Dissent alone isn’ enough, Sharing your dog with your ex (ex)couple does, and they got advice for you Survey based in Winnipeg finds half victimized byanetwork It would often happen late at night. ‘A father, respected as a pro- fessional and family man, would awaken his two toddler daugh- ters and take them to his back office, away from the bedrooms Where their mother and siblings slept. Groggy and confused, the follow his instruc- and hula skits. ‘As they grew older, strange men would arrive when their mother was away. Under their father’s guidance, the girls would reluctantly agree to do what they were told, ‘would see him over me and FAST FORWARD SFUTURE mitt.ca/gtech )eoipe to our ‘we were both naked,” recalls Odette, now 23, one of three sisters speaking publicly for the first time about the abuse their father inflicted, "He would tell me it was a special bond for us. ‘The father would post their special bond with parents and abusers across the US. and Eur. ope as a central player in an international child exploitation ring involving more than a mil lion images. Odette and her sisters Rose- mary and Lucy (pseudonyms they chose) are among the vic- tims of what a new intemational survey conducted by the Win- nipeg-based Canadian Centre for Child Protection suggests is widespread tragedy — child ‘exploitation rings led by parents of the abused. Responses from 128 child- abuse survivors across North ‘America and Europe found 52 per cent were victimized by a network of abusers, overwhelm ingly involving their own par- ents, who shared images and even their children themselves Get Ready for Fall! a*.) ‘Open House on February 22 & 23 Picture yourself inacareerasa) || Graphic & Print }) Technician MANITOBA INSTITUTE OF TRADES AND TECHNOLDOY JOHANNA SCHNELLER Black-ish takes Trump win head on —and it’s powerful metroLIFE High-3°C/Low-5°C Partly cloudy © © with others. In most cases — nearly 70 per cent — images were then shared with millions ‘more strangers online, Most survivors are haunted by the online life of the im- agery. More than 70 per cent Parents main culprits in child-abuse rings trusted by children were respon- sible for not only abusing their children, but sadly, also orches- and facilitating the abuse ny ofthe three sisters is the story of most child abuse vic surveyed suid that the tims. Their abuse ike imagery never ends 60 per cent of survey and makes them feel O% respondents, involved vulnerable to being (+38 a parent, most oftena recognized. About ther. Like the more 90 percent said their | Roughppereentage | than 80 per cent of abuse afected both | ofeasesinwhigh, respondents theyare their education and _ images were female. fessional success, Shared with eexploit posi strangers online Tes expla in part because they know their victimiza tion continues online. ‘About 30 per cent said they had been recognized by someone who saw their images online. OF those, 64 percent said they were “targeted” — either blackmailed or propositioned. “We were definitely most shocked about the extent of or ganized child sexual abuse in our survey.” says executive director Liana MeDonald. “We learned that often those closest and most survey respondents, before age 12. Like all respondents in the suivey, their abuse was recorded. ‘That father, whose name is being withheld to protect the identity ofthe women, isin prison. He was sentenced more than a decade ago, along with more than 20 others, to 30 years for conspiracies to sexually exploit children and produce and dis- explicit material CONQUER. ALL _CNDITIONS SALES EVENT ——NO CHARGE ALL-WHEEL ~DRIVE- ON SELECT MODELS NISSAN SEE FOR SPECIAL OFFERS! Your essential daily news Millennials ‘busy trying Witness says he to survive’, Ashton says = =sirl One of the last people to see 13-year-old Candace Derksen to stop. I would say, sidelining | alive testified Monday that he this issue. It’s only going to | had a crush on the girl, jok- get worse ingly threw snow in her face Metro: in terms of leader- | and briefly saw her walk away ship, have you given more | from her school, thought toifand when you will | It would be six weeks before run for the NDP leadership? | her frozen, hog-tied body was Niki Ashton: “I'm still think | found inside a plywood shed in. ing about it. There's no limit or | an industrial yard, and two dec- date that I've set. We were very | ades before a man with a long busy with fighting key issues | criminal record was charged here in the riding... 