40 Years later, an academic conference in Vancouver acknowledges, honours and celebrates the first public protest to address gay rights in Canada
The History of Mother’s Day, and Why This Day Still Matters
Christine Shaw Roome looks back at the history of Mother’s Day and reminds us why this day still matters for humanity.
Trains, Tanker Trucks, and Salmon
What does the suspension of an historic railway route, the spilling of fuel into precious salmon habitat, and a couple of elections have to do with one another? For one woman, they all add up to a call for action.
I’ve Got the Screen Eyes to Prove it: How do Ebooks Really Compare to Traditional Books
Avid reader Christine Shaw Roome compares the feeling of reading an ebook to the experience of reading a traditional book. And the winner is…
Because We are Women: National Day of Action on Violence Against Women
Twenty one years ago a man shot 27 women at Montreal’s l’École Polytechnique. Fourteen women died in the so-called Montreal Massacre. On this National Day of Action on Violence Against Women — December 6 — Christie Shaw Roome tells her story.
Leaving the Dishes
A mother discovered that sometimes you have to throw all caution and perfectionism to the wind and head out to the fair. The dishes, as they say, aren’t going anywhere.
A Mom’s Sacred Sanity Savour
A mom finds revitalizing ‘me-time,’ and away from the house and kids, on her weekly Sacred Saturday Sanity Savour.
Arrival
What I really want is for him to play on his own for a bit so that I can focus on acclimatizing. But he is a child and continues to poke me. He orders me around in that oh-so-charming-and-irritating way that only a three year old can do until find myself at wit’s end and I tell him that I’m not going to play trains anymore.
Back to Work: The Gong Show
A mom trying to balance work and raising two little boys feels like she’s on a hamster wheel.
Good Morning
Mornings have become practically unrecognizable with the addition of two small children but amidst the chaos is sweetness.