Thursday November 25 is the International Day of Elimination of Violence against Women. Why do we mark International Days? International days and weeks are occasions to educate the public on issues of concern, to call for local and global actions to increase awareness and to strengthen advocacy efforts, to shine...
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This Remembrance Day, it is important to understand how trauma can affect all aspects of life for those who have experienced war and violence firsthand. A lot has changed since soldiers in the First World War coined the term “shell-shock” to describe the symptoms they were suffering from: fatigue, tremors,...
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The past year has been difficult for a lot of reasons, one of which is being faced with changes to your relationship. Maybe you’ve found yourself spending more time with your partner if you’re both working from home, navigating your home as a workspace. Or maybe one or both of...
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It is the time of year we all know has been waiting in the wings; the days become shorter, the weather turns greyer and drizzlier, and many people start to feel a little bit lower or less happy. These feelings start to sink in and affect all aspects of our...
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With Covid-19 causing an unusual amount of stress, it’s not surprising that some personal relationships are suffering. We’ve had to limit our contact with others and make hard choices about who to see and who not to see. Masking requirements and vaccinations have brought our values to the forefront. Many...
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Coping with coming out of more than a year of Covid restrictions Changes in Covid-19 restrictions have allowed some of us to be able to move back into our workplaces or attend face to face college and university classes. As these transitions take place we can be struck with a...
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We all understand that taking care of our mental health is important, especially over the last year and a half. We have found ourselves in a place where there are an incredible amount of options available to us in order to feel better about ourselves, each other, and the world...
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We all get discouraged from time to time. Things don’t always go the way we want, goals are harder to attain than we thought, and best laid plans fall through. Many of us have learned to roll with life’s punches and recover quickly from a setback. Sometimes discouragement is chronic,...
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Navigating the discussion around sex, gender, and gender identity and fluidity can be confusing. Many of us have been socialized to see sex and gender as the same thing. The trend in “gender reveal parties” when there is a pregnancy highlights this socialization. What is being reveled is the sex...
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