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This Wednesday is Bell Let’s Talk Day, which has become a high-profile occasion for people to help end the stigma of mental health by talking about the issue. Today in The Conversation Canada, we have a timely piece by Melanie-Anne Atkins of Western University, who has researched why young people living with mental illness decide to share their personal stories. She offers some practical advice on questions that should be asked before an organization, business or community uses Bell Let’s Talk Day to create space for people to share their personal mental health stories.
Also today:
Regards,
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Everyone has a different reason for sharing a mental health story.
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Melanie-Anne Atkins, Western University
Here's what you need to know before you share your mental health story, or ask others to share.
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The statue of Veritas (Truth) is pictured in front of the Supreme Court of Canada in Ottawa in May 2018.
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Jennifer Quaid, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
A Québec company is asking for a Charter right usually reserved for people. There could be unintended consequences if it wins its challenge to the Supreme Court of Canada.
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What does it mean for students if they are learning technology can answer every challenge?
Veselin Jungic, Simon Fraser University
Technology in the math classroom should enhance and extend, rather than replace, how to think mathematically.
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Un employé désinfecte la gare de Hankou, à Wuhan, épicentre de l’épidémie de coronavirus 2019−nCoV.
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Eric D'Ortenzio, Inserm
Un nouveau coronavirus responsable de pneumonies graves sévit en Chine. Alors qu’il a déjà 56 décès à son actif et semble se propager à l’étranger, Éric D’Ortenzio fait le point sur ce cousin du SRAS.
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Culture + Society
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Gerard Lee McKeever, University of Glasgow
Different and contradictory versions of the poet have existed since the first literary tourists went looking for his legacy.
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Politics
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Stefanie Lindquist, Arizona State University
Trump's backers say he is shielded from removal as no criminal offense took place. But this view may be at odds with the original intent of the impeachment clause.
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