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		<title>Disability Pride Month</title>
		<link>https://www.carnelianwebservices.ca/2026/07/02/disability-pride-month-2/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yvonne Aburrow]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 13:50:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[People celebrate disability pride in July because it was the month when the United States passed the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to protect the civil rights of disabled people. Northern Ireland released similar legislation in 1995. England, Wales and Scotland passed disability legislation in 2002. In Canada, each province has disability legislation, introduced from [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Indigenous Tech</title>
		<link>https://www.carnelianwebservices.ca/2026/06/10/indigenous-tech/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yvonne Aburrow]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 20:09:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jessica Hunt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jessica Kolopenuk]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[In honour of Indigenous History Month, here are some inspiring Indigenous technology and computing heroes. Jeff Ward In the Anishinaabemowin,  Animikii (ah-nih-mih-key) means Thunderbird. This spiritual being is one of the most powerful and respected in the Anishinaabe culture that protects the Anishinaabe people. … When the founder of Animikii, Jeff Ward, named his company [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Filtering out AI</title>
		<link>https://www.carnelianwebservices.ca/2026/06/08/filtering-out-ai/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yvonne Aburrow]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 13:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[content writing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[generative AI]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[For people who want human-made art and writing in their search results, it’s getting harder to distinguish between AI and human-made, as large language models “learn” to generate productions that look more like human language and art. Fortunately the tools for filtering it out are getting better. Most tools have an AI component, but the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Indigenous History and the Land</title>
		<link>https://www.carnelianwebservices.ca/2026/06/02/indigenous-history-and-the-land/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yvonne Aburrow]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 17:27:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Carnelian Web Services is located on the Haldimand Tract, part of the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit. So let&#8217;s unpack what that means. The Haldimand Tract is a tract of land purchased by the government of Canada from the Mississaugas of the Credit and given to the Haudenosaunee: On 25 October 1784, Sir Frederick Haldimand, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Happy Pride Month</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yvonne Aburrow]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 13:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[June is Pride Month in Canada. And it is not just an excuse for a party, but an opportunity for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community to be visible, and to celebrate our wins over the years, from greater social acceptance to same-sex-marriage. We also need to make sure that attitudes to 2SLGBTQIA+ people do not go backwards. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Reasonable adjustments</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yvonne Aburrow]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#8230;and unreasonable responses to them. There&#8217;s a general pushback on diversity, equity, and inclusion right now, but even so, I find it startling to see some of the unreasonable arguments put forward for rolling back perfectly reasonable adjustments to help disabled people and neurodiverse people to be comfortable. Ear defenders and uniform adjustments The example [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Online collaboration tools</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yvonne Aburrow]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Are you concerned about the security and privacy of your data in Google Drive and OneDrive? Following on from my previous post about cloud file storage tools, what about online collaborative editing tools? Factors you will want to consider Online collaboration tools 🇨🇦 CellySheets.ca Canadian, Collaborative, Spreadsheets.That&#8217;s the goal.Powerful real-time collaboration and multi-user workspaces. Hosted [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Cloud file storage tools</title>
		<link>https://www.carnelianwebservices.ca/2026/05/13/cloud-file-storage-tools/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yvonne Aburrow]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 13:45:22 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Are you looking for an alternative to storing your files on Dropbox, OneDrive, or Google Drive? You may be looking for Canadian or EU-based storage solutions &#8211; here are a few that you could use. Factors you will want to consider Cloud storage providers 🇨🇦 Sync Sync is a truly Canadian cloud storage provider. By [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Multi-faith Hospice Chaplaincy Resources</title>
		<link>https://www.carnelianwebservices.ca/2026/05/11/multi-faith-hospice-chaplaincy-resources/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yvonne Aburrow]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 16:22:39 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Announcements]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[hospice chaplaincy resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Interfaith Grand River]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[An introduction to the Interfaith Grand River Multi-faith Hospice Chaplaincy Resource, showing what&#8217;s included and how to navigate the resource. If you would like to request changes to the resource, please use the IGR contact form or the Carnelian Web Services contact form.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Website colours</title>
		<link>https://www.carnelianwebservices.ca/2026/05/06/website-colours/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yvonne Aburrow]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 13:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[colour palette]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[colours]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[complementary colours]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[user interface design]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The colours you choose for your website set the mood and present your brand and values consistently. The science of colour The colours that we can perceive are known as visible light, a section of the electromagnetic spectrum. At either end of the spectrum of visible light are infrared and ultraviolet, which are not generally [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Red Dress Day</title>
		<link>https://www.carnelianwebservices.ca/2026/05/05/red-dress-day/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yvonne Aburrow]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 15:44:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Red Dress Day is held every May 5th and is a national day of remembrance and activism honouring the lives of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit People (MMIWG2S+). It started in 2010 with the REDress Project, which was created by Métis artist Jaime Black. On this day, red dresses will be draped in [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Who are you writing for?</title>
		<link>https://www.carnelianwebservices.ca/2026/04/29/writing/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yvonne Aburrow]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 20:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There are many different styles and registers of writing, but writing for the web has a specific set of techniques and styles, and a number of factors that you need to think about.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How good is your website?</title>
		<link>https://www.carnelianwebservices.ca/2026/04/22/how-good-is-your-website/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yvonne Aburrow]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Web Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accessibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AI search]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AIEO]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[performance]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Is your website performing for you the way it should? Have you checked your SEO, performance, accessibility, usability, and AI-search-readiness (AIEO or GEO) recently? Do you know what is a good score for each of these metrics? A score between 0 and 49 is poor and needs addressing urgently. A score between 50 and 89 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>When marketing goes wrong</title>
		<link>https://www.carnelianwebservices.ca/2026/04/15/when-marketing-goes-wrong/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yvonne Aburrow]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We live in a global context. So when you&#8217;re creating a marketing campaign, you need to think about its implications across many cultures, especially in Canada, whose culture was famously described as a mosaic, not a melting-pot. And things can change as a result of world affairs. In this post, I will explore some recent [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Happy birthday Carnelian!</title>
		<link>https://www.carnelianwebservices.ca/2026/04/08/happy-birthday-carnelian/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yvonne Aburrow]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I started Carnelian Web Services on 8 April, 2025, so the company is one year old today! The company may only be 1 year old, but between us we have 50 years of experience. Yvonne has 25 years&#8217; experience of professional web development, and Bob has 25 years&#8217; experience of professional photography. In the last [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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