'll be tak- | with the killing. ing the next period of time to | _“Isaid, ‘Are you going home? think about it more, have more | and she said “Yeah,” David conversations about it ... For | Wiebe told court. “I said, ‘OK, if me, any leadership race needs | Thad time 'd walk you home.” tobe about ideas and that takes | Wiebe was the frst witness to time to reflect on and to flesh | testify at the retrial of Mark Ed- out, I'm in no rush.” ward Grant. Grant was charged Metro: Was this national | in 2007 following DNA testing tour a way for you to test the | on twine used to bind Derksen, waters —to get face time with | and convicted in 2011 of second young people and hear their | degree murder. issues, hear their ideas —be- | The conviction was over- fore possibly running? turned two years later when Niki Ashton: “The national | an Appeal Court ruled the trial tour was very much focused on | judge erred in not allowing what we intended it to be and | Grant's defence to present evi- we started it before we even | dence that pointed to another knew about the leadership vote | possible killer —an unidentified in April. 've been on this since | person who tied up a 12-year- (last) January. The national tour | old girl in 1985 while Grant was is really areflection of my critic | in custody on another matter. EMPLOYMENT millennials during your listen- New Democrat’s i!!! 424 did they havea lof of the same isstes across tour uncovers the county or did they vay harsh truths for © wiki ashton: “Desinitely tots . of growing, common themes country’s youth jeiiiy there was) a xrow- ing sense of hopelessness. We Jessica heard ‘Som young people that Botolhe-Urbanski said flat out, they're incap- Fete Wace! able of dreaming of a fiture people are just busy with last year, NDP MP Niki Ashton trying to survive. We had a setouttodiscover just how bad number of young people tell the working situation is for us in our meetings that they millennials in Canada. Can't imagine having kids be- ‘Anecdotally, the Churchill: case they don’t have finan- Keewatinook Aski MPand NDP cial security themselves, never critic for jobs, employment and mind bringing somebody into workforce development had this world heard of many young people We heard about how precar forced to work feelance and iousness is often exacerbated rely on short-term contracts you're racilized worker if tosunvive you're a woman, if you're LG Ashton stopped in 14 cities B10 And we heard about how across the country in 2016 for young people in many cases town hall meetings with mil- are made to feel alone —that lennials to hear their stories, somehow they did something Ashton, 34, isa part of the wrong, they didn’t pick the generation, which spans from right education path or career bout 18 to 35 years. path. But many. even in these ‘She will be discussing her meetings, hve come to realize findings in a lecture at the that they're not alone and that NDPMP Niki Ashton will be in Winnipeg on Feb. 18 to talk area and what, asa millennial | — The Crown on Monday pro- University of Winnipeg Wed- many people are facing what _ to students at the University of Winnipeg about how they're in politics, where | think our | ceeded with a new trial which nesday entitled The Precarious they're facing.” handling precarious work situations. rorsraR news sexvice ALE political leaders need to be | is scheduled to last 34 days Generation: Millennials Fight _ Metro: How are you help- giving more attention. Grant, now in his 50s and Back, from 6:30 pm. to 8 p.m. ing millennials after hearing _We've called on the prime Prime Minister and his gov- "Obviously the discussions | dressed in a dark suit, said “not in Room 1113, followed by a all their grievances? minister numerous times — ernment to hear what we've around leadership would come | guilty” as he was asked for a question and answer period. Niki Ashton:“(The NDP) did who's also the minister of put forward: to listen to mil- up in informal conversations, | plea on a charge of secondde- The interview has been edit- doa call toaction at the begin- youth — to heed this call to lennials, to drop the rhetoric people would ask me about | gree murder. Not far behind ed for length and clarity. ning of December ... and I'll ‘action ... We're going to con- around getting used to the job it. But I was quick to bring it | him, the victim’s parents, Cliff Metro: What are some of be talking a bit about that on tinue to push this call to ac churn, which we heard from back to what we were all do- | and Wilma Derksen, sat quietly. the things you learned from Wednesday night. tion, but itreally is up to the the finance minister, and also ing here THE CANADIAN PRESS “RWB WINNIPEG BALLET | MOEEEMScron | manne ; @ Upmanesa MIXED PROGRAMME J ..