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		<title>Identity-first language</title>
		<link>https://www.carnelianwebservices.ca/2026/03/18/identity-first-language/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yvonne Aburrow]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 13:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Many websites advise people to use person-first language when referring to disabled people (e.g. &#8220;a person with a disability&#8221;). But many disabled people prefer identity-first language (e.g. &#8220;a disabled person&#8221;). Carnelian Web Services follows the social model of disability, which points out that disability is imposed by social attitudes and the built environment. We use [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>International Women&#8217;s Day</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yvonne Aburrow]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 08:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Happy International Women&#8217;s Day to all women, both cisgender and transgender. The 2026 theme is &#8220;Give to Gain&#8221;. As the IWD website says: We can all give our support to gain advancement for women and girls. As individuals, giving support means calling out stereotypes, challenging discrimination, questioning bias, celebrating women&#8217;s success, and more. Sharing our [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Black Organizations in Canada</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yvonne Aburrow]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 13:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[History is a tapestry of many threads, some woven by individuals, some by groups. A lot of posts like this one focus on individuals, so I thought I would take a look at organizations. It turns out that there are a lot of them. Here are some that are nationwide in scope, supporting youth, developing [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Happy Chinese New Year</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yvonne Aburrow]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 20:32:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[恭喜发财 Happy New Year 2026 is the Year of the Fire Horse. The last fire horse year was 1966. The fire horse is associated with forward momentum, speaking your mind, confidence, strong emotion, and personal freedom. The festival lasts for two weeks and is celebrated with lanterns, firecrackers, cleaning the house, and the colour red. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>History Months</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yvonne Aburrow]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 15:01:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In Canada and the USA, February is Black History Month. June is LGBTQ+ Pride Month, and October is LGBTQ+ History Month.

In the UK, February is LGBTQ+ History Month and October is Black History Month.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Lincoln Alexander Day</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yvonne Aburrow]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 13:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Today is Lincoln Alexander Day. He was a Canadian lawyer and politician who became the first Black Canadian to be a member of Parliament in the House of Commons, a federal Cabinet Minister, a Chair of the Worker&#8217;s Compensation Board of Ontario, and the 24th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1985 to 1991. He was [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Celebrating Persons Day</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yvonne Aburrow]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2025 13:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[October 18 is Persons Day, commemorating the legal ruling in 1929 when Canada&#8217;s highest court of appeal ruled that the definition of persons included women. This meant that women could be appointed to public office, including the office of Senator. The ruling was an important step in paving the way towards gender equality. The five [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>International Nonbinary People&#8217;s Day</title>
		<link>https://www.carnelianwebservices.ca/2025/07/14/international-nonbinary-peoples-day/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yvonne Aburrow]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2025 16:28:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Today is International Nonbinary People&#8217;s Day. It is exactly halfway between International Women&#8217;s Day and International Men&#8217;s Day. However, that does not mean that nonbinary people are halfway between men and women. Gender is best thought of as less of a spectrum and more of a scatter-plot. I am nonbinary and I use they/them pronouns, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Does Your Website Reflect Your Values?</title>
		<link>https://www.carnelianwebservices.ca/2025/07/07/does-your-website-reflect-your-values/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yvonne Aburrow]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2025 17:46:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Your values are how you show up in the world as a human, so it would be strange if your website did not reflect your values. Values are not the same as politics, although they do affect how you vote and what you campaign for. There is a broad social consensus in Canada that we [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Disabled People in Business</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yvonne Aburrow]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2025 15:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Continuing the theme of Disability Pride Month, here is a list of businesses owned by disabled and neurodiverse people in Ontario. There were 2485 businesses owned by disabled people in Ontario in 2021, according to BDO Canada, but it is very hard to find them via a search engine. Feel free to add yours in [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>2SLGBTQIA Businesses in Ontario</title>
		<link>https://www.carnelianwebservices.ca/2025/06/05/2slgbtqia-businesses-in-ontario/</link>
					<comments>https://www.carnelianwebservices.ca/2025/06/05/2slgbtqia-businesses-in-ontario/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yvonne Aburrow]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2025 12:49:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There are many queer-owned businesses in Ontario, which need your support all year round, not just during Pride Month. Here are some of the ones I have personally interacted with. Carnelian Web Services &#8211; a queer-owned web services business. We offer various services including content writing, website design, search engine optimization, making your website accessible, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Pride Month is Here!</title>
		<link>https://www.carnelianwebservices.ca/2025/06/02/pride-month-is-here/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yvonne Aburrow]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2025 16:57:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In the current climate of anti-trans legislation, cutbacks on DEI efforts, and more, we need Pride more than ever. Not just splashing a rainbow on your company logo, but meaningful efforts to be inclusive and support 2SLGBTQIA employees, colleagues, customers, and suppliers. The supportive measures and programmes you can introduce are listed in order of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Land Acknowledgements</title>
		<link>https://www.carnelianwebservices.ca/2025/05/01/land-acknowledgements/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yvonne Aburrow]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2025 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In many parts of the world, the majority of the population of a country or region is not indigenous to that area. This is true for Canada, the USA, Australia, and New Zealand, for example. In these countries, it is customary to acknowledge that we are living and working on Indigenous lands. The idea behind [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Personal Pronouns</title>
		<link>https://www.carnelianwebservices.ca/2025/04/30/personal-pronouns/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yvonne Aburrow]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2025 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Many people are confused by the topic of pronouns. A pronoun is the particle of speech that you use to refer to someone instead of using their name. The fact that someone uses a pronoun does not tell you anything about them beyond their pronoun; they may be transgender, cisgender, or nonbinary. For example, you [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion</title>
		<link>https://www.carnelianwebservices.ca/2025/04/22/diversity-equity-and-inclusion/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yvonne Aburrow]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Here at Carnelian Web Services, we believe that a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion is a good start, but it&#8217;s a series of steps on the road to justice. Before you can have a diverse cohort of employees, you need to remove the systemic barriers that are preventing them from even applying to your [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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