Many amongst us may be finding it hard to get excited as the new year rolls in. Climate crisis is escalating, Australia burns, a new virus is claiming lives in China, planes are being downed and tensions in the Middle East rise. Again. Welcome to 2020. The first month of […]
Lost hopes. A sleeping bag. A soul filled with suffering and pain. Defenseless. Uncertain. Alone. This is what we may first imagine when thinking about a homeless person or homelessness as a concept. Although this seems like a part of life far away from us, this is a reality we […]
Today, on January 24, the world celebrates the International Day of Education. Proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly’s Resolution in 2018, its purpose is to celebrate the many ways learning can empower people, preserve the planet, build shared prosperity and foster peace. Education is a basic human right, but […]
More than just mood swings Virginie describes herself as the average french-canadian girl. Her feed on Instagram shows a blonde girl with a big smile and plenty of pictures in pastel colours. At first glance, she seems to be a bubbly traveller who posts nice pictures of herself, like […]
Modern dating has not only changed our rules but it is an entirely new game. If you are dating in the modern-day, it is complicated. In a time of endless options, it is likely that you’ve found love, sex or intimacy online. In fact, regardless of whether we are in […]
Chances are, if you’re reading this, you will be doing so on a smartphone, a computer screen or a tablet. You know how to type in the web page address, to navigate the search engine and the website. You can update, download, program, customize and track the functions of your […]
As much as we love winter holidays, we can all admit that the holiday season is quite stressful. This stress doesn’t only relate to the pre-festive season, but also to the post-holiday blues. At first, we have to buy presents, and shopping around Christmas time can be stressful, not just […]
My New Year begins with a trip to the train station at 5:30am on the 1st. I board a train, arms laden with bags, ready to relocate. Again. I’m heading for what will be my seventh country. I would not be able to say how many houses, but it must […]
I don’t know about you, but I pretty much take my eyesight for granted. Sure, having to wear glasses all the time is annoying, but all in all, I can see. Some people, however, don’t have that luxury. For World Braille Day, it might be good for us to take […]