Childhood Epilepsy: a challenge to be faced in new ways Source: Kat Jayne at Pexels, Creative Commons When I was eight, I took a trip to Montreal, Quebec with my father. The bus picked us up early in the morning, and as we settled in I quickly fell asleep. When I woke...
Source: geralt at Pixabay, Creative Commons When she was a young girl, Danielle (name changed) was recruited into domestic sex trafficking from her long-term foster home. She was only able to leave this life once her mother regained custody of her. Sex...
Source: Nickola Pandelides, used with permission “I think I’ve always struggled with my mental health. Even as a little girl I can remember being uncontrollably sad and stand-offish from people … I can remember feeling such sadness and hatred...
Source: Ilya Haykinson at Flickr, Creative Commons, some rights reserved On a quiet summer evening a few years back, while taking a walk in Trinity Bellwoods Park in Toronto, I witnessed an event that would change the course of several peoples’ lives. As I...
Source: Charli Forrester, Used with Permission Prolonged exposure to stress can have devastating effects on mental health. In fact, neuroscientists have found that chronic stress triggers long-term changes in the brain’s structure and functioning, making people...
Source: 12019 at Pixabay, Creative Commons During the civil war in Syria, veterinary surgeon Amir Khalil from the charity organization Four Paws International travelled to Aleppo to rescue surviving zoo animals. Before the war began, the zoo was home to around 300...
