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7 questions for Richard Rohr Broadview Magazine

WebFr. Richard Rohr is a Franciscan priest, the author of more than 30 books and the founder of the Center for Action and Contemplation, which hosts Living …

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The link between diabetes among Indigenous peoples …

WebThere are all kinds of surveys and statistics. Among the more jarring facts is that in Canada, seven percent of Indigenous women over the age of 15 have been diagnosed with …

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3 organizations tackling food insecurity in Indigenous …

WebThe Saugeen First Nation Food Bank is a local organization offering monthly food packages to Indigenous households in need. On average, the organization’s food …

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Anne Thériault on her spiritual journey to Geel, Belgium

WebAnne Th é riault travelled to Geel, Belgium to learn more about its revolutionary approach to mental illness. She spoke with Aleysha Haniff about St. …

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Geel, Belgium has a radical approach to mental illness

WebSome traditions hold that mentally ill patients from her hospice also witnessed Dymphna’s death, and they were immediately, miraculously cured. As this story spread, Geel …

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10 keys to open up your mind Broadview Magazine

WebHere are 10 ways you can exercise an open mind while keeping your critical faculties intact: 1. Be ready to revise your opinion. A willingness to reconsider our views …

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Obesity problem may be a crisis of faith, as well as of health

WebBreisch and Shamblin’s argument that fat is a spiritual problem is radically different from mainstream analysis. The common secular theory for North American …

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Inuit in Ottawa for medical treatment ‘extremely homesick’

WebMacLeod has been at Larga Baffin for six years; before that, he spent a decade working in the North. “People are extremely homesick,” he says. “They just want …

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60 years ago, Canada's health-care system began amid a …

WebIn July 1962, most of the province’s doctors went on strike for 23 days. There was bitter division over Medicare, with loud demonstrations and even calls for violence. …

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Toronto clinic is providing free health care to immigrants …

WebThe Canadian Centre for Refugee and Immigrant HealthCare (CCRIH) had humble beginnings. It opened in 2000, and its first home was in the basement of a …

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More young girls are fearing for their safety as they engage in

WebA Plan International report found that 53 percent of Canadian young women have feared for their safety when participating in activism. (Photo by Mélodie Descoubes) …

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Dr. James Makokis brings traditional Cree approaches to …

WebMore than 12,000 transgender and non-binary people call Alberta home, but wait times and a lack of expertise and information often keep patients in the province …

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Sixties Scoop survivor creates an interactive map for fellow …

WebMapping I wanted the map to be sophisticated enough to show where a survivor says they came from — for instance, I was from Edmonton and was taken to …

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My mother and I have the same mental health disorders. But is it

WebThe organization even says that one’s family history may be the best way of determining one’s risk of developing mental illness. In 2013, the Lancet reported that two …

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The hidden epidemic of loneliness in Canada Broadview Magazine

WebChiu, then 66, believed to be in the early stages of dementia, left her comfortable suburban Scarborough, Ont., home in the middle of the night and ventured …

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How navigating cancer helped Kate Bowler redefine what it means …

WebIn the book, Bowler — who was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer in 2015 at age 35, with a poor chance of survival beyond two years — offers witty blessings that …

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Medical tourism, with risks, is becoming more common for …

WebIt appears there are plenty of Canadians like Barta who are prepared to incur potential health risks in order to save money or speed up their access to treatment. And …

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What we know about the nutritional experiments performed on …

WebThe discovery of hundreds of children’s remains in Kamloops, Brandon and Cowessess has exposed the absolute devastation settlers inflicted upon Indigenous …

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How basement living can affect mental health Broadview Magazine

WebLiz Sinclair Kruth, a registered psychotherapist in Guelph, Ont., says that living in a basement apartment can potentially exacerbate, or even cause mental health …

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