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Alysha Haugen and Magali Meagher: Starting a Vibe with Girls Rock Camp Toronto

March 4, 2011 • Desirée O

Every month I profile a new incredible woman, each from a different walk of life. Different professions, causes, backgrounds, ethnicities, orientations, and anything/everything else!

So without further delay, let me introduce the wonderful Alysha Haugen and Magali Meagher…

Photo by Michael Fil

Alysha Haugen and Magali Meagher love to bring together their knack for creating music with their knack for creating community, and to do this they’ve just started Toronto’s very own Girls Rock Camp!

Girls Rock Camp Toronto is a day camp for girls ages 8-16 that will be happening July 18-22, 2011. Girls come for a week long crash course in playing an instrument, songwriting, zine making, self-defense and more. At the end of the week, campers get to perform their original song with their band at a local live music venue. Girls who attend the camp don’t need to have any prior music experience, and instruments are provided.

Just as the camp has launched their camper and volunteer registration, Alysha and Magali answer our questions as two very rockin’ shameless women.
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Emma Allison: Teen Writer Who’s Booking Through 365

January 13, 2011 • Desirée O

Every month I profile a new incredible woman, each from a different walk of life. Different professions, causes, backgrounds, ethnicities, orientations, and anything/everything else!

So without further delay, let me introduce the wonderful Emma Allison…

Emma Allison is a Canadian home schooled teenager who writes and edits for her book blog, Booking Through 365. She hopes to be a young adult librarian when she comes of age. For now, she reads, writes, tweets in excessive quantities and attempts to understand quantum physics in her spare time.

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Marlene Leung: Working for a Bigger Cause at UofT’s Centre for Mother, Infant, and Child Research & Parkdale Street Writers

December 9, 2010 • Desirée O

Every month I profile a new incredible woman, each from a different walk of life. Different professions, causes, backgrounds, ethnicities, orientations, and anything/everything else!

So without further delay, let me introduce the wonderful Marlene Leung…

Marlene Leung is a clinical research coordinator for the University of Toronto’s Centre for Mother, Infant, and Child Research specializing in international research related to maternal/fetal medicine. Her job has taken her to many amazing places and allowed her to work with other researchers committed to maternal and child health from all over the world. When not working, she is also a member of the Parkdale Street Writers, a group that explores trying different kinds of writing, through a series of hands-on workshops led by local authors and artists.

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Tanya Smith: Practicing Traditional Chinese Medicine and More

November 11, 2010 • Desirée O

Every month I profile a new incredible woman, each from a different walk of life. Different professions, causes, backgrounds, ethnicities, orientations, and anything/everything else!

So without further delay, let me introduce Tanya Smith…

Dr. Tanya Smith, TCM is a Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Registered Acupuncturist, AND a Birth Doula. Using acupuncture and traditional herbs to heal women’s reproductive health, she is committed to “throwing back the silk curtain to demystify Chinese Medicine so it becomes a mainstream choice for women’s healthcare.” Her mission is for women to listen to the subtle whispers of their symptoms when something is out of balance and not wait until it’s severe to get help. That why she’s definitely a Shameless Woman.

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Billy Pettinger: Billy the Kid

October 14, 2010 • Desirée O

Every month I profile a new incredible woman, each from a different walk of life. Different professions, causes, backgrounds, ethnicities, orientations, and anything/everything else!

So without further delay, let me introduce the awesome Billy Pettinger…a.k.a. Billy the Kid…

“Life tends to give us what we want…but never how we expect it.” This is the first line on the “About” page for Billy the Kid’s website. Also known as Billy Pettinger, the singer/songwriter realizes that being “lost” isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

As awesome as she is shameless, Billy was able to answer our questions in the few days she had left before embarking on a tour across Canada to tell us about knowing in your heart what’s best for you.
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Two Years of Shameless Women!

October 7, 2010 • Desirée O

It’s funny what pops into your head while you’re falling asleep at night. For instance, “Hey! It’s October – which means I’ve been writing Shameless Women for two years!”

