![Art, Artist, Canadian, Hope, Mental Health, Light in the Darkness, Self, Hummingbird, Mind, Healing, Symbolism, Freedom](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2022/09/cherry-laithang-NmPpz1jA_JE-unsplash-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Autumn B Livingston is a Canadian artist based in Toronto Ontario, who has a series of artworks that focus and reflect upon her own mental…
![Dizzy Girl Holding Head](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2022/06/uday-mittal-bwKtz4YVtmA-unsplash-1-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Edith Lebeau is a Canadian portrait artist based in Montreal, Québec whose enthralling pieces focus on mental health awareness and destigmatizing mental illness. Lebeau showcases…
![First Nations,-Aboriginal,-Indigenous,-Canadian,-Heritage,-Culture,-Identity,-Lakota,-Toronto,-Shared-Land](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2019/07/FirstNations-Aboriginal-Indigenous-Canadian-Heritage-Culture-Identity-Lakota-Toronto-Shared-Land-470x140.jpg?x81652)
“In today’s modern Society, cultural significance is dying out…As we go along, more and more Native culture is forgotten. What happened in history has made…
![The Strumbellas, song, depression, schizophrenia, mental illness, mental health, band, lyrics, Canadian, spirits](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2019/04/955736A7-1108-4AC1-8A38-F45998976E60-470x140.jpeg?x81652)
The song “Spirits” by Canadian indie folk band The Strumbellas topped the charts this past summer. However, it’s underlying message of having uncontrollable and unwarranted…
![Greg-Macdonald,-Problematic,-art,-music,-rap,-hip-hop,-mental-health,-mental-illness,-depression,-anxiety,-suicide-awareness,-Canadian,-suicide-hotline,-suffering,-suicide-prevention](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2019/01/Greg-Macdonald-Problematic-art-music-rap-hip-hop-mental-health-mental-illness-depression-anxiety-suicide-awareness-Canadian-suicide-hotline-suffering-suicide-prevention-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Greg Macdonald is a Canadian entrepreneur and underground hip-hop artist by the name Problematic who talks openly about his mental health challenges through his passion;…
![Finding Beauty in Ugliness](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2017/03/33011485600_340705e895_z-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Canadian musician Matthew Good discusses his paralyzing battle with bipolar disorder in this TEDx Toronto presentation. He begins the story with his voluntary stay at…