By RIKKI DUBOIS Changing one’s physical gender to match their mental one has many costs. Here in Manitoba, the cost of the gender affirmation surgery (previously known as gender reassignment surgery) is covered by Manitoba Health…
By TARA MANIAR Dance as a spiritual discipline is an ancient practice that’s been explored by many cultures throughout the ages. The desire to dance is deeply ingrained in the human psyche. In ancient cultures, dance…
By ADINA LAKSER Although Woody Allen calls it “Having sex with someone you love,” most of us don’t have such a positive association with masturbation. Even the word makes us want to giggle. Although masturbation isn’t…
By ERIN JAMIESON Even as I write now, an image, engraved in me, a part of my history, many of our histories, remains. Sophomore year of high school, five minutes until the next period. I am…
By ADINA LAKSER This October 16 to 20, the Federation of Medical Women of Canada will launch the 10th annual National Cervical Cancer Awareness campaign. Every year, the campaign emphasizes the importance of cervical screening, provides…
By ALICE ALECH If you leave a penny out in the open air, it will go green and eventually rust. That is because the copper in the coin reacts with the oxygen in the air…
By JESSICA LAZARUK Telling university students that their time in university is the easiest time of their lives is like telling high school students that they should wait for real life to start. Both statements are…
Without the pleasure principle, achieving goals is a hollow victory. By ADINA LAKSER Fall, and the start of a new school year, is often a time of goal-setting. We could set intentions around increasing professional stature,…
By TARA MANIAR The International Day for Yoga, often called World Yoga Day, was declared unanimously by the United Nations General Assembly [UNGA] on Dec 11, 2014 as a promotion for global health, harmony and peace. …
By ALICE ALECH The Mediterranean diet is the easiest, most sensible diet around, yet in the search for weight loss, many turn to other food plans—the Paleo, the Dukan, and the Atkins diets, to name…
