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Lisa Rose greets me with a smile as she walks down the wooden stairs of an old home. A reusable bag filled with bottles of cleaning solutions hangs off her… Continue reading "Poverty Feature by Sylvia Hernandez-Rassavong"
There is a line in an old Nick Hornby novel called High Fidelity where they talk about what you like being more important that what you are like. It’s one of my… Continue reading "Everyday Influence. (Marc Laferriere, @MarcLaferriere)"
I think I must have been eleven, and my entire family — Dad, Mom, three little sisters and one little brother — were cramped and sweating in our beat up… Continue reading "Walking in Floodwaters (Adam King, @sabbatical)"
Someone once told me, “You don’t know, what you don’t know”. That simple statement has stuck with me and I think about it a lot in many different contexts. It… Continue reading "When you Don’t Know Where to Turn to, Turn to 211 (Kristin Pass, @KristinPass)"
Do you know what it’s like to struggle to get a job in your field, after having been to college or university and incurring tens of thousands of dollars in… Continue reading "Why the Youth Jobs Crisis Should Matter to Everyone (Alex Felsky, @AlexFelsky)"
In October 2012, I got to take a trip with a team of volunteers from Freedom House to the Dream Center in Los Angeles. What is the Dream Center? It’s… Continue reading "Down on Skid Row (Steve Straza, @SteveStraza)"
It means “Seize the Day,” and that’s what you need to do. Take charge, make a decision for yourself, stand up for someone, kick back and relax, invent something, find… Continue reading "Carpe Diem, Guys, Carpe Diem (Markus McDaniel)"
I’m writing today with the purpose of inspiring those of you who have considered running, but are in that place where you feel as if going from walking to running isn’t something… Continue reading "You Can Do It (Laurie Ann March, @innerpossible)"
Article courtesy of http://www.pressprogress.ca/ The family split inside the Conservative Party over family income splitting is pure gold for political junkies. First, the Finance Minister publicly trash talks the key election promise of the Prime… Continue reading "Family Income Splitting Just the Beginning of Tory Tax Troubles (PressProgress)"
The issues I am addressing in this article have a devastating impact on this community. As a clinical social worker in Brantford, I have dealt with the victims of drugs,… Continue reading "The Too Often Forgotten – Addictions, Drugs and Mental Health (Marc Laferriere, @MarcLaferriere)"