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SEVEN-DAY FORECAST.
THAT'S HOW IT ALL BREAKS DOWN.
HEY, LOOK TOWARDS
FRIDAY/SATURDAY.
THAT'S LOOKING REALLY NICE, AND
UP TO 25 ON SATURDAY AND
SUNSHINE.
THAT'S YOUR WEATHER THE WAY I
SEE IT.
>> Announcer: "CTV MORNING
LIVE" WEATHER IS BROUGHT TO YOU
IN PART BY CAPITAL AUTO MALL.
>> Molly: OUR NEXT FEST HAS
BEEN TOURING AN THE CONTINENT.
SHE'S AN INTERNATIONAL ACTIVIST
AND AUTHOR AND HER NEW BOOK IS
AVAILABLE ON AMAZON.
IT'S CALLED "WITH ALL MY MIGHT."
GOOD MORNING.
WELCOME.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
GABRIELLE, GIVE US A SYNOPSIS
ABOUT WHAT THIS BOOK IS ALL
ABOUT J THE BOOK IS ABOUT THREE
DIFFERENT DATES IN MY LIFE.
THE ADOPTION, HAVING A CHILD,
AND DEATH OF MY ADOPTIVE MOTHER,
AND I IF YOU ON THE BACKGROUND
OF THE OLYMPICS IN CANADA 2010.
AND I TALK REALLY THAT IT'S OKAY
NOT TO BELONG.
THE FUNNY PART IS YOU'RE NOT
TAUGHT THAT, IT IS A BIG MELTING
POT TODAY, BUT WHEN I GREW UP, I
FELT LIKE I WAS AN OUTSIDER, AND
I DID NOT KNOW HOW TO FIT IN,
HOW TO FIND MY PLACE.
WAS I PAKISTANI?
WAS I DUTCH?
AND I STILL BELIEVE I'M DUTCH.
BUT I SAY IT REALLY EASY TODAY.
I HAVE ONE LEG IN THE EAST AND
ONE IN THE WEST, AND IT'S OKAY
NOT TO BELONG TO EITHER.
AND I THINK FOR CHILDREN TODAY,
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE.
>> Molly: SO, YOURSELF, WHEN
YOU MOVED TO THE NETHERLANDS --
YOU WERE BORN IN PAKISTAN.
YOU MOVED TO THE NETHERLANDS.
YOU EXPERIENCED A LOT OF
BULLYING, RACISM.
>> YES, A LOT.
A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING.
I THINK CHILDREN -- FIRST OF
ALL, THEY'RE INCREDIBLY CRUEL,
AND I WOULDN'T WANT TO GO BACK
TO SCHOOL.
AND THEY -- THEY -- THEY'RE
FEAR-BASED.
JUST LIKE ALL OF US, AND SO,
WHEN THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND
SOMETHING, THEY ATTACK YOU,
BASICALLY.
AND SO I FELT OFTEN -- I HAVE A
BEAUTIFUL ANALOGY ABOUT M &
Ms.
I FELT LIKE THEY WERE ONLY
YELLOW M & Ms AND ALL THE
COLOURS WERE MISSING, AND I WAS
THAT ONE LITTLE RED M & M, AND I
HAD NO IDEA HOW TO BECOME A
YELLOW M & M.
AND OF COURSE, 48 YEARS LATER, I
KNOW I DON'T WANT TO BECOME A
YELLOW M & M, BUT GO FIGURE, YOU
DO WHEN YOU'RE A CHILD.
>> Molly: WHAT DO YOU SAY TO
CHILDREN?
>> IT'S OKAY TO STAND OUT AND
YOU'RE PICKED UPON BY THE
UNIQUENESS THAT YOU HAVE, SO BE
PROUD OF THE UNIQUENESS, AND THE
PROBLEM WAS I WASN'T PROUD OF
THAT, AND I REALLY DO REALIZE
THAT.
SO IF THE CHILD BECOMES PROUD OF
THE DIFFERENCE HAS SETS THEM'S
FAVORITE, THEN THE OTHER PEOPLE
REACT QUITE DIFFERENTLY TO THIS
KID, TOO, BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT
THAT INSECURE.
YOU'RE ACTUALLY QUITE DARING,
AND I THINK FOR BULLYING FOR
EVERYONE, WHETHER IT'S A PARENT,
AN EDUCATOR, YOU AND ME, WE ALL
KNOW PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN
BULLIED.
WE NEED TO STEP UP AND ACTUALLY
HELP THEM AND NOT JUST BE A
BYSTANDER AND SAY IT'S OKAY.
>> Molly: SO EMBRACE THE
UNIQUENESS, EMBRACE WHO YOU ARE.
>> AND HELP THEM.
BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THE
BYSTANDER DOES ANYTHING.
I THINK SILENCE IS, LIKE, REALLY
BAD.
AND WE DO THAT.
WE DON'T SEEM TO HELP THEM.
>> Molly: THANK YOU VERY MUCH
FOR BEING HERE, GABRIEL.
IT'S CALLED "WITH ALL MY
MIGHT" YOU CAN GET IT ON AMAZON.
THANK YOU FOR COMING ON OUR SHOW
THIS MORNING.
>> Jonathan: WELL, A
POTENTIALLY TERRIBLE SETBACK
THIS MORNING FOR CANADIAN
OLYMPIC HOPEFUL ALEXANDER
DESPATIE.
JUST 44 DAYS TO GO UNTIL LONDON
SUMMER OLYMPICS, THE DIVER
INJURED HIMSELF WHILE TRAINING
FOR AN EVENT IN SPAIN.
HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON A
SPRINGBOARD AND SUFFERED A
TEN-CENTIMETER GASH.
HE UNDERWENT SURGERY THIS
MORNING THERE.
DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE ANY SIGNS
AFTER CONCUSSION, BUT HE IS
EXPECTED TO BE UNDER OBSERVATION
FOR TWO TO THREE WEEKS.
DESPATIE'S MOM SAYS HE COULD
STILL COMPETE DURING THE
OLYMPICS.
>>> WELL, AS A MEMBER OF THE
CANADIAN SWIMMING TEAM AT THE
2008 OLYMPICS, VICTORIA UPON
CARRIES MANY MEMORIES FROM
BEIJING, AND WHILE NOT ALL OF
THOSE MEMORIES ARE TO CHERISH.
THE OVER ALL EXPERIENCE HAS MADE
HER STRONGER, BOTH IN AND OUT OF
THE WATER.
HERE'S ANDRE CORBEIL WITH AN
OLYMPIC PROFILE.
>> Reporter: IT SEEMS CRAZY,
REALLY.
TRAINING SO HARD FOR SOMETHING
THAT LASTS LESS THAN 50 SECONDS
OF IT'S THE 50m FREESTYLE,
PURE SUPPORTING THAT'S HER