How to manage stress and anxiety in the midst of a pandemic

 Stress and anxiety are common mental health issues that impact many Canadians. Due to COVID-19 many individuals, especially parents, are experiencing an increased amount of stress and anxiety which can negatively impact one’s daily life. Stressors like the decrease of work hours and job instability have been negatively impacting the

Heart to Heart with Adele: Dealing with death and dying

 Question: Dear Adele, We are living in extremely tough times as parents. We thought we had this parenting thing down pat, but the coronavirus pandemic has humbled us, mightily. Stories of death and dying are all over our television, in every newspaper and magazine we receive, and seemingly come up

A punch in the gut

 A punch in the gut. An overwhelmingly heavy, heavy sadness. Guilt. Remorse. Anger. Self-frustration. Tears. A feeling unlike any other feeling; a feeling that no one else gets it or cares enough to understand it. Loneliness and fear. Sounds like a hefty case of depression, doesn't it? It probably is.

Education is our strongest weapon

 By Chantal Beauvais  and Manal Guirguis-Younger (Photo: Canadian Heritage/Patrimoine canadien) The day of the fatal shooting of Cpl. Nathan Cirillo on at the National War Memorial brought immense sadness to us at Saint Paul University, and we remain heavy-hearted and concerned. There was grief and heartbreak. Over the years, Saint Paul