Last week Because I am a Girl celebrated the National Day of the Girl by holding Pink LemonAid stands around Toronto (and across Canada!). Tons of celebs came out to support girls…even a few boys! STEREOS’ Daniel Johnson and The Artist Life’s Dean Richards Degrassi Girls and Paula Roberts from Plan Canada Check out Sarah Taylor‘s [...]

An Interview with Gail Prosser-Craig from Canada’s Worst Handyman Last week I had a chance to ask a couple of questions to Gail Prosser-Craig, a female master carpenter and contractor, and member of the cast of Canada’s Worst Handyman. She’s also the owner of Women Who Build Stuff. She took time out of her busy [...]

Which one of these pictures shows the Developing Country? (see below for answer) In the world of International Development, we’ve got a bit of a problem…what should we call the countries where we work? You’ve probably heard a few different terms: the Third World, Developing Countries and the Global South. My question today is, how [...]

HAPPY DAY OF THE GIRL! Today is the day to celebrate your girlie-ness. We want Canada to recognize the National Day of the Girl every year on September 22. Its not official yet (sign the petition to help make it official!), but who cares…we’re going to celebrate anyway. And so should you! Because I’m a [...]

Tomorrow the world will celebrate the International Day of Peace. This year, the UN is focusing on the question, What are YOU doing for Peace? For the past 100 days they’ve been collecting stories and videos from people around the world about what they’re doing to promote cease fire and non-violence. It got me thinking, [...]

Ten years ago, world leaders got together and thought hard about what it would take make a difference in impoverished countries. They came up with 8 ideas to change the world, which became the Millennium Development Goals. Not content just to talk about these goals, they decided to set a deadline for achieving these goals: [...]

Sometimes I feel like I should join Facebookers Anonymous because of all the time I spend creeping my friends’ walls. If that’s you, think about joining the Because I am a Girl Facebook Page. You can connect with the other girls who are our fans, hear about upcoming events, and have your say too!  Here [...]

When I was younger, I used to be big on get rich quick schemes.  I once spent several hours boiling pine needles in water to create “Pine Wine” which I was sure would be the next big drink.  Or once I had a garage sale without my mom knowing and sold all the uncomfortable dresses [...]

So, if you haven’t heard already, I’ve just moved aaaaalllllll the way across the country to beautiful Vancouver, BC.  Now I know that I don’t really need an excuse to move across the country to such a beautiful place, but the reason is that I just started my Masters degree at the University of British [...]

Are you ready for the Day of the Girl? This September 22, we’ll be celebrating girls in a big way. We’re asking the Canadian Government to recognize September 22 as the National Day of the Girl (sign the petition here to help convince them), and we’re also hoping that you’ll celebrate being a girl in [...]