Author: Penny Cadrain

A veteran of the worlds of marketing and journalism, Penny Cadrain is from the Prairies, but has been getting a sense of other parts of the world for decades. The best thing about Media Indigena she thinks is the number of trees saved.

Who’s Who at the Olympics

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God knows, there are plenty of reasons to take issue with the Vancouver Games, some of them alluded to here. What’s got me in a squirmy place goes back to the opening ceremonies.  Particularly the part featuring the aboriginal dancers. Now, I love the dancers.  And I’m mesmerized by the drum.  But when I saw […]

Women and Children First (to Go)

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Hooray!  When Canada seizes control of the agenda at the next G8 meeting, Stephen Harper is making the health of women and children a priority!  He said so in a Toronto Star opinion piece last month: There is a pressing need for global action on maternal and child health. As president of the G8 in 2010, […]