Girls
A girl is a young female human, usually a child or an adolescent. When she becomes an adult, she is described as a woman. The term girl may also be used to mean a young woman, and is sometimes used as a synonym for daughter. Girl may also be a term of endearment used by an adult, usually a woman, to designate adult female friends. The treatment and status of girls in any society is usually closely related to the status of women in that culture. In cultures where women have a low societal position, girls may be unwanted by …
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UMP: University of Manitoba Press · 3 May 2024 English
Beading fosters traditional methods of teaching and learning and enables intergenerational transmissions of pattern and skill. These conversations, interviews, essays, and full-colour reproductions of artwork from expert and emerging artists, …
the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls from Canada. An outpouring of support and beading … Shaw.2 6 B E A D T A L K floor, and I showed my girls. I’m like, this is it, what do you think? Even …
FRHD: Freehand Books · 1 May 2024 English
Rose Drury and her partner, Lucy, have just learned that their son, Roger, is considered to be below average — at the third percentile rank in most areas, according to …
the way, thanks for asking. 11B. It’s nearly all girls for some reason. You, me, Ruby, Lorraine, Audrey … Back then there were not that many varieties of girls’ underwear available, and they tended to be homogeneous … would have to do is get up early and stay in the girls’ bathroom for a while, then emerge. You can tell … started. I began my furtive skittering in the girls’ washroom, which was conveniently next door to … while Drake was mopping the floor (“crazy fucking girls” he said, pushed on the door and left), sometimes …
FRHD: Freehand Books · 1 May 2024 English
Set in Paris, an offbeat and sweet novel about family, loss and recovery, and the magic of memory. When Mira takes a trip to Paris with her nephew, Bernard, she …
escaped to Sweden with her parents and fights for girls’ rights to schooling. Closer to home, rising water …
FRHD: Freehand Books · 1 May 2024 English
A powerful debut about the lives of women and girls caught in the orbit of the military. Female recruits weathering toxic masculine environments. Military wives stretched thin across countless military …
cubicle neighbour, Lexi, had a sleepover. Just the girls, she said. Wear pjs. No bras. We’ll drink rosé … became something of my past. Even Lexi and the girls were aloof. Lexi felt responsible and guilty, even … faces. There were only a handful of first-year girls, and everyone knew who she was. She felt the eyes … texts. Found these curtains on Kijiji! Xox to the girls. He responds with kissing emojis, hearts for eyes … there for hours doing her homework, studying the girls and their hierarchies alongside the principals of …
UCP: University of Calgary Press · 30 April 2024 English
Limited Verse is now universally recognized as a valuable case study in the short-lived literary arts of New English. The translated poems in this collection offer a fascinating portal to …
of things— Quick steps of light-voiced boys and girls, Their time of growth in its thinking silences, … church’s low lightings of goodby. The grey of girls’ faces will be their death fall; Their flowers, …
BC Housing · 24 April 2024 English
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into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG), in particular Paragraph 4.7 MMIWG Calls … second-stage housing, and services for Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQAI+ people who are homeless, near homeless … needs, and available wherever Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQAI+ people reside. Page 4 of 33 https://www … barriers to services that support Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQAI+ who are fleeing violence in reference … second-stage housing, and services for Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQAI+ people who are homeless, near homeless …
CARDUS: Centre for Cultural Renewal · 23 April 2024 English
A panoramic view of Alberta’s 180 independent schools, serving more than 40,000 students Key Points Alberta has a plural education model, offering what is perhaps the most diverse approach to …
were placed in Other Special Emphasis are Boys/Girls, First Nation, Holistic, Micro School, Nature, Reggio … International (CSI) International Coalition of Girls' Schools (ICGS) International Boys' Schools Coalition …
DDN: Dundurn Press · 23 April 2024 English
At the end of World War II, a young Japanese Canadian would stand trial and face execution for having committed war crimes and betraying his country.One of the most bizarre …
was followed in regular succession by three more girls, Susan (b. 1911), Martha (b. 1913), and Ruth (b …
Office of the Ombudsperson, Province of British Columbia · 23 April 2024 English
Report on the implementation of recommendations from Alone: The prolonged and repeated isolation of youth in custody 3 From the Ombudsperson The main difference between the ministry’s I am calling …
caused by this ongoing Indigenous and racialized girls practice. separately confined youth had limited …
First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada · 22 April 2024 English
Landon served as a voice for children and youth as a member education, and research geared at ending the inequities in public of the Caring Society Board of Directors, providing …
into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls’ Calls for Justice Shaking the Movers: Reconciliation …