---- ANGELS IN THE ARCHITECTURE + CELTS + VERTIGINOUS + DON QUIXOTE PAS DE DEUX DBs: FOUNDATION JAN 27 - 28 / 2017 pantaces PLAYHOUSE THEATRE! pete: Choreography Mark Godden / Lila York / William Forsythe / Marius Petipa TICKETS FROM $29 RWB.ORG 719% By THE NUMBERS 7 lratingsl Bowman's approval rating slips 65% Anew poll’ released by. 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Ina letter to Blaine Calkins, one of two Conservative MPs ‘who filed formal complaints, Dawson said she will examine both Trudeau's stay at the is- land and his use of the Aga ! t u I I E t f ' { 1 if Justin Trudeau and Aga Khan in May 2016. sex xurarncxtHe Khan's private helicopter to get there. Dawson wrote that she has “commenced an investigation to determine if Trudeau broke two sections of federal ethics laws “in connection with his recent stay at and travel to the ‘Aga Khan's privately owned island” The vacation included Tru- deau, his wife and three kids, Liberal MP Seamus O'Regan and Liberal party president ‘Anna Gainey, all of whom took part in helicopter flights be- tween the capital city of Nas- sau and the secluded island, oe Police guard the entrance of the Blue Parrot nightclubin Playadel Carmen, Mexico. MEXICO Canadians killed in shooting ‘Two Canadians were among at least five people killed Monday a shooting attack at an elec: tronic music festival in Mex: ico’s Caribbean coast resort of Playa del Carmen, Mexican authorities said. ‘And Canadian government officials added that at least two other Canadians were wound- ed in the deadly incident at a popular night club. The attorney general of Quintana Roo siate said three of the dead appear were part of the security detail at the 10-day BPM electronic music festival. Miguel Angel Pech said the shooting occurred about 2:30 a.m. at the Blue Parrot nightclub, one of the BPM Fes- tival’s venues in Playa del Car ‘men, just south of Cancun Pech said a lone gunman apparently tried to enter the nightclub, but was denied ac- cess because he had a gun, The gunman began to ex- change fire with another per- son inside, he said, and festi- “WITH 1 YEAR MEMBERSHIP EXPIRI val security personnel tried to stop the shooting and came under fir. Pech said it was not a terror- {st attack and that three people had been detained nearby, but it was unclear if they had been involved in the shooting. “We know of another shoot- ing incident that occurred near the nightclub, but we are in- vestigating whether that is re- lated” to the nightclub shoot- ings,” Pech said. © Insrier Home sales rebound Home sales are not going to be as big of a boost to the Canadian economy this year as they were in 2016, the Canadian Real Estate Association said Monday as it released its latest batch of figures. The real estate association says home sales were up 2.2 per cent in December from the previous month, rebounding partially from a big drop following the introduction of new mortgage rules, THE CANADIAN PRESS Family finds pills in ‘tubofice cream Niagara regional police are advising residents to be alert after discovering Advil capsules in a container of ice cream. They say a resident opened a sealed container of Iceberg French Vanilla ice cream and began serving it to family members before discovering about eight pills in the container. No one ingested the pills found inside the ice (Cream. THe CANADIAN PRESS CONVENIENTLY LOCATED THROUGHOUT WINNIPEG! ‘www.shapes.ca We Offer Hot Yoga 8 Suspect in Istanbul New Year’s attack captured TERRORISM for Turkish military operations in : northem Syria. The man identi Massacre fedthe spc ha bee on claimed 39 the min since the attack ee 7 “Hurriyet newspaper and other lives, including | mecia have identtied the gun- one Canadian iishetannstoal tess pect was to undergo medical ‘A gunman suspected of killing checks before being taken to 39 people includinga Canadian police headquarters for ques- woman duringa New Year's at Honing, the paper said in its tack on an Istanbul nightelub online edition, hhas been caught in a police oper Dogan news agency published ation, Turkish media reports Stid what it said was the first im- early Tuesday. age of the attacker. It showed a The suspect was captured in bruised, blackhaired man in a a special operations police raid grey. bloodied shirt being held onahousein Istanbul's Esenyurt by his neck. Private NIV tele- district, private NIV television vision said the gunman had re- reported. The broadcaster said sisted arrest. he had been staying in the house TV reported that the sus- belonging toa friend from Kyr _pect’s