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Today seems like it will never end. It’s sweltering in here, and the urine smell isn’t making me feel well at all, at this retirement home job. Today, of all… Continue reading "Diary of a PSW: Robert’s Grief (Brenda Bondy-Caldicott)"
A PSW is a caregiver who provides help to a person needing assistance from the effects of aging, disability, illness, etc., often under the direction of registered staff. The age… Continue reading "What is a PSW? (Brenda Bondy-Caldicott)"
When I was growing up in Brantford, it seemed like few people were bold enough to publicly divulge their Grand River frolics. Whenever anyone did, it was rarely met with… Continue reading "How to use the Grand River (Kait Fowlie, @KaitFowlie)"
Despite stereotypes and assumptions that First Nations men are warriors, Haudenosaunee peoples – both men and women – have always wanted to avoid war. During the era of the War… Continue reading "Commemorating the War of 1812 (Danielle VanEvery, @QueenyD16)"
Katimavik, a program that’s touched millions, enlisted thousands, and changed for the better hundreds of communities across Canada, is officially no more. Its cancellation, and other strong austerity measures like… Continue reading "Katimavik: Why It Matters To Us (Leisha Senko, @LeishaSenko)"
Volunteering: It’s an unselfish act that most of us do to show support for something we care about. We make time in our already busy schedules to freely provide our… Continue reading "Volunteering is Supposed to be Fun (Andrew Macklin, @AMacklin)"
On the website Essay Experts Inc., a slick salesman in a YouTube video on the main-page pitches to customers “model papers” that are “completely customized and 100 per cent original,… Continue reading "Commonplace: Plagiarism and Academic Misconduct (Graeme Gordon, @Sputnik_News)"
It was a nice sunny September day. A jazz band was playing in Harmony Square. People were laughing. They were singing. They were clapping along and tapping their feet.I was… Continue reading "When Somebody Punches Your Turtle (Carrie Sinkowski, @CSinkowski)"
I’ve said it before: sometimes it’s hard not to focus on the negative. I watched with anticipation to see the results of the Expositor’s annual contest, where they poll the… Continue reading "The Lasting Legacy of 2012 (Andrew Macklin, @AMacklin)"
My dad really believed in education. At least that’s the way my eight-year-old mind cobbled it together. I have this very vivid memory of him coming home when he worked… Continue reading "There is Nothing Wrong with Dirty Hands (Marc Laferriere, @MarcLaferriere)"