After serving on the board of the Vancouver Women’s Health Collective for three years, I decided it was time to step down and make room for new voices. Being part of this 45 year old organization has been a privilege and I will continue to support it and encourage you to do the same. My farewell blog entry is posted here. Merci à mes collègues et bonne chance au nouveau conseil d’administration!
Pacific Affairs invited me to review a new book entitled Living with Risk: Precarity & Bangkok’s Urban Poor by Tamaki Endo, a Japanese scholar. It’s a great read for those with an interest in urbanization and poverty alleviation. What’s also nice is that it cites a lot of Japanese-language scholarship on these issues, which might not normally be accessible to other audiences. The full text of my review can be viewed here.