Why Home-Schooling Was Right for Me
When school stifled my creativity, my parents turned to independent learning
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Dementia Care Gets Its Own Village
Inside a new housing model for managing mental decline—one that prioritizes patient autonomy
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Don’t Drink the Bleach
Medical scams are bad enough in ordinary situations. During a pandemic, they can be deadly
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Why It’s So Hard to Legalize Recreational Drugs
Scientists believe that newly invented psychoactive substances might have untapped health benefits. Too bad none of us will ever get to try them
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Social Distancing Is Impossible in Prisons. Why Are They Still Full?
Bail courts have gone virtual and trials are suspended. But prisons, which pose a severe public health risk, are still open
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Race Is a Story and No Single Narrative Defines Me
In a Toronto classroom, I was forced to confront how language makes one person “other” to the next
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Sex Ed Failed Me. Then I Was Hired to Sell Vibrators
Lovecraft, one of Canada’s first sex-positive stores, transformed the conversation around sexual health
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We Turned Our Pet Chickens Into Dinner
First we bonded over our unusual pets. Then we bonded over butchering them
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Taking Hallucinogens with My Mom
When my mother was diagnosed with cancer, she didn’t want chemo. Instead, she tried every other potion under the sun
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