Inspired by long wait lists and inaccessible psychotherapy costs, Toronto comedian Shelley Marshall opened a free mental wellness centre in her home. Shelley herself has…
Every year, thousands of fire breathers convene in Black Rock City, Nevada, on Labour Day weekend for an event called Burning Man. People come from…
A catalogue called Vancouver Eastside Missing Women has picture after picture of different Indigenous women and their tragic stories. In one case, Lisa Marie Young,…
In 2016, a wave of suicides occurred in Canada’s indigenous populations. Communities in northern Saskatchewan particularly witnessed several youth suicides. In October of that year,…
Grassy Narrows First Nation in Northern Ontario, Canada, has been in the media spotlight for decades regarding mercury contamination from a nearby chemical plant of…
“Audrie & Daisy” is the Netflix Original documentary that investigates the invasive influence social media has on our understanding and opinion of sexually based criminal…
In this powerful TED Talk, mental-health advocate Vikram Patel discusses the prevalence of mental illness and the lack of psychological support for affected individuals, especially…
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,…
“Power of Peers” by the Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network (GMHCN) describes the movement from isolation towards peer-oriented services in the mental health field in…
The release of a sex offender back into a community can be a deeply unnerving experience. Many of us are fearful for our comfort and…
