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This morning, during a cursory glance at Facebook, I spotted a mobile upload, posted by my old high school friend, Laura Dunkley. She posted this photo, along with this caption: Laura: Not being funny but I think this is possibly unintentionally racist. Is dark skin not considered ‘normal’ by Dove??? Now, normally, I would not have noticed this myself, were I wondering around a shop such as Boots or similar. The reason I would not have noticed are pretty much going to be the crux of this blog post, but I will mention that I am a British (South) Asian woman in my late twenties, having been born & brought up in the south of England, where I’ve lived pretty much my whole life. I’ll ... Continue reading →
Green Party leader Elizabeth May objected Thursday to the Conservative government’s targeting of “repeat users” of the Employment Insurance system — because she was one herself. Ms. May said that from 1975 to 1980, she received what was then called unemployment insurance during the off-season while working as a waitress and cook at her family’s restaurant and gift shop business in Cape Breton, she says. Labelling regular users of EI, such as herself, as lazy or abusing the system is unfair, she said. “I paid into employment insurance. When I needed it, I used it. When I didn’t, I didn’t. I raise my personal experience because I don’t think anyone should be ashamed that seasonal businesses in this country that are big, or small, have ... Continue reading →
How Quebec’s tuition price tags match up to the rest of Canada: Graphic Richard Johnson and Jake Edmiston, National Post Staff May 18, 2012 – 8:08 PM ET There’s one fact that usually gets slipped into the bottom of news reports on the Quebec student protests: that the province has some of the lowest tuition rates in Canada. But how low is low? The National Post’s graphics department compares: A LARGER VERSION OF THIS IMAGE | A LARGE SCALE PDF OF THIS GRAPHIC National Post GraphicsClick to enlarge Email: rjohnson@nationalpost.com Twitter: @newsillustratorSee more of Richard Johnson’s work at: newsillustrator.com Posted in: Canada, Graphics, News Tags: Quebec, Quebec Tuition Debate, Tuition Debate blog comments powered by Disqus Continue reading →
