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Brewing Conversations: Breaking Period Stigmas and Promoting Menstrual Equity

FlowingforChange Feb 27, 2024

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Periods are natural and essential, so why is there so much stigma around these conversations? Period blood is the only blood that exists without violence,…

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It’s Crohn’s and Colitis Awareness Month: Meet Sara Levitt

Crohns and Colitis Canada Nov 01, 2023

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It’s Crohn’s and Colitis Awareness month in Canada and we are starting it off with an in-depth Q&A from Sara Levitt. Sara has lived with inflammatory…

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We Need the Heart of Thunder Bay

Crohns and Colitis Canada Oct 12, 2023

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The Thunder Bay Chapter of Crohn’s and Colitis Canada is growing and needs local champions to volunteer to make a difference in the lives of…

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Spiritual Rags to Riches

Monkbrother Feb 15, 2023

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I have spent my entire adult life addicted to substances of all kinds. It was my way of coping with childhood traumas. My ego-centric interpretation…

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The Making of the Dear Self Video Project

JT305 Jan 04, 2023

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With the influx of gang related incidents and violence in Thunder Bay it has become very apparent that steps need to be taken to help…

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Against All Odds – A Dear Self Story

JT305 Jan 03, 2023

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With the influx of gang related incidents and violence in Thunder Bay it has become very apparent that steps need to be taken to help…

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The Concrete Is Always Cold

Thunder Bay Public Library Oct 27, 2022

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“The concrete is always cold!” It’s something that stuck with me after hearing it during my time working on the frontlines with Street Outreach Services…

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