Contraception and Women’s Health in Nova Scotia
When Access Depends on Income For women across Nova Scotia, access to contraception is not only a matter of personal choice but also of health, autonomy, and affordability. Prescription birth control plays a central role in women’s preventive health care, yet cost continues to shape who can access it consistently. On October 10, 2024, Canada’s […]
How MKO’s Youth Art Therapy Program Is Supporting Indigenous Youth in Northern Manitoba
Healing Through Art For some young people, healing does not begin with a conversation. It begins with colour, texture, and movement. A pencil moving across paper. Paint filling a quiet space. Art offers a way to express emotions that feel too heavy or complicated to put into words. For many Indigenous youth in Northern Manitoba, […]
Breaking the Cycle of Homelessness: From Shelter to a Real Home
From crisis to stability, with dignity and lasting support At dawn, the cold had not yet lifted from the streets of Montreal. Mark, in his fifties, stood outside the doors of the Old Brewery Mission (OBM), clutching the last few belongings he had. He had just lost his apartment and had no idea where to […]
How The Animal Alliance of Canada Is Transforming Animal Welfare
Four Key Initiatives Driving Change for Animals in Canada The Animal Alliance of Canada is a federally incorporated non-profit committed to the protection of all animals and the relationship between humans, non-human species, and the environment. The organization uses electoral politics, advocacy, and lobbying to encourage legislators to pass stronger animal and environmental laws. Founded […]
Culturally Rooted Care: Empowering Indigenous Women in Manitoba
The Gaps in Care Indigenous Women Continue to Face Indigenous women play an essential role across Manitoba. They guide younger generations, pass down traditions, and care not only for their families but also for their communities. However, the Canadian healthcare system has fallen short in serving their needs and concerns. These shortcomings are rooted in […]
Supporting New Mothers in BC: The Charities Strengthening Postpartum Well-Being
From Birth to Balance: The Postpartum Lifeline in BC Across Canada, the arrival of a new baby is often framed as a soft and gentle chapter filled with tiny clothes, warm cuddles, and the hum of excitement around a growing family. But beneath that joy, many women face a reality that is far more complex. […]
How Quebec Charities Are Advancing Heart Care Through Innovation
Why Winter Poses a Serious Risk to Heart Health It’s mid-January in Quebec. The temperature has dropped to extreme lows, and the city plow has just passed, leaving a heavy, icy ridge at the end of the driveway. You bundle up, grab a shovel, and get to work. For most of us, this is just […]
Inside the Fauna Foundation: Canada’s Chimpanzee Sanctuary
How the Sanctuary Protects and Cares for Former Research Animals The Fauna Foundation was established as a not-for-profit organization in 1997 by Gloria Grow and her partner Richard Allan. Before its formal founding, Fauna had already rescued hundreds of domestic, farmed, and exotic animals. In 1997, Grow responded to a request to take in 15 […]
How WWF Canada is Helping The Arctic’s Apex Predator
Polar Bear Conservation in the Canadian Arctic The polar bear is one of the Canadian Arctic’s apex predators. In Inuktitut, they are known as nanuq. Around 16,000 live on the sea ice that spans roughly two million square kilometers across Nunavut, with subpopulations ranging through the Northwest Territories, the Yukon, Quebec, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, […]
