Suicide among Canada’s Indigenous people is disproportionally higher than in the non-Indigenous population according to a survey done by Statistics Canada (2011–2016). Less well known are the …
Despite a challenging year for the healthcare industry, Coast Mental Health (CMH), a registered charity, was named one of BC’s Top Employers for 2021.
“We’re very excited by this announcement…
Cultural disorientation can inflict strain on personal relationships, says Pooja Tuli, a certified intercultural competence facilitator and a mental health first-aider.
“Couples often see that …
In 2019, Merriam-Webster – America’s oldest dictionary – declared the word “they” its word of the year and added a new definition: used to refer to a single person whose gender identity is…
“Climate change is the most important issue of our times,” says Indian writer Amitav Ghosh.
Ghosh believes the stress associated with climate change has altered people’s mindset towards …
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“Young people are communicating more as avatars than as real people, so we need to …
“The pandemic has rendered useless many of the urban resilience plans that have been made over the past decade,” says Simon Fraser University (SFU) professor Meg Holden (PhD), director of the …
Some, but not all Canadians know about our country’s residential schools and the dark phase of Indigenous history that resulted from colonialism. Two Indigenous authors Michelle Good and …
An enthusiast of the ancient Indian practice of Ayurveda, Muneera Wallace has found a way to spread her knowledge to as many people out West as she can.
On March 4, she will be offering an online …
Although widely used throughout the world, the Gregorian calendar is not the only one around and not the only one with New Year’s celebrations in January.
The Lunisolar calendar, which tracks both …