Source: Richard George Davis, Used with Permission In her Ted Talk, Barbara Amaya, a sex trafficking survivor, recounted a nightmare in which she ran away from her abusive home in Fairfax, Regina, to the streets of Washington, DC at age 12. She was recruited into sex...
Source: rafabordes at Pixabay, Creative Commons In 2017, a father from Victoria, British Columbia, pleaded for his 15-year-old daughter to seek rehabilitation for an opioid addiction. He was terrified that by the time she realized she required treatment, it would be...
Source: angus mcdiarmid at Flicker, Creative Commons, some rights reserved Since the recent Zac Efron movie depicting serial killer Ted Bundy, the media have been shocked by the admiration many have expressed toward him. Netflix expressed their disapproval on Twitter....
Source: James Sutton, creative commons On occasion, we hear of extreme cases of child abuse, making family names like the Turpins infamous. The 13 Turpin children were held captive in their house, where they were limited to only one meal a day and one shower a year....
Source: Marica Villeneuve, Trauma and Mental Health Report artist, used with permission On November 7, 2016, the Ministry of the Attorney General of Ontario reached a settlement with a juror diagnosed with vicarious post-traumatic stress disorder. The juror served on...
