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					<description><![CDATA[In honour of the holiday season that continues today with Lunar year festivities, Empower&#8217;em&#8217;s very talented Paris reminds us to be conscious of our privileges and blessings in life.]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[In honour of Empower&#8217;em&#8217;s annual sanitary product drive, we called in an expert to educate our audience on period poverty. The following is a short interview with Meghan the creator of Period Packs, a local organization in Ottawa focused on providing access to menstrual health...]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Empower&#8217;em is a platform for women of colour to share their experiences and so, with that being said, this will be a category on our blog consisting of small anecdotes in which women recall themselves being misidentified and underrepresented. It’s almost 2020 and it’s crazy...]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[It is going to be my first Diwali in Italy and away from home. Where all the 5 days, including the major celebration of Diwali, is spent having multiple dinners with all the family members (read: all the aunts, uncles and cousins) who live within...]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[The 22 of October is International Stuttering Awareness Day. One of our newest writers; Paris Barnes, goes ito depth about what it is like living with a stutter. Stuttering is a type of communication disorder when there are prolongations, repetition of words as well as...]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[This month is Global Diversity Awareness Month so this interview entails discourse about women of colour in the workplace and the challenges they face in Canada. This interview has been conducted as a podcast and broken down into individual recordings. Nayaelah Siddiqui is the creator...]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>How I Balance School, Work and a Blog</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Sep 2019 00:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Many find post-secondary stressful because of the workload received on a weekly basis. There are so many learning curves and challenges every day. It can be tough sometimes. Imagine having to go to school full-time and on top of that work 20-30 hours a week....]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Birth Control 101</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Sep 2019 16:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We asked representatives from Planned Parenthood Ottawa to give us the rundown of everything birth control. We asked five questions that delivered important answers and advice. Please always talk to a professional before making your decision regarding birth control and remember to maintain your reproductive...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Real Series September Special</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2019 12:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[For the Real Series this month, I will be talking about my own reproductive health journey. This is the story about how I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer at 19 years old. To listen to my story, please play the following video.]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>The Freshest Freshman Advice</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2019 00:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[You are about to enter some unfamiliar territory. Beware, for there are snakes, traps and even more snakes up ahead. But don’t worry my fresh-faced Freshman: I have been there before and I can guarantee it will all work out! You’re heading off into your...]]></description>
		
		
		
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