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As a Mom of a transgender son, I’ve had the opportunity of seeing how long of a way we still have to go to eradicate hatred and misunderstanding towards visible minorities in Canada - people of colour, disabled people, and queer and trans people. As a parent, it is tough to consider that many transgender people in this country still face real challenges in their day-to-day lives.  Allyship can help close that gap; consistent, thoughtful action can help to create safer, more respectful...

In Honor of National Human Trafficking Awareness Day Every year on National Human Trafficking Awareness Day, communities pause to reflect on a difficult but urgent reality: human trafficking continues to exist in our cities, suburbs, and rural communities. According to a 2025 report , the primary drivers of human trafficking in Canada are sexual exploitation and forced labour. Yet these crimes do not always involve kidnappings or dramatic abductions. More often, they unfold through...

I’d like to invite you to pause for a minute.  Take a seat, take a deep breath, grab a coffee, or tea, a juice, or a water, and look outside.  Look at the sky, or a tree, a weed on the ground, or a hill in the distance.  Listen.  Is there rain, is there wind, are there birds calling out?  How long can you sit for?   It is incredibly hard to just ‘be’, right? Not DO , just BE. I’m an outlier on a LOT of things, but I’m pretty sure I’ve got some good company on this one.  I remember being on a...