Kyrgyz friend and three i gyestan, ‘ther people also were detained. Daesh has claimed responsibil. His four-year-old child, who was ity for the nightclub massacre, _ with himat the home, was taken saying the attack in the first _ into protective custody. hours of Jan. 1 was in reprisal ‘The Reinaclub attack suspect after being caught by Turkish Police in Istanbul on Monday. o¢ro Protos Via HE AssociATED PRESS . ® Global digest NORTHERN IRELAND SOUTHKOREA KYRGYZSTAN NIGERIA Unity government falls Samsung scion accused Cargoplanecrashkills37 | Bomberskillprofessor, child T , Northern Ireland's shattered | Ina departure from the lenien- A Turkish cargo plane Three suicide bombers, inclu Learn where unity government will be dis- | cy typically given South Korean | crashed Monday in a residen- | ing a child, exploded at dawn solved next week to make | big businesses, prosecutors on tial area just outside the main | Monday at Nigeria northeast- way for an early election Monday requested the arrest! airport in Kyrgyzstan, de fem University of Maidugur An e demanded by the coalition’s | ofthe de facto head of Sam- | stroying half ofa village and | killing a university professor > J : main Irish Catholic ps sung Electronics, the countrys_{ killing at least 37 people in| and another child, witnesses the secretary of state for the | most valuable company, inan | the plane and on the ground, | and police said. 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With the publicity of activ- ist movements like Idle No More, Black Lives Matter and Occupy Wall Street, it’s easy to say that activism failed to win the American election, In fact, activism elected Donald Trump. Activism, too, will be necessary in the next few years, ‘After the election of Bar- ack Obama, two ongoing phenomena strengthened in volume and vigour. First, there was the Re~ publican strategy of engin- ering the boundaries of electoral districts to its own advantage. Having won gov- ernorships and legislatures in key states like Pennsyl- vania and Michigan after redistricting campaigns, the GOP began winning at the national level where Democrats had usually won or traditionally had a fight- ing chance, With millions of dollars in funding, such efforts changed the electoral map. In politics, malfeasance is the name of the game. Done artfully, it’s strategy. This was at time when resistance to the ideas that elected Barack Obama began to coalesce online. In spaces once devoted to gaming and picking up ‘women, men (and some women) shared their frus- trations with being alienat- ed by the gains of feminism and identity politics. Thus, they organized. ‘These activist streams found common cause across the Obama years on issues like abortion, and equal marriage. In Trump, however, the net effect: a society that has more read- ily accepted the racist, sex- ist and xenophobic polit- icians who now enjoy broad governing power across the voted for Hillary Clinton is ready and willing to be mo- bilized. Within this broad co- alition, however, lies the problem of going high when others go low. ‘After a firebombing at a local North Carolina GOP office in October, liberals ‘crowd-funded in sympathy. Mind you, this is a party that was already in power and had passed some of. the country’s most restrict: ive voter-ID laws such that large numbers of black vot ers were disenfranchised. After all that do-gooding, ‘Trump won the state. In this way, the focus on win- ning over hearts and minds ‘was divorced from political pragmatism. ‘The Canadian political equivalent is, in our fash- ion, much more laughable. Members of the left-of- centre parties — Green, NDP, Liberal — have been enrolling in the Conserva- tive party in order to en: sure Kellie Leitch won't win the leadership race. Again, rather than doing any num: ber of activities to bolster the liberal cause, voters on the left are handing their money to the literal oppos ition. (Ata cost of $15 for a year, that’s three elitist lattes they could be sipping on.) ‘The fight for human, rights, against oppression and towards equality isn't ‘easy and it never ends. And, right now, the forces ‘on the other side are show- ing, by their willingness to organize and act collect- ively, that they simply want it more Whether he’s a tyrant or simply a toddler, millions of lives and livelihoods are at the mercy of Trump's whims. Protecting them — and one another — will re quire activism with clarity and courage, Focus on people's econom- ic anxiety. Get out of your bubble, Stop talking about race, It's very liberal to dull the edges of one’s harsh- est