Elder Abuse World Elder Abuse Awareness Day is held on June 15th each year and is an annual United Nations observance day. As people are living longer abuse of the elderly is increasing and may even lead to death. World…
Elder Abuse World Elder Abuse Awareness Day is held on June 15th each year and is an annual United Nations observance day. As people are living longer abuse of the elderly is increasing and may even lead to death. World…
World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development Established in 1945, the mission of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is to build peace through international cooperation, believing this to be the only way to build bridges…
Pink Shirt Day / Anti-bullying Day Now a movement celebrated across the globe, Pink Shirt Day has humble beginnings. Here is a snippet of an article from the Globe & Mail detailing the original incident: “David Shepherd, Travis Price and…
Expanded Minute for Affirm, Nov 7, 2021: Tolerance by Linda Vogels and Sarah Colwell Linda: Hi, Sarah! How’s it going? Sarah: Linda, I’m so upset today! Linda: Why? What’s wrong? Sarah: I have a neighbour who is a conspiracy theory…
If someone walked in here and offered you 20.7 billion US dollars, what would you spend it on? Even if they walked in with a paltry 37 million, what would you spend it on? Well, it seems that in 2019…
International Migrants Day – 18 December First, a little vocabulary lesson… Immigrant – a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country. Emigrant – a person who leaves their own country in order to settle permanently in…
Introduction The relationship between mental health problems and homelessness and access to housing is complex. Individuals with mental health problems or mental illnesses are predisposed to experiencing housing insecurity and homelessness, and poor mental health can be caused, triggered or…