Empowerment

We’re Packaging Care For Those Experiencing Homelessness In Ottawa During COVID-19 Crisis

Guest ContributorApril 8, 2020

By Taijah Cox-Armstrong - When the world begins to fall apart, we humans need to stick together. My name is Taijah Cox-Armstrong. I’m in my second year of coll...

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From Threepenny To Cabaret: Lotte Lenya, Loss, And The Spirit Of Weimar

Dale DeBakcsyApril 8, 2020

When Lotte Lenya stepped on stage for the opening night of Cabaret on November 20, 1966 for the first of what would be over one thousand performances as Fraule...

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Girl Coded App For Best Friend With Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Inspires Creation Of True Hero Hospital Doll

wyskApril 7, 2020

At 18 months old, Grace O’Malley was diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 2 (SMA2), a disease that affects "the motor nerve cells in the spinal cord, ta...

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Candid Conversation With Jen Haller, The First Person To Receive Injection Of Trial Coronavirus Vaccine

wyskMarch 23, 2020

On Monday, March 16, in a monumental act of courage and selflessness, Jen Haller, age 43, became the first person to receive the first-ever injection of an inv...

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The Experimentalist: The Tale Of Mary Putnam Jacobi Vs. Proper Victorian Medicine

Dale DeBakcsyMarch 18, 2020

The Nineteenth century boasts a rich roster of medical women, any one of whom is the stuff of heroes: the trailblazing Blackwell sisters, the cautious Elizabet...

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Sitara: Let Girls Dream – Animated Short Spotlights Child Marriage, Aims To Spark Global Conversation

wyskMarch 5, 2020

Sitara: Let Girls Dream, an animated short directed by two-time Oscar-winner and three-time Emmy-winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and produced by Gloria Steinem an...

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TIME’S UP PSA Shines A Light On Women In Film, Television, And Visual Content Production

wyskFebruary 27, 2020

Led by its Women’s Production Group, the TIME’S UP Foundation created this Public Service Announcement and companion resource guide to change the fact that "wo...

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“Underdog” Choir Spotlights Gender Disparity Around Women Music Producers

wyskFebruary 26, 2020

"Only 2% of popular music is produced by women." - Annenberg Inclusion Initiative This choral arrangement of Alicia Keys' "Underdog", beautifully perf...

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Mother-Daughter Duo Spotlight Black Women Who Made History With Powerful Photography Project

wyskFebruary 19, 2020

“Who was the first girl chemist?” When a then 7-year-old Georgia Ross asked this question in 2017, her mother, Shauna Upp, a photographer and homeschooler, sei...

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