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Children today are over-protected – Letters
Here are four revealing and helpful letters I received in response to the Saturday column, Hyper-vigilance about abuse can hurt children – and everyone. Among other things, the column looked at the...
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Abusing Darwin and biology
I am beholden to biology. It’s done a lot for us. The study of living organisms has brought modern medicine, hardy plants, pharmaceuticals, ecological understanding, brain surgery, awareness of germs,...
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Sexualized women and ‘idiot’ men: How to fight stereotyping
In the 1950s, North America’s key gender message was encapsulated in the TV sitcom, I Love Lucy. Lucille Ball was portrayed as a ditzy, lovable housewife, married to an amusingly macho husband, Desi...
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‘Spotlight’ shows people need to be ready for the truth
People have to be ready for the truth before it can be revealed. That’s a theme of the riveting, award-winning movie, Spotlight, which recounts how the Boston Globe newspaper laid bare an...
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Leona’s story: “I don’t want this happening to anyone else’
A letter to the editor in today’s Vancouver Sun brought back memories about the years in which I wrote more than 120 articles about clergy sex abuse, including in residential schools. The surprising...
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