criticisms. It is a crazy- making proposition. The solution shouldn't be to back off. The left needs to GOOD for GOOSE, GOOD FOR GANDER President-elect Donald Trump raises his fist, a gesture that since ancient times has signified resistance, ata rally in Alabama in December. cerry federal branches and in al- most two-thirds of states. Clearly this amounts to a virulent and intolerant brand of activism, And it has radically altered pol- ities, And yet, in the aftermath of the election, left-lean- ing people have been told to dilute their messaging. DAILY ACTIVIST AFFIRMATION Heed Joe Hill! “As 2017 kicks off, labour organizer and singer Joe Hills century- old words as he faced a Utah fring squad ("Don't waste any time in mourning. Organizet") have taken on a renewed meaning. n the face of what can seem like overwhelming (odds, time and time again, people have shown that successful organizing against injustice, building power through building and strengthening organizations and community depends on lots of vital but unseen everyday ‘grunt work:* of. ie Choudry, author of Lesming Activism become louder and more forceful in its criticism and its co-ordination. ‘There are a breadth of activist groups, from the water defenders of Stand- ing Rock to the organizers of Black Lives Matter, ad- vancing a cultural conversa- tion around human rights. The liberal majority that ALL WEEK: COMMENTARY AND IDEAS ON POLITICAL ACTION Dissent has its share of downsides mechanism for change. One need look no further than the failed Occupy movement to see the pitfalls ‘And so, while Ihaven't “abandoned the belief that ac- tivism can be a powerful tool for speaking truth to power, the grit of time and experi- ence has revealed my inner pragmatist. I question the ef= Shannon VanRaes North American auto makers ‘were shuttering plants, Yugo- slavia was descending into war and M.C. Hammer had just, released Too Legit to Quit — and somewhere deep in rural Ontario I was about to discover _ fectiveness of campaigning to the power of activism, end one practice or stop one The year was 1991 project with no aim beyond Amonthslong expansion of my beloved Summers’ Cor- ners Public School was near completion and as students the immediate goal. Is it worth fighting to prevent, say, one oil pipeline when it will do noth- Ing to decrease the use of fossil prepared to move into the fuels? Would activists see more new digs we got the bad news results by pushing for electric- —the school's name would. _ vehicle infrastructure? be changed to Malahide Public Ifactivism that pits one School way of life against another Outraged, I marched out of my Grade 3 classroom and does have the power to cre- ate systemic change, I haven't into the principal's office seek seen it, Real transformation ing permission to circulatea still requires a groundswell of petition asking the board to support and a critical mass to reverse its decision. | still r= ‘member Mr. Murray's dour ex- propel it forward. Yes, activism can save a pression as he said, “You can, ‘brary, change a law and even but it won't change anything” revitalize a community. And, How wrong he was. yes, activism can play a role Summers’ Comers Public School still stands today, wel- coming new generations of students under the old name more than a quarter-century after the fact. But while my elementary school has thrived in the intervening years, my confidence in activism has been somewhat tempered. ‘Attend a political rally today ‘and you'll be hard-pressed to pin down what exactly is being protested. One issue bleeds into another as anti- war becomes antitarsands becomes treaty rights becomes flood compensation becomes ‘government reform and on and on, Allare arguably worthy issues, but when presented as a general mass of discontent, activism proves an ineffective in popular movements, but activism alone cannot change social mores and it cannot change the core functioning of the systems we live and. govern by. “Activism is by its nature adversarial, it's a way to fight for or against something. But as the world enters an era of ‘uncertainty and polarization, it may be that movements based on radical empathy and critical discussion prove more ‘valuable than those centred purely on dissent. ‘There will be challenges ahead, there will be reasons to fight, causes too important ignore, but if those who see activism as the way forward don’t acknowledge its limita: tions, then the battle has al ready been lost PHILOSOPHERCAT ‘by JasonLogan ow ara ‘eakientsay ae, Saou Your essential daily news cuLTuRE The separation of dog ‘parents’ can be tough on the pooch too As Tiana Leonty and Jarret Wright's relationship was end: ing their biggest concern was “What do we do with Rex?" The 72-pound German shep- herd mix was a handful. Almost five years old and racked with separation anxiety, a condition they expected would only be ag- ‘gravated by losing a “parent” in aleash tug of war. ‘They bought him together, ‘tained him together, and adored him together. “We both loved Rex right away.” says Leonty, who, like ‘Wright, grew up witha dog. Rex came into their lives in 2015 asa three-year-old rescue. The Toron- to-based actors. who had been living together for two years, broke up just four months after getting the dog and faced the ‘question of what to do with Rex. “Tcould not take him from stay while the divorce is final- Janet. It would break my heart.” ized. The wife asked that the Leonty says. Wright too couldn't case be treated with a “custody part with Rex or take him from approach” as with kids in a di- Leonty,so the excouple decided — vorce, but the judge decided a to “coparent” instead, “dogs are property” approach ‘This arrangement could be was best. Ina 1S-page decision, comemorecommonplaceasmil- the judge recommended the lennials opt to adopt pets rather dogs stay with the wife's parents than have babies as they delay in the interim, marriage and home ownership. “In Canada, we tend not to ‘Breakups involving petsdon't purchase our children from always end this well-A judge in breeders,” wrote Justice Richard Saskatchewan recently rebuked Danyliuk, noting that, while childless couple in family court “there isa distinction between foveranapplication to determine _ animals and inanimate objects, ‘where two of their dogs would _itisalso true that both are prop- erty and are not dealt with under child custody principles.” ‘At the Toronto Centre for Canine Education, Caryn Liles has counselled clients during pet custody negotiations. She has successfully co-parented a threelegged dog with an ex for 10 years. The dog, Parker, died last year at the age of 14, “He was a really sensitive dog ina lot of ways but really bomb- proofin others. He was comfort- able going back and forth; he ddidin’t feel uprooted every time,” says Liles, who lived a 20-minute streetcar ride from her ex when “Wsatransition, for _sure. That was two ftryingtohave Wrongerhaitand Ukind of grew a littl attached tot.” since thelr epi ronstannewssenace they shared Parker. Liles often suggests a “trial period” where the “co-parents” try shared cus- tody fora couple of months and © perpre-nuP Animal lawyer Suzana Gartner recommends ‘couples formulate some kind of "pet pre-nuptial” agreement and a post: breakup "pet co-owner- ship agreement” to avoid, mediation. then reassess, “Ifthe dog is experiencing be- haviour challenges like reactivity or aggression or general anxiety or separation anxiety, shared custody — the back and forth, the uprooting — can be really traumatic for them,” she says. ‘That's what made Leonty nery- ous about co-parenting Rex with Wright, who was more adamant that they try joint custody. “Lwas wortied about Rex be cause he's a rehab dog and the ideal situation is for the dog to have one owner,” says Leonty, repeating the advice of multiple dog trainers, But ultimately, they decided they/d need each other's support in caring for Rex. “We didn't want to give him ‘up, so we thought we'd do this, sand see how this works,” says Jarret. “It's like sharing a kid.” When they moved out, they decided to live just three Blocks ‘apart to make the swapping easy. They didn't draw up any “cus- tody" papers, but soon developed a flexible "34/43" system: she haas Rex for 3 days; he gets Rex for 4, then she for 4 and so on. ‘After one year of co-parenting the arrangement has been a ‘When sharing doesn’t work, some people get litigious. That often gains media attention but disputes over animals rare- ly make it before a judge. says Mike Saini, University of Toronto social work professor and cus- tody evaluator for the Office of the Children’s Lawyer. “Most people can resolve their disputes without the courts." he says, “Family courts are already overtaxed by too many cases. 