Special Issue
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Special IssuePhoto Essay: Melinda Prévost and the Life of a Diabetic Athlete
It’s Nov. 18, and it is game day for the Concordia Stingers’ women’s hockey team. At the Ed Meagher Arena, on the ice rink, one of the players circles around the ice, warming up.
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Special IssueLooking Into the Lifesaving Naloxone
McGill social work student Richard Davy said there’s a lack of awareness given towards the importance of naloxone and the growing rate of opioid overdoses in Montreal.
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Special IssueWomen and Sterilization: Why are Young Women Still Being Denied Tubal Ligation?
*What does a doctor who refuses to help me obtain a tubal ligation—a sterilizing procedure to seal the fallopian tubes—an anti-abortionist, and the early inventors of contraception have in common? The illusion of giving women better choices, the saviour complex, the undermining of women’s right and ability to make their own choices, and the ideas regarding who should and shouldn’t have children.
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Special IssueSelf Image and Deprecation: A Personal Narrative on Body Image and Mental Health
I’ve been trying to figure out for weeks how not to make this piece about my body’s shape incredibly depressing.
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Special IssueClimate Catastrophe and Its Effects on Mental Health
I definitely think my perspective of the future has become more pessimistic. I feel an overall sense of cynicism and helplessness because I feel that one person can’t make too much of a difference on a global scale,” said Grace Feiler, a second year political science major at McGill University. “I know that’s a bad way of looking at it, but for something as big and catastrophic as climate change, it’s easy to feel that way.”
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Special IssueWhere to Find Mental Health, Addiction and Community Support in Montreal
Need help but feel lost? Here are some services in Montreal that offer support to those with mental illness, disabilities, addiction or sexually transmitted infections. You can also learn about organizations that provide educational workshops or other types of social support.
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Special IssueHuman Trafficking, Modern Day Slavery in South Africa
Human trafficking and racial segregation are still alive and well in South Africa, and right here in Montreal.
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Special IssueReframing the Stereotype of the Angry Black Woman
One woman’s reflection on the stereotype of the angry Black woman.
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Special IssueA Concordia Student Describes Her Experiences Growing Up Racialized in Montreal
A reflection on the ups and downs of growing up as a Brown, Muslim, woman in Montreal in a post 9/11 climate.
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Special IssueDecolonizing Concordia’s Art History Department
Concordia has a reputation for being very progressive for its student activism and the small steps the administration is making to open the conversation. The university holds a lot of events for Black and Indigenous folks, people of colour, LGBTQA+ individuals and other marginalized groups.
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