By Mary Ann McColl Guest Contributor We hear over and over that it is important to remain occupied during pandemic restrictions. People are gardening, baking bread and taking on DIY projects in record numbers. But what exactly does all this “occupation” ...
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By Ettie Rutherford Contributing Columnist Even though life as you knew it, before the coronavirus pandemic, will never be what you would like it to be, there is still no need to adopt a feeling of hopelessness. This is a time ...
Read More »What’s In It For You?
By Ettie Rutherford Contributing Columnist Taking care of self will allow you to assist others. I think we can all agree that the pandemic has changed our lives, in more ways than we could have ever imagined. It has limited ...
Read More »Finding Balance During The Pandemic
By Ettie Rutherford Contributing Columnist Recently, I was speaking to a friend about the many changes that the coronavirus has wrought on our lives. I was amused to hear from him, that there is a shortage of puppies and kittens, ...
Read More »During This Challenging Time, Be At Peace With Reality
By Ettie Rutherford Contributing Columnist Life as it has been over the last few months has left many people overwhelmed by the physical, mental, financial and relationship challenges that are rampant in every community. That has caused a feeling of ...
Read More »5 Simple Lifestyle Changes To Help You Through The Cold And Flu Season
Fall usually brings the excitement of a new routine, new school year, extracurricular activities and the cool weather we’re all likely craving, after summer heat waves. While things may look a little different this year as we settle into our ...
Read More »Joyce Echaquan’s Death: How A Decolonizing Approach Could Help Tackle Racism In Health Care In Canada
By Marie-Claude Tremblay Guest Contributor The horrific death of Joyce Echaquan, from the Atikamekw Nation in Manawan, has sparked conversations on systemic racism in Canada. Echaquan heard racist and degrading comments from health-care workers at a hospital in Joliette, Que., north ...
Read More »CARPHA Investing In Mental Health In The Caribbean
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago (Tuesday, October 20, 2020) — In the Caribbean, and worldwide, mental health disorders are now recognised as the fifth major non-communicable disease and a major threat to health and economic development in the 21st ...
Read More »Supporting And Helping Women During The COVID-19 Pandemic
By Ettie Rutherford Contributing Columnist As a child growing up in Jamaica, I, along with everyone else, because of our affiliation to Britain, was awash in every aspect of English literature. Our entire educational system, from infant school to teachers’ ...
Read More »Gratitude Leads To Hope
By Ettie Rutherford Contributing Columnist Every day, it is becoming increasingly clear that our world is desperately in need of hope. The global pandemic, threatening millions of lives, as well as the aftermath of continued racial injustice, leave us not ...
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