Imagine being a woman in America today

Most times we hear one perspective in healthcare. It is time for change. Our Op-ed to The Globe and Mail discusses, 'To transform Canadian health care, we must listen to the wisdom of nurses'--Our book The Wisdom of Nurses does just that HarperCollinsCa

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If you love a great mystery, you won't want to miss our all-star line up on Saturday May 4th! All in a Day book panelist Jennifer Whiteford hosts Peggy Blair Elizabeth Renzetti, Kate Hilton AND New York Times Books bestseller Nita Prose! Wow!

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The W & C Archive is unique. To devote a whole hour to a single author, incl'g 14 Nobel winners, their voices in intimate, wide-ranging conversations. Poet Alastair Reid wrote “Voice is perhaps the most essential and lasting incarnation of any existence.”
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And let's not forget, everybody, that the Ottawa International Writers Festival starts on May 2nd! I will be on a panel with some pretty amazing female crime writers on Saturday evening so get your tickets now! #CriminalIntent

Yet another Toronto sex assault case is tossed amid ongoing judge shortage thestar.com/news/gta/anoth… via @torontostar

Congratulations Doug Saunders The Globe and Mail

We wrapped our Art + Money Issue today at The Local Magazine. Love this package, so much great writing and art, find the whole thing here: thelocal.to/spring-2024/

I reiterate what I said in 2017 below. But mostly I am heartbroken for all those women who gave evidence and whose punishing trauma will be beyond our imagination.

I've been this kid in the legislature. Politicians and legislative staff tell you 'welcome to your house.' It belongs to all Ontarians. But I wonder if these young girls feel that right now.

Yesterday the Supreme Court debated whether or not states can deny women life-saving care. Today, Yahoo thinks the importance of that news is on par with a 'Masked Singer reveal.'

If you're wondering how the dehumanization of women becomes normalized, this is it

I was blown away by The Chain, a new memoir by Chimene Suleyman. I wrote about it for Zoomer Magazine everythingzoomer.com/zed-book-club/…

Imagine if Queen's Park concentrated on actually trying to govern the province instead of this ridiculousness

Super important thread. I’ve been covering the Columbia University encampments as a photojournalist since the first day & received many requests to use my photos. But very few outlets have been willing to compensate me. My colleagues and I have been working really hard & deserve payment!

One early morning I saw a group of horses galloping along Oxford Street, with two outriders alongside. I thought I was hallucinating. But then I asked Ken Follett, who I was on my way to interview, if he'd seen it too. He had. True story!

How the Taliban use social media to shape international opinion and spy on Afghans, by Soraya Amiri thewalrus.ca/why-the-taliba… via The Walrus