Andrea Gibson is a spoken word artist and activist who writes with intense passion about mental illness, bullying, and social tragedy. In her award-winning poem,…
On December 19, 2015, former National Hockey League (NHL) player Patrick O’Sullivan revealed shocking details of sports-related childhood abuse. In a blog article on The…
The documentary film ‘Hot Girls Wanted’, produced by Rashida Jones and released in the spring of 2015, follows several young women living in a North…
In the summer of 2014, I volunteered at a long-term care facility (LTC) in the Peel Region of Southern Ontario. Most of the residents who…
English, Math, History, Geography…classes found in school curricula build foundational knowledge and promote future success. Schools lay the groundwork for cognitive development, especially in academic…
Media portrayals of mental illness are often controversial and have been criticized for inaccurate stereotypical depiction. But more recently viewers have seen a notable shift…
It’s hard to raise the perfect child. Parents invest time and money into educational tools like Baby Einstein in a bid to improve infant cognitive…
Chad Gracia’s award-winning 2015 documentary, The Russian Woodpecker, addresses the legacy of trauma caused by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. The film documents the investigative journey…
Sure, writers dismiss it. But the semicolon –the otherwise underwhelming punctuation mark– has had its share of fans. Like American physician and poet Lewis Thomas,…
Does reading have the ability to increase empathy? Writer and activist Alaa Al Aswany thinks so. He believes that the role of literature has been…
