In today’s episode, Trauma report writer Emma Puric speaks with psychoanalyst, psychotherapist, writer, and social critic Dr. Susie Orbach. Dr. Orbach joins us to discuss…
In this episode, Trauma Report writer Chiara Gianvito speaks with Amy Camilleri Zahra, a Maltese disability and women’s rights activist, academic, and public speaker. Their…
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…
“You have to have thick skin.” Joanne (name changed) is a woman and an apprentice in a male-dominated trade union. She has already experienced many…
How many of us have been conditioned to believe that life’s natural progression will lead us to the creation of our own nuclear family? Having…
The benefits of volunteering for both the volunteers and those they help are undeniable. Volunteers tend to feel more connected to others and fulfilled with…
The poem “I am Not a ‘Strong Black Woman’” was written by London- based Activist and Creative Ayesha Charles. In this piece, she challenges the…
December 6th marks 31 years since 14 women were murdered at Polytechnique Montréal University, simply because they were women. As a consequence of this terrible…
‘Sorrow’, an 1882 drawing by Vincent van Gogh, depicts a 32-year-old pregnant woman, Clasina Maria Hoornik, who went by the name of Sien. Sien was homeless and had addictions to alcohol and tobacco and was working in prostitution. Van Goh provided her and…
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,…
