Society

In a keynote address he made at the Poverty Challenge event held recently at the University of Ottawa, Trudeau scholar Jesse A. Thistle said that being homeless to an Indigenous person “is about being outside their relationship web of All My

Presented in partnership with the National Capital Commission, the exhibition Canada and Germany: Partners from Immigration to Innovation, was officially launched Monday night at the International Pavilion, 7 Clarence Street, in the heart of Ottawa’s ByWard Market. The exhibition is

Shepherds of Good Hope has come a long way since its modest beginnings 34 years ago. To better serve its increasingly diverse clientele, the organization has expanded its programs and specialized “to go beyond its strategic plan.” “We’re really trying

*An edited version of this article was published in iNTOUCH MAGAZINE on August 1st, 2016. Entrepreneur and sailing aficionado Wolfgang Bierer clearly has the wind in his sails. Four years ago, he joined the Tokyo Sail and Power Squadron (TSPS), an

Quite fittingly, the common assertion amongst survivors that “cancer was the best thing that ever happened to me” resonated with Kathy Matsui, Vice-Chair, Chief Japan Strategist at Goldman Sachs, and author of Womenomics. A few years ago, she stumbled upon a book

Dr. Sheena Iyengar is a true believer in mind over matter. And she knows this through personal experience: she is legally blind. She lost her vision permanently due to retinitis pigmentosa – a rare degenerative eye disease – when she was still

Since 2009, the Asian University for Women (AUW) has been shaping Asia’s female leaders through high quality post-secondary education. Based in Chittagong, Bangladesh, the university offers full scholarships to the vast majority of its students. Candidates are carefully selected on the basis