Today marks the beginning of the 56th Session on the UN-Commission on the Status of Women. Last year I had the great honor and pleasure to attend this annual conference with four other authors of now multimedia book Get Your Woman On! Most notably, Dr Jean Shinoda Bolen, a long time activist and advocate for a UN sponsored 5th World Conference on Women since the last conference in 1995 held in Beijing. As I am [...]

On Monday I went skiing with my posse on Grouse mountain. Much to my surprise the local mountains of Vancouver had a snowfall of nearly one meter when it looked like spring was well on its way during the Olympics. So that just goes to say, one just doesn’t know what to expect. I was so thrilled to play in the snow on a beautiful day but more than that I got to share my [...]

Albertine Phan is recent the winner of the Vancouver Observer blog entry contest. Her blog entry on overcoming addiction is featured in the VO Print Edition. Behind the walls of the city, boxes are lined up top to bottom, side by side perched on the armoires. Only the bathrobes, the bicycle and the wheelchair betray the obsessive compulsive order. Hydrogenated oil snacks, pudding in a cup, oatmeal, peanut butter, Granola bars and fruit leather. The [...]