: Organizations, Society, Uncategorized

Rita Mahato has been threatened with assault, rape, and murder because of the human rights work she does in her home country.
She is a health counsellor at the Women’s Rehabilitation Centre (WOREC) in Nepal’s Siraha District, and offers support for women targeted by sexual violence. The centre also documents, files, and reports the cases, making [...]

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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 [...]

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Just Us Girls: A New, Fun, Fashionable Business in Charlottetown PEI

Oct 15th, 2006 | By Alaina Roach OKeefe | Category: Art & Craft, Economy, Organizations

Who are Just Us Girls?

The original “girls” are Jodi Nutbrown and Susan Roggeveen, childhood friends from Charlottetown, PEI. Afer losing touch for many years, they reconnected and discovered that they had a mutual dream to start their own business, so they began brainstorming about what type of market they could tap into. They wanted [...]

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