My Struggle with Addiction
During the summer of 1996, when I was 11, I became drastically sick with lupus. I was admitted to Children’s Hospital Boston and put on high doses of steroids, which made my face puffy and round and made me gain 80 pounds. Despite frequent hospitalizations, the...
Healing from Suicide Loss: The Stories of BC Youth
A disturbing fact: Suicide is one of the leading causes of death among young people in Canada. Another fact:Â Although much information exists on suicide prevention and intervention, there is little research and few resources which examine the impact of a suicide...
Creating Safer Communities
To reduce crime, we must support families and provide opportunities for children The things that make communities safer from crime lie beyond the criminal justice system: they lie beyond the jurisdiction of law enforcement, courts, corrections. The criminal justice...