There is a crisis that hardly gets talked about. If we look closely at almost any major city there is an enormous problem that hides in the crevices. Vancouver’s downtown eastside is exactly this. A growing crisis of homelessness, addiction, abuse, sex trade,...

Social Isolation and Youth One of the greatest concerns as we move through Covid is the impact on mental health as a result of social isolation on youth. Specifically in regards to young people, the social isolation of Covid could and likely will have a significant...

Talking Through Anxiety: Communication for Healing Anxiety, depression and other stress related conditions have been traditionally very difficult to talk about. Thankfully, this is changing. The world has become more aware of anxiety conditions. Mental and emotional...

Sarajevo: A Survival Story Liliana survived one of the most violent and horrifying wars in modern history. This is the story of her life in the war and eventual escape. Unfortunately, surviving the war was just the beginning. 

I forced the breath into my lungs, hopelessly trying to stay calm while my heart is beating in every fiber of my body feeling it loudest in my throat and ears. Pressed against the wall the smell of gunpowder thick in the air, and the sporadic reverberations of gunfire...

In my time of growing up, my city of Sarajevo was made famous for two momentous events. We captured world headlines with the 1984 winter olympics and one of the most bloody wars in modern history. Ironically, these events occurred less than a decade apart. I was born...