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It’s Diversity Week at Laurier Brantford, and I’m sitting in a lecture hall with faculty, staff, students, and community members, listening to Karleen Pendleton Jiménez talk about gender diversity in… Continue reading "Sugar & Spice & Puppy Dog Tails – by Lisa Wood"
On March 31, 2012 people all around the globe will come together to take action on one unified cause by turning out the lights from 8:30pm-9:30pm to raise awareness about… Continue reading "Beyond Earth Hour – by Ryan Jamula"
Brantford City Hall photo by Steph Paige. Growing up as the daughter of a former City Councillor, I was determined to stay as far away from municipal politics as possible.… Continue reading "Re-thinking The Electoral Divide – by Steph Paige"
Recently I had the privilege of being invited to join the Board of Directors of the Brantford Seniors Resource Centre, a not-for-profit organization that offers services to senior in our… Continue reading "Gray Power: The Brant Dilemma – by Michael St. Amant"
The one thing we all have is the power of choice. Equally so is our ability to make decisions. The result of our choices and decisions will directly affect the… Continue reading "Power Talk: Fit For Life – by Mark Gaylard"
Ward 3 City Council Member Dan McCreary & Publisher Lucas Duguid. Photo by Paul Smith courtesy of Photohouse Studio. In last month’s edition of the Advocate we asked our readers… Continue reading "Editorial: Operation Street Lamp – by Lucas Duguid"
I babble incessantly, both publicly and privately, about how kindness can change Brantford BY good INTO good. Sometimes when people hear the message that falls of my mouth, like I’m… Continue reading "The Kindness Equation – by Dave Carrol"
What is human evolution? What we see and hear most commonly refers to physical anthropology; the way in which humans have evolved over millions of years to be what we… Continue reading "Learning My Place – by Laura Duguid"
I didn’t used to like our culture very much. I became more jaded about the futility of societal ills than a young person should ever be. Thankfully, Paul Simon helped… Continue reading "How Paul Simon Changed My Life (Dave Carrol, @DaveCarrol)"
When you’re a student, December means crunch time. For most of the month, I spent almost every day doing schoolwork alongside my friends. We had this one study space where… Continue reading "Shifting Priorities (Becca Vandekemp, @beccavdk)"