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In the genes

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:30:00 -0700

by Claudia Cornwall

When Michael Hayden was a doctor at Children’s Hospital Boston, a teaching arm of Harvard Medical School, he did the unthinkable: he left – for a position at UBC. “When I told people in Boston and Harvard, they thought I was crazy. Some suggested I see a psychiatrist. They said I was committing academic suicide – I’d lost it.”
But going his own way has paid off.

Mompreneurs

Fri, 01 Sep 2006 11:43:39 -0700

By Lisa Will and Tracey von Dehn

They say self-employed mothers can have it all. They’re lying.

Navigating the Silk Road

Mon, 03 Jul 2006 09:24:29 -0700

by Vicki O'Brien

Beckoning the West like a seductive temptress, the lively Asian economy promises to reward its suitors with riches galore. But get the courting wrong and you’ll end up rejected, embarrassed and burned. Some B.C. expats with homegrown knowledge have advice on how to woo the East with confidence.