1 ‘would rather see these cases be twiaged in a different way.” ‘Animal lawyer Suzana Gartner recommends couples formulate some kind of “pet prenuptial” ‘agreement and a post-breakup “pet coownership agreement” to avoid mediation, Leonty and Wright aren't thinking about paperwork. After 4 year of sharing Rex, they've passed the “trial period.” “Ifa partner comes into the mix, they have to accept the ar rangement and the dog,” says Wright. “Beyond that they have to accept who my friends are and my ex is one of my clos- est friends.” rorsraR news Sewvice Why a split can spark a new you Jill Sockwell’s new book, The Optimist’s Guide to Divorce, sees her outline how divorce can be the spur for real, positive changes in yout life. ‘When Jill Sockwell’s marriage ‘came apart, her plan was tobinge read her way through the self help section at the bookstore. ‘What the mom of two from Maplewood, NJ. found, how- ever, is that those shelves of fered mostly dry, clinical books ‘on “surviving” divorce, usually penned by therapists. “On the fip side there were the memoirs like Fat, Pray, Love.” says Sockwell, “but didn't have the time or the budget to go find myself in Bali. [had to find myself on my couch while my kids were asleep in bunk beds.” She did, however, have time to finda new frend in Suzanne Riss, also recently separated, Together they founded a network of single moms called the Maplewood Divorce Club and co-authored a new book called The Optimist's Guide to Divorce: How to Get ‘Through Your Breakup and Cre ate a New Life You Love. You've said you wantedto challenge the notion that divorce is one of the worst ‘things that will ever happen toyou. How so? Tremember reading this ‘quote: “The world isround and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning," by former US. treasurer Ivy Baker Priest. ‘was lke, “That's it! This will be challenging, undoubtedly. It bbe hard for me, i'l be hard for my ex — its going to be hard for the kids. But 'm go- ing to find puxpose from this” Pat of creating a new life ‘when you're going through a separation and divorce — the first part really — is accept- ance. So it's kind of getting ‘unstuck from the “coulda, shoulda, wouldaving” of the past. To say, “This is really hap- pening." And then once you've accepted that, you have to choose how to move forward. Maybe you don't want to stay (where you're living). Maybe you won't have to, Maybe you never went on a beach vaca- tion because he didn't like the beach, There's litle things like that that you get to choose dif ferently tow, and then there's big things, like maybe you're ‘going to have a new career. It’ guaranteed that your life is going to look different and be different. So once you have ac- cepted that, you can move to the place of being empowered to create a whole new life. ‘There’s sucha good message inyourbookaboutusing the end of arelationship to introduce positive changes in your ownlife. You changed ‘carver. How have youseen ‘that playing out forthe other members of the Maplewood Divorce Club? I think what's interesting is that we put ourselves in little boxes, as humans, and every- body does it. And I think when you get divorced, it's a great time to get a box cutter and say, “'m going to give myself ‘alot more freedom to take stock of who Lam right now ‘and what I might want.” So What we see a Jot in the group is that people make some dr- ‘matic changes. They buy new houses. They switch careers, ‘We see people really delve into their past relationship patterns and do a lot of hard work on themselves with the hope and the intention of really switch- ing it up, changing their lives ‘and making the best of every day. Di January 17, 2017 Culture | metr@LIFE | Managing the world’s hospital Life on the front lines of global crises is getting harder Metro| Toronto Doctors Without Borders — known outside North America as Médecins Sans Frontiézes (MSF) —has had. tough several years. ‘The organization was left hold- ing the world’s (bar) bagas the major clinical provider on the sound during the 20142016 Eb- fla epidemicin West Aftca. I's still reeling from the 2015 US. airstrike on an MSF hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan that Killed scores of patients and 14 staff Meanwhile the charity that has been the world’s hospital for 40 years has taken on the role of the world’s ambulance, too, by manning three ships tasked with rescuing desperate, drowning mi- ‘grants from the Mediterranean. Metro spoke to Joanne Liu, actually passed unanimously _to happen. But the European ‘Canadian pediatridan and MS's and backed by 85 countries— Union with the EU-Turkey deal international president, about but we didn't have much ofa __is one of the big issues. They her worries and hopes for global change in the field have externalized the manage- health in 2017, and how, despite As well 2016 has been a ment of their border to Tur- being neutral, the group has really, really, scandalous year___key, which already has three been forced into anactivistrole, for