In this category you can find blogs aiming to increase awareness and self-reflection on topics relevant to our academic, but also more widely to our citizen self.
You can disagree without being disagreeable –Ruth Bader Ginsburg, U.S. Supreme Court Justice I do not typically engage in ‘making friends’ because the motions have never been simple for me. Unfortunately, emotional maturation and professional development have not increased the frequency or success in my cultivating ‘friendships’. So, networking? …
To the Academic Community of the School of Health in Social Science, You all must have received at least a couple of emails in the last couple of months regarding something called ‘ConveRACEions’. This letter is to help you get a better sense of the context. Going back a few …
When I tell people that I am studying gestational diabetes as part of my PhD, I mostly receive a blank stare or a vague “oh, that’s interesting…” in return. As a disease of pregnancy, gestational diabetes doesn’t affect half of the population and for those it does impact, it usually goes away …
Regardless if you are vegan or not, you may have already considered how your diet influences the planet and all the organisms living on it—especially now, when we are faced with environmental disasters and persistent news about animal cruelty. However, the discourse about veganism is complex. As a researcher in the field of eating disorders, I …
Last Saturday, on 10th October, we commemorated ‘World Mental Health Day’! World Mental Health Day is the international day to acknowledging the importance of mental health, and the theme for this year was ‘mental health for all’. This day aims to raise awareness and fight stigma and discrimination associated with mental health …
These are unprecedented times being experienced the world over. Seemingly everything is coming to an accelerated standstill. The world is experiencing upheavals of varying complexities—upheavals to remove archaic structures and to shake up antiquated norms. The rose–colored lens with which we view the outside realms of affairs are broadening largely …
Anecdotally, we all know that animals make us happy. Spending a few minutes playing with a puppy or watching a video of some cute animals on YouTube is sure to put a smile on your face. But did you know that research has shown several benefits of spending time with …
“Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise, I rise, I rise.”–Maya Angelou History is subjective truth based on objective fact. Fact: My ancestors were slaves. Fact: My great-grandfather signed his name with an “X”. Fact: The history of …
I
Daughter of a
Black
Man and a
White
Woman
AM
I a colour you
Understand
Do I fit your
Criteria
Brown sample swatch
A
History of
Resilience
Runs through my
Veins
Cries for justice
BLACK
Is my skin my
Heritage
My beaten
Brow
And thickened skin
WOMAN
Of colour
Threatened
By both violence and
Complacency
Can you help me
AND
I have a
Voice
But ours is
Louder
When we bleed as one
I
Am not better
Injustice
Affects us all
So
Please don’t shoot me
WILL
You recognize my
Pain
My skin colour should not
Stop
Me from breathing
PERSIST
Rather than perpetuate
Defend
Rather than deny
Together
We demand change
BLACK LIVES MATTER
