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Up to 6 million individuals across Canada provide some level of unpaid care to dependents who may be family members, friends, or neighbors. A caregiver is defined as someone who tends to the needs or concerns of a person with short- or long-term limitations due to illness, injury or disability. The responsibilities of a caregiver can vary from purchasing and organizing patient medications to helping patients get to a doctor's appointment.
Although social media may have its advantages, it also has the ability to enhance our vulnerabilities and negatively impact our mental health, especially in the sense of it affecting people's perceptions of their body image.
LGBTQ+ individuals continue, to this day, to experience prejudice, judgement, abuse and violence. Individuals who are Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Trans, and Queer, may hide their sexuality from others in hopes that they will not be stigmatized or experience homophobia, transphobia or biphobia by others.
As an international student, it can be challenging to abruptly have to live alone, support yourself financially as well as emotionally, and maintain your grades in university whilst adjusting to a new lifestyle and culture.
Especially during midterms, or final exam season, it can become extremely overwhelming and difficult to cope with the immense amount of pressure and stress to complete all of the required assignments and revise for all the exams that are worth 30% of your overall grade in the course.
The purpose of a cooperative is to realize the economic, cultural and social needs of the organization's members and its surrounding community. Cooperatives often have a strong commitment to their community and a focus on strengthening the community they exist in or serve.
Violence against girls and women is an international emergency. Many videos have been shown all over the media of women and little girls being harassed by men. Without a second thought or even listening to the victim's story the immediate reaction is to blame the victim and somehow name it as their "fault". Why did she dress like that? Why was she out so late? Why was she asking for "it"? These are all common questions that victims have to hear.
In recent years, the number of women who are starting and running their own business is on an upward trend which is impacted by family, social, political, and cultural contexts. Studies have shown that women have disproportionately higher participation in caregiving, childcare, and unpaid household work.
The acronym "2SLGBTQ" stands for Two-Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or questioning). The plus sign represents other sexual identities, such as pansexual or asexual. Many years ago, the 2SLGBTQ+ group was greatly looked down upon.
Taken a ride with Uber, had your dinner delivered by Door Dash, or sold something on Etsy? If you have, you are a participant in the gig economy. The gig economy is a free-market system where organizations and independent workers engage in short-term work arrangements.
Being your own boss, setting your own hours, and making your own rules are some of the perks of being self-employed. However, self-employment isn't without its challenges. Let's discuss how to be self-employed.
A deeper dive into how immigration and other social factors contribute to declining in mental health in immigrant women.