people whoare in forced _miion refugees. They gave displacement. States have (Turkey a deal worth 6 billion ‘How bad was 2016 from your been flouting their commit- Euros) and said "We don’t P ment to giving protection to. care, just take care of them.” vantage} Itwas a tough year. Flouting refugees. Only 70,000 refugees will have of international humanitar- access to Europe. This is really ian law happened overand -- Whichcountries specifically outrageous. over again. We pushed for need to shape up? UN resolution 2286 —it was Collectively, something needs As youlook into 2017, is the Joanne Li, international president of Médecins Sans Frontiéres, treats patients in South Sudan in 2016, cowmiutco NEW Programs Starting NOW! Healthcare-Office-Accounting Business-Information Technology "and More! GETTHE TRAINING me" JOBS! SOUTH 297 St Mary's Rd 478-888 NORTH 77 Redwood Ave 582-9400 www.academyoflearning.com to potential bio threats. That's going to be the biggest posi tive legacy of Ebola How does the changing polit- ical climate affect your worl? It's way too early to say. Does it create uncertainty? Yes. Will ithave a ripping effect on Europe? Possibly. What we're concerned about is people Jooking at everything through the lens of domestic interests. ‘That's very shortsighted. We can't think of our security in isolation of the rest of the world When people thought of MSE ‘tenyears ago, they weren't ‘ean, What has that been like? Tm glad that MSF has been able to morph and adapt 10 the needs of the population in need. This isn't the first time we've done this. When HIV came, we didn’t know how to treat it. We developed the Know-how as we went along, ‘And I think that's what we're doing as well right now with the forced displacement crisis. migranterisis goingtobe carry the virus in their body ‘There’sinereasing rhetoric your topissue? fluids fora time. ‘that refugees and asylum Niytop peor are the at ‘The other part ofthe legacy _seekersare not legitimate, tack on the medical mission _is developing tools to fight Eb- that they're queue jumpers... {in Kunduz); the follow-up of that, Second is the forced dis- placement crisis, Third is leg- acy of Ebola, and fourth is the antimicrobial resistance crisis, ola if it were to come around again. Ebola was discovered in 1976, (In 2014) it had no vac- cine, really, no specific treat ment, and no rapid diagnostic test. This showed us the failure of the research and develop- ment model, which, today. is driven by market potential. So now a lot of people, we're say- ing we need tools to respond ‘Today, someone who is flee- ing for his life is treated as a criminal when he arrives somewhere. Even if we don’t think someone is entitled to the label of refugee, they still should be treated with dignity. I think in the 21st century we should be giving dignity to every single human being on earth Whatare the, around Ebola today? About 15,000 people survived (the 2014-16 outbreak). Suz Vivors are patients, They still 2. JOHANNA SCHNELLER WHAT I'M WATCHING Nothing ‘ish’ in special episode ‘THE SHOW: Black-ish, Season ‘worked for most black peopl Dre says in voice-over. “But we still tried to do our best, even though we had to live in neighbourhoods you wouldn't drive through, Send our kids to schools with books so beat up you couldn't read them. Work jobs you wouldn't consider. “I'm used to things not going my way,” he mentary Norman Lear did on All in the Family (rape) and Maude (abortion), Blackish creator Kenya Bar ris is stepping up to be the new Lear — see his prior episode about police shootings of un- ‘armed black men, Here, he dives deep. I don't have room to quote Dre's whole speech, but it's powerful, cul Months after the US. elected Donald Trump, Dre Johnson's (Anthony Anderson; right) ad~ agency colleagues can't stop arguing about it. Stevens (Peter Mackenzie) blames black voters. Daphne (Wanda Sykes) blames sums up. “I'm sorry’ rminating in aczi de coeur about ‘white women, Dre snort. that you're not and it's slavery. ‘Why do you not care about _ blowing your mind. ‘The episode ends on our country?” Stevens asks, From the open- a call to come togeth- “Hove this country.” Dre e- ing shot — the \ cer. But Barris has most, plies, “even though at times it doesn't love me back.” In the background, Nina Simone begins singing Strange Fruit. Photos of segregation and urban blight fill the screen. ‘The system has never Johnson family re- acting with shock to Trump's elec tion — you knew this was a Very Special Episode, the sort of cultural com- certainly thrown down a gauntlet about where he's re