Navigating youth mental illness with family
Tracey Addison looks down at her feet. She is standing in a garden outside Sunnybrook Hospital, remembering. “I felt as though we were in quicksand. We couldn’t move fast enough…Continue Reading →
In the language of my discontent
Trigger warning: suicide attempt, death Coming out of the rabbit hole is not easy. It involves motivation, patience, a touch of creativity and one rule: don’t let the Queen of…Continue Reading →
Recognizing education culture and its role in mental health
Trigger warning: self-harm, suicide Elizabeth Baker was diagnosed with depression and anxiety in her first year of university, but it was in Grade six that she first thought about self-harm.…Continue Reading →
Reflections on mental illness, stigma and medical culture from a medical student
Trigger warning: suicide, death, cancer, substance abuse, opioids Tharshika Thangarasa is a third-year medical student at the University of Ottawa. She is studying to be a physician. My love of…Continue Reading →
‘We never grew up with our culture:’ One person’s journey to reconnect with their Indigenous roots
Trigger Warning: overdose, drugs, death, residential schools Although born in the Northwest Territories rich in Inuit culture, Nanook (Nook) Fareal was raised in a predominantly white town in Nova Scotia.…Continue Reading →