“I’m always in the present. I have to be one step ahead of David. Things go missing all the time in this house—the remote, mail…
After twenty-eight years of being “dragged through the system,” Emily Swiatek was finally diagnosed with Asperger’s, a branch of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). For Emily,…
They had known each other well enough in the early days of medical school, when they were students studying well into the night. After graduation,…
During the summer of 2017, Adrian and his partner, Kayla, ventured out to explore the dense forest in a remote area of south-eastern Canada where…
The Lammilly doll, a more realistic version of the Barbie, is challenging body image ideals perpetuated by the children’s toy industry. Proportioned like an average…
Blind-sided by the one you love, the one you married. Learning about your spouse’s infidelity can be emotionally and physically devastating. The emotional damage is…
“Keeping you is no profit; losing you is no loss.” –slogan of the Khmer Rouge Cambodia is one of the world’s poorest countries, with 30%…
In the wake of the tragic shooting at Newtown, Connecticut, the media have renewed the focus on violence, with video games taking the spotlight. Targeted…
Residents of Christie Pits neighbourhood in Toronto, Canada, were left in disbelief last year following a series of sexual assaults by a 15-year-old boy (identity…
Dissociation is a phenomenon most people have the capacity to experience. It is a coping mechanism used to manage stressors as minor as over-stimulation or…