Community Connections
Community Gardens: Cultivating Food and Neighbourhood Bonds
On a sunny Saturday morning in many Canadian neighbourhoods, a community garden is one of the liveliest places...
Indigenous Canoe Journeys: Healing Through Water and Tradition
Think of a river upon which no cedar canoe had set foot for more than a hundred years. Not due to any changes in the...
Living Fully, Caring Deeply: Kirsten Woodend on Nursing, Loss, Resilience, and the Power of Human Connection
Some people spend a lifetime mastering a craft. Others spend a lifetime mastering what it means to be human...
Breaking the Stigma: Community Initiatives for Youth Mental Health in Canada
There is a quiet crisis unfolding in communities across Canada — one that doesn't always make the front page but...
Walking Beside People: Amy de Nobriga on Trauma, Healing, and the Future of Social Work
Some people run toward the fire when others run away. Amy de Nobriga is one of them. For more than twenty years...
Canadian Indigenous Seed Saving: Preserving Culture and Food Security
For thousands of years, Indigenous peoples have been the original seed keepers of this land. Today, communities...
How Canada’s Health System Frames War-Affected Children: Understanding Complex Trauma in Young Newcomers
A child sits quietly in a clinic waiting room in Canada. The child arrived only a few months ago, having fled a...
The Weight of a Thousand Miles: Why War’s Greatest Toll Is the Hearts of Our Children
Imagine if your biggest worry today wasn’t a deadline at work or a bill in the mail, but whether the ceiling of....
How Compassion Becomes Strategy: Deborah Lehmann on Cancer Care, Hope, Equity, Community Impact and Leading with Heart
Deborah Lehmann leads The Ottawa Cancer Foundation with the kind of clarity that only comes from...
The Promise of the Canadian Dental Care Plan
National Dental Hygiene Month shines a light on oral health’s importance to...
Diana Gifford-Jones on Global Health, Education, and Carrying Forward the Legacy of Dr. W. Gifford-Jones, MD (Dr. Ken Walker)
Imagine a voice that bridges the worlds of health, education, and human...
Honouring Indigenous Disability Awareness Month
Established in 2015, Indigenous Disability Awareness Month (IDAM) celebrates the...
