« For the first time, we’re planning a summer vacation together as a family! » Normand Charest and Isabelle Binggeli File: Mental Health Hélène Picard, 33, mother of two, shouts this out with enthusiasm. She and her husband Maxime have become experts in family logistics. Every move […] See more
Many things make me a different sort of person. I’m dyslexic. Yet because my mother taught me to read, write and count, I made it to the top of my class. Many students are “different” like me. By Raymond Viger How should the educational world […] See more
Note: Jean-Pierre Bellemare was convicted in 2021 of a crime committed in 2018, and is currently incarcerated. I was so afraid of becoming like my father that I became like my mother, a beaten person. By Jean-Pierre Bellemare My alcoholic father was violent against my […] See more
Who hasn’t dreamed of losing weight without trying? Or eating all that you can and maintaining a perfect figure? Until recently, this seemed an impossible goal. But medicine has caught up with the eternal quest for the perfect body. And in this new technological century, […] See more
Simon is codependent – emotionally dependent on others. Clinically, the term is “schizo-dependent.” He needs other people to survive – to an unhealthy extent. He can be dominated, or he can be controlling. When he hits a crisis moment in his life he lapses into […] See more
“I’m a survivor…” VéroniKaH, a talented painter, has been anorexic for 35 years. Anorexia is a mental illness especially common among girls and women. Fully 3% of women ages 15-25 to suffer from this crippling psychological disorder. People afflicted with this disorder avoid eating in […] See more
Norma (not her real name) was 18 the first time she saw Dr. Jean Wilkins, a specialist in eating disorders at Montreal’s Sainte Justine Hospital. Another one of Dr. Wilkins’ patients brought young Norma to see him. She was in bad shape. She suffered from […] See more
Jean is a broken man. He lost his son Michel to suicide at age 47. It’s a weighty pain – one too great for a father’s frail shoulders to bear. Dominic Desmarais Files Health, Mental Health After numerous bouts with mental illness, Michel finally took […] See more
The documentary Girl Model denounces the fashion industry. And former model Rachel Blais is at war with the industry itself. She is especially upset about the way young girls are exploited. Coming from Siberia, the United States and even from Québec, 13-year-old girls are faced […] See more
In 2009, the Québec Ministry of Culture, Communications and the Status of Women worked together to create an initiative designed to promote diversity in body image representation. The Charter they came up with covers the following points: Promote a diversity of body images, including different […] See more
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