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When I googled “Marshall Saunders”, I was given several web links to “Margaret Marshall Saunders”, a prolific writer from Nova Scotia. What a delight to happen chance on her name and information, she was the first Canadian writer to sell a million books with her book “Beautiful Joe, translated into 15 languages. Who knew? I will source her book from interlibrary loan after this post!. Thank-you! Does Google now realize I don’t live in the US? I had to put the quote you gave into a google search to come up with the Marshall Saunders you write about. When I clicked on your link for the site to make banners/posters, I was transported to my high school days when painting banners to herald a team with friends, to discover after midnight on a school night that we had not positioned our lettering appropriately to fit the last letter of our slogan. Thankfully art talent is manifested in my brother’s graphic design talents, my nephew enrolled at Emily Carr, another nephew in UBC film school, and my daughters’ anime skills. Interestingly, I signed up for email from David Suzuki’s organization, but I have never seen information on the activist education course. I had decided to try to quilt a piece of artwork based on an “ocean life” link from a post/request for funds in early December 2021, not seen amongst the artwork you displayed in your post. I had seen references to 365.org and never knew exactly what type of organization it was. So thank-you.

No, I know I am not going to be a climate change leader. I am going to be a resolute Canadian ambassador in the quintessential search for a Canadian clothing company that ethically sources their materials and produces them in a sustainable way wherever that may be, be accountable to their carbon footprint and fair labor alliances along their shipping lines, and demonstrate that they are paying a “living wage” throughout their production facilities and along their entire supply chains. This includes their customer service reps and sales staff in TO and Vancouver, two cities that you know have always been in the highest cost of living cities on the planet in the last few decades. I am not keen about crowds, the pandemic notwithstanding.

I have never been a fan of social media, as I did not need 6,000 friends. I am scrolling through TikTok and Discord as that is what my teenagers are addicted to, and as a parent, I have to know what they are watching. My young co-workers want me to follow them on Instagram when they return to the UK. I am baffled how none of these sites involves or encourages “conversation” beyond an emoji or less than a phrase.

I am also old, and the articles and statistics I follow on NPR and American digital magazines, based articles plus Canadian research I read, attest to my recent experience, that Millennials and Gen Z’s are open and inclusive to most typically marginalized groups, but are biased against and “dismiss” les gens over 50. I doubt they would rally with me.

I am astute at dissecting statistics from medical and genetic studies, biotech, health, and nutritional research studies. I know that statistics can be reported to promote a particular slant of the result, which promotes further gain or discredits information or a political interest. It is a very transferable skill set, easily routed to reviewing companies who green wash or advertising campaigns that are not telling the full story. I know the textile industry and that is what I will stick to. An Australian company has requested some research information from me....so. I will continue to shine light on Canadian clothing company practices.

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My pleasure, Pam! I'm glad you found the information useful.

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