The invisible illness Source: Juan Pablo Arenas at Pexels, Creative Commons At the beginning of 2018, Pop star Lady Gaga cancelled the last ten dates of her “Joanne” world tour due to severe pain. The singer suffers from fibromyalgia, and in her...
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...
Selective Mutism Source: Anemone123 at Pixabay, Creative Commons Your child is unable to eat, drink, talk, use the bathroom, or make eye contact with others while at school. But at home, she relaxes and speaks freely with her parents and siblings. After years of...
Source: PopTech at Flickr, Creative Commons For many Canadian Aboriginals raised with highly traditional Aboriginal principles, the transition to mainstream Canadian culture can be a long, stressful, and isolating one. ‘Aboriginal’ or...
Source: Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Wilson at U.S. Air Force photo, Public Domain Children all over the world are victims of online sexual exploitation, and over 200 million children worldwide are victims of sexual abuse. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, online usage has...
Source: PxHere, Creative Commons As the rate of infections and the death toll associated with Covid-19 continue to rise, fear, racism, panic buying, and conspiracy theories have become increasingly common. Although conspiracy theories emerged as a cultural...
Source: Matthias Zomer/Pexels COVID-19, formally known as the novel coronavirus, was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020. It has become increasingly important to understand not only the physical symptoms but also the impact on mental...
Source: Noah Buscher/Unsplash My love for the horror genre began as soon as I was able to operate my VHS player. By the age of 10, I had viewed more horror films than any of my peers, or their parents. I also experienced my share of anxiety throughout...
Source: Elchinator at Pixabay, Creative Commons On December 31, 2019, China alerted the World Health Organization (WHO) about a viral outbreak in the city of Wuhan. By January 30, 2020, the WHO had declared the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)...
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...
