HIV activists say there is mounting frustration in communities affected by the virus, amid near-silence from the federal government nearly 10 years after the Liberals pledged to reform laws surrounding HIV disclosure.
The quality of entries for our 2025 Student Essay Contest was so high that we decided to share them all. Here's an essay by Maria Paola Mendieta, a third-year PharmD student at the University of Ottawa.
For most of our history as a species, the ways in which we have treated our aches, pains, illnesses, infections and diseases was remarkably crude and, in many cases, lacking in scientific understanding.
According to the document obtained by Canada’s National Observer through an access-to-information request, since late 2023, the federal government has invested more than $3.3 million to support Indigenous-led consultations across the country.
These suits simulate the effects of ageing using weights to limit mobility and braces to make it more difficult to move around, much like the effects of frailty. They also come with goggles that hinder vision as well as earmuffs or earplugs to simulate hearing loss.
Sure, we want to convey empathy, compassion and concern. We want to do the best by our seniors. But we have to be careful not to judge an individual on the basis of age when we age at different rates.
