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Lisa Thibodeau

Sam Laprade — toxic relationships

Walking down the aisle to walking on eggshells 

For close to a year, I barely spoke. I know what you are thinking: “Sam Laprade is always talking up a storm.” After conducting close to 13,000 media interviews, count…
By Sam Laprade
Sam Laprade — toxic relationships
Sue Odle - Invest Ottawa — Ottawa women business leaders

I’m a business leader, yes — but who I am is a ‘creative’

I've been in business for a long time, specifically in technology.   Choosing technology as an industry means accepting that most of your peers, managers, an…
By Sue Odle
Sue Odle - Invest Ottawa — Ottawa women business leaders
Milk chocolate for Easter

Milk chocolate for Easter

Judgment is real, even with chocolate: dark chocolate is superior, while white chocolate is smugly decadent. Milk chocolate might be mainstream — or even lowbrow — but I,…
By Tudor Robins
Milk chocolate for Easter
Patagonia Down Sweater

Catherine Clark’s go-to jacket for warmth

I am a big fan of warmth. I am also a big fan of comfort. That’s why I love my Patagonia Down Sweater, which, despite its name, is actually a jacket, not a sweater. Fi…
By Catherine Clark
Patagonia Down Sweater
transgender — response to Poilievre's ideas of banning trans women from women's sports, change rooms and bathrooms

I’m the mother of a transgender daughter. I’m here to answer your questions

When she was in grade three, my daughter became the target of the school bully. He was well-known for his relentless commitment to making life terrible for other students…
By Tudor Robins
transgender — response to Poilievre's ideas of banning trans women from women's sports, change rooms and bathrooms
Medical assistance in dying: the right to end-of-life decisions Senator Pamela Wallin

Medical assistance in dying – why one daughter believes that dying with dignity should be a right

Throughout our lives, we deal with death in many forms: the death of a relationship, the death of a career, the death of innocence, and of course, the death of a loved on…
By Senator Pamela Wallin
Medical assistance in dying: the right to end-of-life decisions Senator Pamela Wallin
Outspoken My Fight for Freedom and Human Rights in Afghanistan

Outspoken: One Woman’s Fight for Freedom and Human Rights in Afghanistan

Dr. Sima Samar has been fighting for equality and justice for most of her life. Born into a polygamous family in Afghanistan, she learned early that girls had inferior st…
By Sima Samar with Sally Armstrong
Outspoken My Fight for Freedom and Human Rights in Afghanistan
Ukrainians in Canada - The Honest Talk

A cultural survival kit: navigating Canada through the Ukrainian lens

Imagine you are packing up in a rush early in the morning — but it’s not because you fear missing your flight to the seaside. Instead, your brain struggles to process rea…
By Olya Klymenko
Ukrainians in Canada - The Honest Talk