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Aboriginal income gaps

April 15th, 2010 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on Aboriginal income gaps)

New research details the impact of education on Aboriginal women

A recent study by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says that income inequity between Aboriginals and non-Aboriginals is entirely eliminated for women with university degrees.

The report singles out the findings on women and education as among the few bright spots in an otherwise bleak study that shows the overall income gap between aboriginals and non-aboriginals is closing at a very slow pace.

Below the Bachelor’s degree level, Aboriginal peoples consistently make far less than the rest of Canadians with the same level of education. (more…)

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Bitter Medicine

April 15th, 2010 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on Bitter Medicine)

A ‘graphic memoir’ about brothers’ shared experiences with schizophrenia

Two of Clem Martini’s brothers have been diagnosed with schizophrenia. One is Ben, the youngest. The other is Olivier, or Liv, an artist. Olivier illustrates this graphic memoir with a subtle hand…his side in a long conversation, spanning some 30 years, with his brother Clem, a Calgary playwright.

Bitter Medicine graphically and artistically captures the fears and frustrations that all too often accompany the devastation caused by schizophrenia for those living with the illness and their family members, according to Chris Summerville of the Schizophrenia Society of Canada. (more…)

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A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant, and A Prayer joins The Vagina Monologues

April 8th, 2010 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant, and A Prayer joins The Vagina Monologues)

New play a call to action and outreach to men to become allies in ending violence against women and children

Eliza Gardiner and the Vancouver Island University Human Rights and International Solidarity Committee present Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues, plus her new production of A Memory, a Monologue, a Rant, and a Prayer, Friday April 9th to Sunday April 11th at VIU’s Nanaimo campus. The plays will raise awareness and funds for the internationally renowned V-Day campaign, and the Nanaimo Women’s Resources Society. Ensler’s new play, A Memory, a Monologue, a Rant, and a Prayer, is a compilation of dramatic and poetic pieces by diverse writers that features male performers; it is a call to action and outreach to men to become allies in an international campaign to end violence against women and children. (more…)

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One pilgrim’s progress

April 2nd, 2010 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on One pilgrim’s progress)

Simon Walls’ wanderings are a part of his search for deeper meaning

Singer-songwriter Simon Walls’ travels began shortly after the loss of a friend to suicide. He spent seven months in the Katimavik program and then walked across Spain, accompanied by the book “The Pilgrimage”, by Paulo Coelho.

Now Simon has just left Victoria on what will be a cross-Canada walk—to share his music—and will arrive in Nanaimo this week. (more…)

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Cuts “won’t save money”

March 25th, 2010 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on Cuts “won’t save money”)

B.C. government cutbacks aimed at the poor and struggling

Following its March 2nd budget, the BC government announced a number of cuts to health and medical services available to people receiving disability and income assistance. Jane Dyson, of the BC Coalition of People with Disabilities, said, “This will not save money. People’s overall health and well-being will deteriorate and they will access the health system more as a result.” (more…)

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Called to Nanaimo

March 25th, 2010 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on Called to Nanaimo)

Former top prison chaplain takes up new ministry

Rev. Terry Richardson is the new pastor at Nanaimo’s Hope Lutheran Church. Before taking up his new position, he was the director general for chaplaincy and restorative justice with Corrections Canada, where he oversaw the activities of 120 prison chaplains across Canada.

Rev. Richardson recently told The Nanaimo Daily News that he won’t soon forget the troubled men he’s helped and, at times, have helped him in return. (more…)

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