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17 | Friday, March 4, 2016 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com INTERNATIONAL TUESDAY MARCH 8, 2016 Linda Sweet is a strong advocate of women's rights and related issues and celebrates International Women's Day. She is an experienced educator who founded Glenburnie School in 1985, with a goal to provide progressive, child-centred, hands-on learning opportunities to students in a private school setting. Her passion and commitment to incorporate innovative and progressive techniques into her classrooms are ongoing. She is an active participant and leader in a wide variety of education, sport, and community forums. Mrs. Sweet's vision continues to be to prepare students with 21st Century skills and strategies to become effective decision makers in tomorrow's world. www.lindasweet.ca/blog www.glenburnieschool.com Pledge for parity is Women's Day theme While International Women's Day on March 8 is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women, its theme re ects that progress is still needed to achieve gender parity. The theme for International Women's Day 2016 is "Pledge For Parity". Worldwide, women continue to contribute to social, economic, cultural and political achievement, however, the World Economic Forum predicted in 2015 that it would take until 2133 to achieve global gender parity. In an effort to promote the concept and encourage support of the issue, there's an open invitation to join the online pledge campaign. For more information and to make a pledge, go to www.internationalwomensday.com. GLENBURNIE SCHOOL LINDA SWEET, M.S. 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