Women in Business: Jessica Correa of Random Acts of Green
By JOURNEY Staff If you saw someone doing a good deed for the environment, would you follow their example? Jessica Correa thinks so. The 2016 Trent University graduate never dreamed […]
Time to recycle one seriously frayed metaphor…
Nourish Project Talks About BASIC INCOME GUARANTEE By JOELLE FAVREAU, Community Development Supervisor at YWCA Peterborough Haliburton/Nourish Project Manager I’ve always been fascinated by the metaphors we use to talk about the world around us. With their colourful and memorable images, they get us hooked quickly and help us make […]
Some Magical Poetry
Some Magical Poetry by Sasha Patterson snow melts slowly small rays of sunshine, escape this gloomy day droplets tumbling down drainpipes crafting a slow, steady beat pulsing steady grey shadows, meet grey gardens mulch mornings, and soggy afternoons rubber boots race hop over cracks hide behind cars, wallow in puddles […]
Step off the blankets
…and relearn Canada’s history. “Blankets infected with the deadly smallpox virus were given or traded to you by British military leaders. You died from small […]
JOVANNA’S JOURNAL: An Inspirational Message from Jovanna Soligo
By Jovanna Soligo Breathe and Receive Do you feel out of breath trying to accomplish your to-do list? Are you overwhelmed with choices and suffering from indecision? Do you feel […]
Book Review: BEFORE I GO by Colleen Oakley
Christine Ethier REVIEWS BEFORE I GO by Colleen Oakley In “Before I Go”, written by first time author Colleen Oakley, the title refers to the impending death from ‘allkindsofcancer’ of […]
Camp fYrefly For LGBTQ Youth Is A “life-saver”. . . And It’s Coming To Trent University, Peterborough, This Summer.
By the age of four, transgender youth Marissa Taylor was already having suicidal thoughts. ‘I want to die so I can go to heaven and talk to God. I need […]
UNITING FOR AKIKODJIWAN
Local Group Participates in Walk to Save Indigenous Sacred Site From Condos, Office Towers and Pavement By Melodie McCullough Algonquin Grandmothers and Elders of the Ottawa River region, and […]
FOR THE WATER
Edward George and the Nibi Onji Canoe Journey “What more must we do?” “What is the water asking of us?” ” What must we come to understand in […]
Lynn Gehl Continues 30-year Fight for First Nations Status
By Melodie McCullough So far Canada’s federal government has spent $762,827.48 and 30 years trying to make Lynn Gehl disappear. It hasn’t worked. Gehl wants First Nation Indian status, and, although she lost a […]
From Rejection to Acceptance – a Trans Person’s Story of How CMHA’S GENDER JOURNEYS Throws a Life-Line to Trans’ Communities
By Melodie McCullough This article was updated August, 2017 “I’m sorry, but you’re just not a good fit.” Stacey Love-Jolicoeur does not like those words. In fact, she hates them. […]
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