I want to say a huuuuuuge “THANK YOU!” to all of the Shameless Women I have interviewed. Activists, performers, artists, entrepreneurs, techy-ladies, and so much more – you have all been incredibly supportive, incredibly inspiring, and incredibly amazing!

For a full list of all the awesome Shameless Women I have interviewed click here. Or you can find them by clicking here.

Be sure to check in next Thursday for a brand new Shameless Women interview!

Shameless as always,
D. Cole Ossandon
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Madeleine Shaw and Suzanne Siemens: The Ladies of Lunapads

July 22, 2010 • Desirée O

Every other Thursday I profile a new incredible woman, each from a different walk of life. Different professions, causes, backgrounds, ethnicities, orientations, and anything/everything else!

So without further delay, let me introduce two Shameless Women, the amazing Madeleine Shaw and Suzanne Siemens…

Showing that “it is possible to build a successful business with feminist and social values while bringing prosperity to the local and global community,” partners Madeleine Shaw and Suzanne Siemens have combined their passions, creativity and business skills to defy cultural taboos and successfully bring Lunapads to the masses while helping to reduce the estimated 14 billion pads, tampons and applicators that are deposited into North American landfills every year.
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Pearl Luke: The Voice Behind Madame Zee and Burning Ground

July 8, 2010 • Desirée O

Every other Thursday I profile a new incredible woman, each from a different walk of life. Different professions, causes, backgrounds, ethnicities, orientations, and anything/everything else!

So without further delay, let me introduce the wonderful Pearl Luke…

Pearl Luke is the author of two critically acclaimed novels: Madame Zee, which was a book club pick for Chatelaine, Flare, and CanadianLiving magazines and was long-listed for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, is a fictionalization of the life of the mistress of one of Canada’s cult leaders.

Burning Ground, which was a Globe and Mail notable book of the year, won the Commonwealth Prize for Best First Novel in the Canada/Caribbean region, and was short-listed for the Chapter/Robertson Davies Prize, the Georges Bugnet award, and the Canadian Booksellers’ Libris award, is the story of a bi-sexual woman and her unconventional love relationships.

Also a former writer-in-residence for the city of Taipei, Taiwan, Pearl currently writes and mentors writers online, privately from her website, www.be-a-better-writer.com. As this week’s Shameless Woman, she tells us why we shouldn’t be afraid to follow what excites us.
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Abena Malika: Loving Creativity

June 24, 2010 • Desirée O

Every other Thursday I profile a new incredible woman, each from a different walk of life. Different professions, causes, backgrounds, ethnicities, orientations, and anything/everything else!

So without further delay, let me introduce the amazing Abena Malika…

Photo by Sandy Nicholson

Have you ever felt the jitters? If Abena Malika has, you wouldn’t know it from the amazing work she does as both an actor and equally talented singer. With an impressive resumé that includes credits from both television and theatre, Abena is also the recipient of the 2007 NAACP Theatre Award for ’Da Kink In My Hair (San Diego Repertory Theatre) and has toured as a singer with Toronto band Jacksoul, as well as opening for James Brown on his last Canadian tour.

Currently performing in Soulpepper’s production of Jitters, which previews today (June 24th) and opens June 30th, Abena has taken time to answer our questions as this week’s Shameless Woman.
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Suba Sankaran: Worldly Multi-Musician

June 10, 2010 • Desirée O

Every other Thursday I profile a new incredible woman, each from a different walk of life. Different professions, causes, backgrounds, ethnicities, orientations, and anything/everything else!

So without further delay, let me introduce the amazing Suba Sankaran…

Suba Sankaran is a DORA award-winning, JUNO-nominated multi-musician (voice, piano, percussion). Regularly performing across North America, Europe and Asia with world music ensembles Autorickshaw and Trichy’s Trio, she also seamlessly crosses genres with artists such as the FreePlay Duo (with Dylan Bell) and Retrocity (80s a cappella revue). She has also performed for Nelson Mandela, Bishop Desmond Tutu, and Peter Gabriel.

In demand as a choral director, arranger, educator and composer, she has composed, recorded and produced music for theatre, film, radio and dance, including collaborations with Oscar-nominee Deepa Mehta. And she’s this week’s amazingly Shameless Woman.

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