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our in full sentences warning several of these vignettes might be considered sexist since i m one of those sexes and at one stage i was a blonde what the heck continue reading share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on reddit opens in new window reddit share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print like loading posted in a little humour humor tagged cellphones chuckles fishing full sentences humor humour husbands laughs wives 54 comments on orange shirt day let s all reflect on how we can be part of truth and reconciliation posted on september 30 2025 by jane fritz disclaimer this post is a repeat of last year s orange shirt day post with minor alterations today september 30 is national truth and reconciliation day in canada also known as orange shirt day since 2021 it has been a declared federal holiday and similarly so for an increasing number of provincial governments the overriding reason for making orange shirt day a day away from work and school is so that people young and old alike can partake in the many activities planned in towns and cities activities meant to help in the healing and reconciliation process with indigenous peoples in canada i m taking this opportunity to revive one of my previous posts in recognition of orange shirt day hoping that this might raise awareness for any reader who isn t familiar with this traumatic part of canada s history orange shirt day began in 2013 as a day for all canadians to reflect on canada s long and painful history of the residential school system of forcibly removing indigenous children from their homes and taking them to residential schools far from home the intentions were bad enough to take the indian out of the child but the methods used at the schools were light years beyond anything that could possibly be justified by any measure it was cultural genocide at the least and unspeakable abuse and death of countless numbers of children at the worst not to mention their families left behind not knowing what was happening to them and all this cruelty was perpetrated in residential schools that were run by churches on behalf of the canadian government the multi generational trauma that resulted is incalcuable continue reading share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on reddit opens in new window reddit share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print like loading posted in history and politics tagged beothuks canada every child matters indigenous peoples national truth and reconciliation day orange shirt day residential schools 29 comments women in science meet steve shirley 1933 2025 refugee tech entrepreneur and philanthropist aka stephanie brook aka vera buchthal posted on september 28 2025 by jane fritz i had never heard of steve shirley before reading her obituary in the september 4 2025 issue of the economist her story is fascinating and inspiring in many ways dame vera stephanie steve shirley previously brook née buchthal was a german born british information technology pioneer businesswoman and philanthropist in 1939 at the age of 5 she was sent as a child refugee from germany to britain along with her 9 year old sister by the time her life came to an end just this past august she had made a significant mark on the world around her i m going to let the economist s obituary tell her tale it s an impressive one stephanie shirley with colleagues at the post office research station this was her first job as a researcher at the dollis hill post office research station the only woman in the team working to develop ernie a computer designed to generate unique premium bond numbers photo credit dame stephanie shirley continue reading share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on reddit opens in new window reddit share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print like loading posted in women in science tagged autism computing history female harrassment information technology jewish refugee children in wwii philanthropy sexism stephanie shirley steve shirley the economist vera buchthal shirley women in it working married women working women 44 comments man in motion inspired by his friend terry fox rick hansen wheeled around the world for spinal cord injuries posted on september 25 2025 by jane fritz for two young bc british columbia men the challenges they met as teenagers facing unexpected life altering disabilities didn t dampen their determination to move forward and to make a difference terry fox s legacy his marathon of hope is pretty well known his extraordinary show of grit and determination in the face of cancer has resulted in 45 years and counting of terry fox runs around the world every second sunday after labour day raising money for cancer research his inspiration and the terry fox foundation that carried on his spirit have raised close to 1 billion if you don t know his story you can and should read about it here fewer people outside canada know rick hansen s story or how rick got terry involved in wheelchair basketball when he heard about terry s amputation and that subsequently terry s marathon of hope inspired rick hansen to undertake his 1987 man in motion wheelchair journey around the world raising money for spinal cord research and awareness of accessibility needs rick hansen born in 1957 just a year before terry fox was an athletic fun loving teenager who ended up paralyzed from the waist down due a spinal cord injury after he and another friend were thrown from the back of a pickup truck coming home from a fishing trip in 1973 he was 15 he spent 7 months in vancouver in rehab and when he returned to his family s home in the small town of williams lake the lack of accessible places became immediately evident including of course in his own home rick s wheelchair was the only one in town continue reading share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on reddit opens in new window reddit share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print like loading posted in odds and ends thoughtful thursday tagged british columbia determination disability awareness inspiration man in motion man in motion world tour rick hansen foundation rick hansen terry fox spinal cord injuries wheelchair sports 32 comments map monday a look at relative sizes of our geography when our usual map projection isn t playing tricks on us plus a few extra bits posted on september 22 2025 by jane fritz it s been a long time since i ve gone through my map collection too much other stuff going on in reviving map monday i m mostly going to concentrate on the value neutral subject of true geographical size which can be remarkably different from the usual mercator projection we re used to where the further you get from the equator the larger the land mass appears spending our lives looking at flat mercator maps on walls and in books really does warp our sense of distance and size think of looking at the true sizes by cutting the surface of a globe up into the individual countries and bodies of water those are the true sizes continue reading share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on reddit opens in new window reddit share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print like loading posted in map monday tagged 000 asia australia authagraph map brazil california canada china europe great lakes greenland india mercator projection prisons per 100 relative size of countries russia south america ukraine world maps 52 comments world peace day yeah right posted on september 20 2025 by jane fritz signe wilkinson september 21 is world peace day aka the un s international day of peace this special day was established by the united nations back in 1981 forty four years ago and look where we are now the official theme for this year s observation of world peace day is act now for a peaceful world encouraging everyone to take action to build a peaceful world through understanding non violence and respect for diversity given what s going on right now in the world reading that makes me want to cry continue reading share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on reddit opens in new window reddit share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print like loading posted in history and politics tagged conflicts diversity freedom of speech gaza international day of peace israel trump ukraine un united nations united states war world peace day leave a comment seniors can fight for their rights even nuns posted on september 17 2025 by jane fritz i don t know about you but i found this recent article in the online bbc irresistible i knew it had to be shared i think many of my fellow seniors will relate to these feisty nuns younger people beware defiant nuns flee care home for their abandoned convent in the alps sister rita l sister regina c and sister bernadette were sent to a care home against their will in 2023 three austrian nuns in their 80s have run away from the retirement home where they were placed and gone back to their former convent sister bernadette 88 sister regina 86 and sister rita 82 are the last three nuns at the kloster goldenstein convent in elsbethen just outside salzburg they regained access with the help of former students and a locksmith church authorities are not happy but the nuns are i am so pleased to be home sister rita said i was always homesick at the care home i am so happy and thankful to be back continue reading share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on reddit opens in new window reddit share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print like loading posted in odds and ends tagged austrian convent bbc care homes defiant nuns elderly nuns runaway nuns student support 39 comments older posts search for follow blog via email email address follow by email join 2 160 other subscribers follow blog by rss feed rss posts top posts pages 52 ancestors in 52 weeks 20 pre loyalist moses pickard makes a final move why you should visit canada s maritime provinces pressure is a privilege really meme monday trump s vision of making american great again map monday from the smallest countries to the largest be the change you wish to see in the world 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