1. Cornwallis Last week, Halifax City Council voted overwhelmingly to take down the statue of Edward Cornwallis. Columnist Stephen Kimber believed Cornwallis had become too easy a distraction for those of us in the non-Indigenous community. Then he talked with Indigenous journalist Maureen Googoo… Click here to read “Does Cornwallis matter? More than I would […]
Let’s Walk: shifting the conversation from mental illness to mental fitness.
“Shame can be toxic and giving people the power to speak up is fabulous,” says Jackie Kinley. Kinley is a psychiatrist and an associate professor in psychiatry at Dalhousie University. Last week, Bell Canada contributed $6.9 million to various mental health initiatives through its “Let’s Talk” campaign. The goal is to reduce stigma around mental […]