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Health

The Mental Health Crisis on the Other End of the Phone

January 20, 2023May 29, 2023 - by Inori Roy

Remote work has transformed the already challenging overnight shift for crisis hotline operators into a deeply lonely one

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Health

Should the Right to Die Extend to People with Mental Illness?

March 25, 2021April 20, 2021 - by Katie Engelhart

Adam Maier-Clayton wanted to change Canada’s laws, then die under them. Instead, he was left behind

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Health / November/December 2020

The Many Ways We’re Failing Our Children’s Mental Health

October 26, 2020October 27, 2020 - by Lauren McGill

Social media pressures, loneliness, and the climate crisis are weighing on today’s youth. The stress is taking its toll

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Health / Society

The Decade in Relationships

December 31, 2019February 21, 2020 - by The Walrus Staff

From the racism of online dating to mourning through technology, here are the relationship conversations that helped define Canada

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Memoir / September 2019

The Truth about Wanting to Die

August 6, 2019September 23, 2022 - by Anna Mehler Paperny

Suicide is scary and messy and exhausting, Anna Mehler Paperny writes in her new book. And we need to be far more honest about it

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Health

How Technology Can Fill the Gaps in Our Mental Health System

November 28, 2018December 19, 2019 - by Jodie Shupac

Wait times for psychiatrists are often dangerously long. Why many Canadians are using apps to help treat their depression

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Media

Show Us Some Decency

June 15, 2016January 18, 2022 - by Mary-Margaret Jones

Investigating harassment and the sexualization of women in the workplace is of public interest. A suicide note is not

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Media

Show Us the Suicide Note

June 8, 2016November 18, 2019 - by Jonathan Kay

Raveena Aulakh’s death was a tragedy—but one we can learn from. As journalists, our duty is to the living, not the dead

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December 2015 / Politics

Trudeau’s Morbid Duty

November 13, 2015April 8, 2020 - by Jonathan Kay

It’s been ten months since Carter v. Canada. So where’s our assisted suicide law?

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Society

The Last Human Right

February 6, 2015April 10, 2020 - by Jonathan Kay

Thanks to today’s landmark Supreme Court judgment on assisted suicide, the personal autonomy of suffering, terminally ill Canadians will finally be respected

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