By Colin McGregor At the 24th International AIDS Conference held in Montreal last summer, a lot of thought went into describing how inequality perpetuates AIDS. But the coronavirus and monkeypox were also on the agenda as scientists, activists and UN agency workers alike struggle to fight […] See more
Students at John Abbott College wrote about the COVID-19 crisis in their French language media course. The following translations come from that course. Many students couldn’t celebrate reaching the age of majority with their classmates. In confinement, they gained an awareness of the impacts of […] See more
Agence Science-Presse (www.sciencepresse.qc.ca) Being infected with COVID seriously increases your risks of suffering grave health problems in the weeks following an infection – from type 1 diabetes to heart ailments. The authors of a study that came out in July in PLOS Medicine took care […] See more
In a tranquil park in Saint Henri on a soft summer’s evening, the sun slowly sets behind the baseball diamond as two teams of young adults play softball. Behind the outfield fence, students and other onlookers sit and listen on benches and a hill as, […] See more
The image many have of Anglophones living in the Eastern Townships of Quebec is that of fat cats living in mansions, controlling the Quebec economy. And that is frustrating, according to those actively trying to improve the lot of what has become a population far […] See more
By Virginie Francoeur, Ph.D. The forests lead the people, the deserts follow them – François-René de Chateaubriand. On a planetary scale, the health and subsistence of our human population rest firmly on the viability of our ecosystems. Globalization has weakened our natural environment. The biggest […] See more
On July 25th, 2018, Riley Fairholm, 17, who had a history of depression, told his loved ones he didn’t want to live anymore. He then went outside in the middle of the night, waving an air gun, waving it around, shouting and screaming along a […] See more
A scared, lonely young man, whose opportunities are limited by Covid, begins to believe that vaccines are a Chinese plot and the world is “out to get him.” Mental illness has seeped into his thoughts. He is not alone. By Colin McGregor According to a […] See more
Bell Let’s Talk Day is Wednesday, January 26 and we’re joining in to help drive meaningful progress in mental health. COVID-19 has affected every aspect of our lives, including our mental health. However, tools are available to support ourselves and each other. To access Bell’s […] See more
Agence Science-Presse While all eyes are turned towards South Africa, it’s more relevant to look towards Scandinavia, where the first two major spreader events involving the Omicron variant of the Coronavirus took place. Indeed, Norway has “the honor” of having hosted the first “superspreader event.” […] See more
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