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01/15/2025

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04/16/2024

Congrats Kathleen Templeton on launching your book, Jar of Tears: Moms Aren't Supposed to Die. Your book is already touching so many hearts, and it will continue to reach more.

04/01/2022

“Eagles soar with other eagles.”
-Joel Osteen

11/11/2021

‘Lest We Forget’

06/04/2020

JR - Yesterday my autistic son taught me yet another lesson - he explained that a black man had explained to him - that going black on our social media is not about posting our comments/thoughts but it’s about amplifying the voices of black leaders/people fighting against inequalities.

Black Lives Matter! Yes, even in the workplace
Excepts - piece below by
‘The truth is silence and inaction is just as damaging. You can’t spell ignorance without ignore - and I think those that are aware of issues but ignore are in the same camp as the ignorant.’

‘So continue to spread awareness, educate yourselves, make room for us at the table. And when the media moves onto another topic, make a conscious effort to continue the fight for racial equality.’

Siji Onabanjo | Jun 2, 2020

LinkedIn really looks like business as usual to me this afternoon. Talk about an echo chamber! Scrolling through my feed you’d think that the business world is an alternate reality to what is happening on the outside.

06/02/2020

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05/31/2020

We all need to stand up for what is right. I won’t pretend that I can possibly understand what people of colour are experiencing right now or experience everyday. I have no words for all the overwhelming sadness that is happening but I want to say -
we have to do better - I see you -
I hear you


An excerpt of a message from
CEO Eric S. Yuan to Zoom employees

05/05/2020

Edit:
Just became aware that today is -
‘National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls.’
Imperative that we remember.
https://lnkd.in/gYaDBte


Today is
This event was brought forward to hopefully provide more impetus for folks to give to their favourite charities or local organizations helping folks during COVID19 relief efforts.

I decided to combine this fact with my attendance at the event hosted by
I ❤️ my bracelet - thank you 😊

There are so many people and organizations that I would like to give a to- but space is limited so picking the ones who have made the biggest impact in the life of my autistic son, our family and our community.

Firstly a giant thank you and to the staff at where my autistic son has been a patient for most of 2020. They are incredible even during this difficult time.


















www.canadatogether.com

Internationally - I heard Anne Marie Connor this morning on The Current on CBC (Canada)- talking to about the challenges they are facing on the ground. Unrest, Ebola outbreak and now COVID


Thank you all for

05/02/2020

Women juggling with caregiving take brunt of pandemic labour
“As women take on greater care demands at home, their jobs will also be disproportionately affected by cuts and lay-offs. Such impacts risk rolling back the already fragile gains madein female labor force participation, limiting women’s ability to support themselves andtheir families, especially for female-headed households,” the UN wrote in a policy brief examining the impact of COVID-19 on women.

From academia to the service industry, women who are also caregivers are taking the brunt of the pandemic labour impact, with at least one economist saying broader childcare provisions need to be part of economic recovery.

04/22/2020

Demonstrators in Washington on the first Earth Day, April 22, 1970 (The Associated Press)
Earth Day 2020 — the 50th anniversary will be the weirdest Earth Day ever- Quirks and Quarks CBC Radio

‘Pollution is down during the global pandemic — can we learn?


https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.5534509

04/21/2020

Sometimes there are no words 💔
Nova Scotia - Canada 🇨🇦❤️


Credit:Alex Plante

04/18/2020

We are in the process of taking a huge leap forward on the ‘Technology Adoption’ Timescale. Post COVID19 the world will be very different and we have the opportunity to embrace technology and enhance human capabilities. Freeing us up for tasks that require our attention.

We need take to the FEAR out of working alongside machines. For most folks ‘machines’ are currently ‘technology companions’ or algorithms on their devices.

The article below is talking about manufacturing but has great insight that is applicable across all industries

Couple excerpts
In addition to the distribution of knowledge, there will be an increased use of a technology companion that augments human intelligence,”
says Honeywell

“The improved comfort level also results in a thirst for broader applications. ..............When we have the opportunity to commit to building strategic offerings with other developers it benefits the entire ecosystem.”
Magic Leap

https://lnkd.in/gQN_DHt

Remote technology is in the spotlight as manufacturers move from skeptical to dependent on what the maturing tech can offer.