Do Women-focused Capital Funds Actually Help Women, Or Are They Just ‘Pinkwashing?’ by Barbara Jayne Orser An increase in the number of women-focused capital funds promises to help address gender gaps in the provision of financial capital. Capital funding is the money that lenders and equity holders provide to a business. A recent study I … Read More
Gaslighting: from partners to politicians – How to avoid becoming a victim by Stephan Lewandowsky President Donald Trump’s statement on the horrific mass shooting in El Paso on August 3 that killed 22 people and injured 24 covered a lot of ground. From video games and mental illness to the death penalty, the president drew … Read More
Giving While Female: Women are more likely to donate to charities than men of equal means by Tessa Skidmore and Charles Sellen The American poet Ambrose Bierce wrote in 1906 that a philanthropist is “a rich (and usually bald) old gentleman who has trained himself to grin while his conscience is picking his pocket.” While … Read More
International Women’s Day: Reminder Women Must Keep Fighting — Everywhere by Candace Johnson International Women’s Day is a major global event that will be widely celebrated in some countries and virtually ignored in others. In Latin America, el Día Internacional de la Mujer is important. It is popularly observed in most if not all countries … Read More
Greed: a selfish and excessive desire for more of something (as money) than is needed.” Okay, let us be honest. We all would be pretty stoked if we got extra money or extra clothes or more jewellery, right? Of course. It is very natural for us to get excited when we have more than we … Read More
Loneliness could kill you by Gillian Leithman Independence is glorified in North American culture as a symbol of strength. As a society, we value individual achievement and extol self-reliance. I am an expert on ageing and retirement and I also help employees transition from work to retirement by facilitating seminars and workshops in corporate Canada. … Read More
Are you a pervert? Challenging the boundaries of sex by Gonzalo R. Quintana Zunino Are you a pervert? I believe you are. This statement might offend you. Perhaps you wonder what would compel me to say something like that about you, especially since we’ve never met. However, a voice deep down inside of you might … Read More
Six ways to ‘reboot your brain’ after a hard year of COVID-19 – according to science – by Barbara Jacquelyn Sahakian, Christelle Langley, and Jianfeng Feng There’s no doubt that 2020 was difficult for everyone and tragic for many. But now vaccines against COVID-19 are finally being administered – giving a much-needed hope of a return … Read More
For Some People, Dying Alone Is Not Such A Bad Thing by Glenys Caswell It seems so obvious that no one should die alone that we never talk about it, but people do often die when they are alone. Sometimes they die in a way that suggests they prefer to be alone as they are … Read More
