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A series of speeches and lectures from the finest minds of our time. Fresh ideas from speakers of note.

June 25, 2011

Acting Today, Shaping Tomorrow: Libby Davies' first speech as NDP Health Critic

Acting Today, Shaping Tomorrow featured a workshop and plenary speakers from across Canada, the United States and around the world that shared the latest on community health innovations in the following themes: * Improving health outcomes for individuals, families, and communities * Advancing health equity * Increasing sustainability of the health system * Building our…

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June 24, 2011

Women's Worlds 2011 Profile: Samhita Mukhopadhyay

Samita Mukhopadhyay is an activist, a writer, and executive editor of Feministing, recent winner of the 2011 Hillman Prize for Blog Journalism. She recently published a book entitled: Outdated: Why Dating Is Ruining Your Love Life. Samhita will be speaking at Women’s Worlds 2011, a global conference to advance women’s equality through research, exchange, leadership and action. The…

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June 24, 2011

Women's Worlds 2011 Profile: Samhita Mukhopadhyay

Samita Mukhopadhyay is an activist, a writer, and executive editor of Feministing, recent winner of the 2011 Hillman Prize for Blog Journalism. She recently published a book entitled: Outdated: Why Dating Is Ruining Your Love Life. Samhita will be speaking at Women’s Worlds 2011, a global conference to advance women’s equality through research, exchange, leadership and action. The…

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June 12, 2011

Women's Worlds 2011 Profile: Nicole Schwab

Women’s World 2011 is a global conference to advance women’s equality through research, exchange, leadership and action. The 30th anniversary will be held in Ottawa-Gatineau from July 3-7th. Nicole Schwab, co-founder of The Gender Equality Project, a Swiss Foundation committed to creating a world where women and men are equally valued and respected in all aspects…

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June 12, 2011

Women's Worlds 2011 Profile: Nicole Schwab

Women’s World 2011 is a global conference to advance women’s equality through research, exchange, leadership and action. The 30th anniversary will be held in Ottawa-Gatineau from July 3-7th. Nicole Schwab, co-founder of The Gender Equality Project, a Swiss Foundation committed to creating a world where women and men are equally valued and respected in all aspects…

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May 13, 2011

Barbara Marshall — 'Sexualizing the Third Age: Medicalization and the Reconstruction of Sexual Life Courses'

Barbara Marshall spoke at The Medicalization of Sex conference in Vancouver, B.C. on April 29, 2011. The paper and talk she presented was called: ‘Sexualizing the Third Age: Medicalization and the Reconstruction of Sexual Life Courses.’ This paper takes the medicalization of late‐life sexuality as a starting point for exploring some contemporary ways in which…

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May 13, 2011

Barbara Marshall — 'Sexualizing the Third Age: Medicalization and the Reconstruction of Sexual Life Courses'

Barbara Marshall spoke at The Medicalization of Sex conference in Vancouver, B.C. on April 29, 2011. The paper and talk she presented was called: ‘Sexualizing the Third Age: Medicalization and the Reconstruction of Sexual Life Courses.’ This paper takes the medicalization of late‐life sexuality as a starting point for exploring some contemporary ways in which…

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