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How to land your international dream job

Ryan Fetterly
Nov 3rd, 2012

An American film maker producing a short trailer about a Tanzanian solar company. The sun sets behind Mt.Mer u-- just another day at the office.

If you want to work internationally stop and ask yourself a few questions.

The most important is, ‘Am I a flexible individual?’ Living abroad means your diet, schedule, work environment and social circle all change.

Although you may get to explore new mountains or beaches international workers need to expect a different day-to-day lifestyle. Cars will break down, power outages will alter you work day; you need to adjust and keep going.

The second question is ‘Am I independent?’ International living most often means being far away from family and friends while also encountering new obstacles. Talking to foreign police officers looking for bribes, and a flat tire in a remote village are examples that will require quick thinking and problem solving.

Debunking the 'oppressed' Muslim woman myth

Eva Sajoo
Oct 6th, 2012

Photo sourced from Colour Lines

One day, not long ago, an anthropologist named Lila was having a conversation with her friend Zaynab, a rural Egyptian woman. Lila explained that she was planning to write a book about western concern for Muslim women deprived of their rights. Zaynab nodded approvingly, noting that she was regularly on the receiving end of injustice, but when Lila mentioned that coverage of Muslim women focused on Islam as the cause of their troubles Zaynab was shocked.

“Everyone knows that the government is the problem!” she replied.

This conversation is one of many examples of how the ways that Muslim women see their lives and their problems can be completely at odds with the way they are portrayed to western audiences.

Professor Lila Abu-Lughod addressed  this problem to a large audience at Simon Fraser University’s Harbor Centre Campus on October 4, discussing this gap, which she has tracked over thirty years of fieldwork in Muslim communities.

Mitt Romney speech at GOP convention: live blog

Jenny Uechi
Aug 30th, 2012

8:16 -- A rousing finish to Romney's speech. Crowd erupts in cheers as Paul Ryan joins him on the stage, then later by Ann Romney and Janna Ryan. 

8:12 -- Romney talking tough about Iran and Russia. "Does the America we want borrow $1 trillion from China?" he asks. 

8:10 -- Reign in the skyrocketing cost of health care by repealing Obamacare, says Romney. "(Women) need a president who understands and respects what they do" says Romney. "As President, I'll honour the sanctity of life."  

8:06 -- He's mentioning that energy independence plan again...which will rely on Canadian oil  and gas. 

8:05 -- "(Obama's) assault on coal and oil and gas will send all our energy jobs to China," says Romney. 

 8:03 -- "America supported this President in good faith" these past four years, says Romney, complaining about how Obama "crushed the middle class" and how one out of six Americans live in poverty.

8:00 -- Romney talks about Apple's Steve Jobs, his comeback and how he exemplifies all the American virtues. Throws jabs at Jimmy Carter and Obama.   

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