Celebrating Womanhood By: Zara Obaa The long road to gender equality International Women’s Day (IWD) to celebrates and honours women the world over for their achievements and contributions to society socially, culturally, economically, and politically. Beginning as a labor movement, IWD has progressed to an internationally acknowledged celebration that happens Read more…
A Hotel of Stories… By: Kendall Simmonds My time working at the Alex – Assisted Self Isolation Site (ASIS) and how storytelling can be used in order to develop empathy, understanding, and compassion. Note: This article is written from the perspective of the writer and is not the view of Read more…
Pulses for your Pulses By: Angelina Patoka Today we celebrate World Pulses Day (WPD) to underline the importance of pulses to food security, nutrition, and sustainability. It also serves to echo the Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) previous work when it declared 2016 as the International Year of Pulses. Pulses Read more…
The travesty of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) By: Zara Obaa “Female Genital Mutilation is not simply a destruction of bodily tissue, it’s an attempt at the destruction of a little girl’s spirit” – Unknown The United Nations General Assembly has designated February 6 as the International Day of Zero Tolerance Read more…
We survived Blue Monday… now what? Talking about ‘Blue Monday’ and youth mental health during the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic By Jessica Williamson Every third Monday in January has been dubbed by popular culture as “Blue Monday” because it’s suggested to be the one day of the year we are most Read more…
Wetlands: From Mexico City to Calgary – a story of loss and hope By: Leonardo Conde Fernandez When I was a child I used to think the wetlands were just another attractive and taken for granted feature of the landscape in the Southwest of Mexico City in the municipality of Read more…
By: Angelina Patoka The futurists’ optimism was never limited to flying cars and robot doctors. Wonderment and excitement about an idyllic future where the usage of technology as a daily medium of learning across all levels of education was perceived as innovative and progressive in books and articles from less Read more…
Empowering Immigrant Women Calgary Immigrant Women’s Association (CIWA) Interview by: Anabia Adnan In recent years, there has been a substantial increase in human migration. The most prominent reasons that challenge humans to rebuild their lives in a new country are political instability, poverty and economic challenges and climate change. Though Read more…
Nisa Homes…a place of healing, hope and dignity Interview by: Anabia Adnan The United Nations (UN) recognizes and observes International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women every year on November 25. This day is recognized to raise awareness and increase political will for preventing and ending all forms Read more…
We need to give a crap about World Toilet Day By Angelina Patoka Now I know what you’re thinking, The United Nations (UN) celebrates World Toilet Day?… is this a joke? Well, no, actually. World Toilet Day (November 19) is linked to water security and healthcare, and its closely aligns Read more…