Posts by Sarah Andersen

This Summer, Walk with Pride

Last month, Toronto held their Pride festival–the largest in the world. There were also Pride festivals in Amsterdam, London, New York, and Berlin that same weekend,…

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Stephen Harper: making homophobia a Canadian value

From The Toronto Star: Toronto’s Pride Week may have seen its last cheque from Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government after this year’s $400,000 contribution provoked a…

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Does anyone else see the irony here?

US pastor opens church to guns A pastor in the US state of Kentucky told his flock to bring handguns to church in what he said…

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Dambisa Moyo: Why African Aid is a Bad Thing

So recently, Geoff put out a call for suggestions on future Terry speakers. One more to add to the list: Dambisa Moyo. She was recently in Toronto…

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Breaking News: Archie Picks Veronica!

Via The Globe and Mail. The most interesting part to me is the comments section beneath the article. Apparently people feel very strongly about this particular…

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Wage Inequality: Stats from the Sept. 2008 FAFIA Report to the UN

From the FAFIA report on Women’s Inequality in Canada Canadian women are paid less than their male counterparts across all age groups and education levels. Women earn…

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History, history!

“History, history! We fools, what do we know or care?”   -William Carlos Williams When I was in junior high, social studies was second only to…

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Evolution and climate change: Conservative ranks now include skeptics of both.

Already alarmed over funding cuts to basic research, scientists say two appointments in particular are worrisome. Mark Mullins, the executive director of the conservative-leaning Fraser Institute…

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China’s excess men: 32 million (!!) eligible bachelors

From The British Medical Journal: In 2005 males under the age of 20 exceeded females by more than 32 million in China, and more than 1.1 million excess…

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Dr. Atomic: when opera and science collide

Dr. Atomic, the transfixing new opera by the composer John Adams in collaboration with the director and librettist Peter Sellars, calls to mind William Carlos Williams’…

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