The labour shortage in Canada’s CARE sectors has been making headlines for years. These headlines, however, has been amplified by the circumstances in the spotlight due...
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In two years defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, another long-anticipated crisis has emerged, adding more challenges to an already complex situation. Few sectors have seen...
Before the pandemic, I sat in my office with a student who wanted to talk about “courses.” This student was new to the school, clearly shy, uncomfortable, but there was...
What is childhood trauma? Trauma comes from the experience of a deeply disturbing or distressing event. In many cases trauma is built on a series of events. The...
Let’s be honest: we were all afraid. When COVID-19 started its sweep across Canada in 2020, we were startled, not only by the emergence of this unknown virus, but also...
For me, as an Indigenous person, I don’t think I consider any aspects of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission all that much or all that often. Especially for...
The Trevor H Shirtliff Difference-Maker Scholarship is awarded to high-school students that have been identified by their high school counsellors to be activists...
I grew up in a part of central Ottawa that hasn’t seen trains or street cars in more than a century. The commuter rail that once ran from downtown to what were then the...