Tag: mental illness
Of our self-destruction
Alex Garland’s Annihilation is more than just a sci-fi horror film. It visualizes inner conflict and self-confrontation in a unique way. This spoiler review...
Margaret Trudeau: a story of fortitude
For this year’s annual Snider lecture at UTM, held in memoriam of Fletcher C. Snider, the committee hosted Margaret Trudeau, former Prime Minister Pierre...
Toba Tek Singh
A successful attempt at satirizing aspects of calamity is a difficult task to accomplish. An equally challenging task is of capturing the aftermath of...
Students are speaking. Listen.
A few weeks ago I was scrolling through Facebook and came across something rather disturbing. The Globe and Mail had posted a video regarding...
Focusing on mental health
I’m sure that plenty of us have seen the commercials for Bell Let’s Talk this year on TV. Various celebrities and families discuss their...
Mental health: let’s ditch the stigma
Despite notable advances being made in the conversation on mental illness, the stigma surrounding it still exists. Whether it’s diminishing the importance of mental...
Soothing with stand-up
The Trinity College Mental Health Institute has a goal of reducing the stigma surrounding mental illness. As a U of T organization working towards...
Six personal new takes on mental health
UTMental kicked off its second season in January with a new group of vloggers. The vlogs show UTM students discussing mental health issues in...