Supporting first responders’ mental health through COVID-19 pandemic
B.C. first-responders experience traumas and stressors on the job unlike those of almost any other occupation. The added stress of being essential workers during COVID-19 highlights the importance of caring for our mental health more than ever before. Research has...
Nanaimo’s homeless youth share their stories, poems, artwork
Delaney Gunn, a youth literacy coordinator at Literacy Central Vancouver Island, has been working to collect the stories of youth experiencing homelessness in and around Nanaimo by sharing them with the public in a magazine series called Place. “One of the biggest...
Achieving human potential is true prosperity
Dr. Trevor Hancock is a retired professor and senior scholar at the University of Victoria’s School of Public Health and Social Policy, a public health physician, health promotion consultant and columnist for the Victoria Times-Colonist newspaper. Dr. Hancock spoke...
“There’s a lot that needs to be done”
Eli Cooley-Morris was baptized in the Downtown Eastside’s landmark First United Church in 1988. He died next door at the Hazelwood Hotel nearly 32 years later, another victim of B.C.’s poisoned drug supply. His father, Rev. Barry Morris, was the minister at the church...
Susan Inman: Why the B.C. children and youth rep’s report is alarming
The recently released and widely publicized report on involuntary hospitalizations from B.C.’s children and youth representative seems meant to alarm us. The report, Detained: Rights of Children and Youth under the Mental Health Act, is alarming, but for very...
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New supportive homes open at Q’waxsem Place in Campbell River
Construction has finished on a 50-unit supportive housing development in Campbell River that will provide homes with 24/7 support for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness. "This housing will make a significant difference for people in Campbell River who are...
New affordable housing with mental health and addiction supports opens in Nanaimo
A three-story complex of low-rent housing has begun welcoming residents in Nanaimo. The doors officially opened on 285 Rosehill St. at Terminal Ave on Dec. 1, providing 23 studio apartments for those with mental health and addiction services. Owned and operated by the...
16 Days of Activism campaign aims to eliminate gender-based violence
Orange the world – it’s the message being spread during the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Campaign. The campaign begins on November 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, and runs until December 10, World Human...
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Supporting first responders’ mental health through COVID-19 pandemic
B.C. first-responders experience traumas and stressors on the job unlike those of almost any other occupation. The added stress of being essential workers during COVID-19 highlights the importance of caring for our mental health more than ever before. Research has...
“There’s a lot that needs to be done”
Eli Cooley-Morris was baptized in the Downtown Eastside’s landmark First United Church in 1988. He died next door at the Hazelwood Hotel nearly 32 years later, another victim of B.C.’s poisoned drug supply. His father, Rev. Barry Morris, was the minister at the church...
Susan Inman: Why the B.C. children and youth rep’s report is alarming
The recently released and widely publicized report on involuntary hospitalizations from B.C.’s children and youth representative seems meant to alarm us. The report, Detained: Rights of Children and Youth under the Mental Health Act, is alarming, but for very...
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Nanaimo’s homeless youth share their stories, poems, artwork
Delaney Gunn, a youth literacy coordinator at Literacy Central Vancouver Island, has been working to collect the stories of youth experiencing homelessness in and around Nanaimo by sharing them with the public in a magazine series called Place. “One of the biggest...
Achieving human potential is true prosperity
Dr. Trevor Hancock is a retired professor and senior scholar at the University of Victoria’s School of Public Health and Social Policy, a public health physician, health promotion consultant and columnist for the Victoria Times-Colonist newspaper. Dr. Hancock spoke...
Iliajah Pidskalny cycled from Saskatoon to Vancouver to stop the harm
Iliajah Pidskalny, an award-winning Geology graduate from Saskatchewan, set out on January 1, 2021 -- on his bicycle and carrying a tent -- and he cycled from Saskatoon to Vancouver, arriving on Friday January 29. Iliajah cycled to raise awareness of the ongoing --...
