Dibleen Grewal's Blog

  When I initially saw Emma Watson’s UN speech for the “HeForShe” campaign, I too was moved. While Emma was speaking about facing sexism over her life and career, I found myself nodding, relating to what she was saying. Growing up as a first generation Indo-Canadian I have seen the unfair standards women are help up to in my culture. My sister’s and I have faced proving to those in our community, that we too can be as educated and successful as men. Just because we are women, does not…read more

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/06/business/cvs-plans-to-end-sales-of-tobacco-products-by-october.html?_r=0 CVS is one of the largest drugstores in North America, providing customers with aid and assistance regarding their health. Recently, this company has decided to phase out the sale of tobacco products in its stores. This is a significant move for a company that had an overall revenue of $123 billion in 2012. It is phenomenal that the executives of CVS not only realized the hypocrisy of selling tobacco, but also took action to fix it, despite the fact that they will be loosing billions of dollars in revenue….read more