Post by HLTD50 student Lily Storytelling is a method for us all to share our stories and experiences. It’s a way for anyone to share their experience of illness and health and their experience of life. Expressing your experience as a digital story allows your story to extend far as the reach of digitalization which… Read More


Post by HLTD50 student ShalsHealth            To say that I am moved by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Ted Talk “The Danger of a Single Story” would be an understatement. In this lecture, Adichie talks about stereotyping and how today’s society tends to categorize individuals based off of a single story that we hear. Having lived in Scarborough… Read More


Poem and post by HLTD50 student Peppermint_Lattes   Pain— is haphazard. On a good day, I feel unrestrained from my body. Like the halcyon ocean, its tides are low, my body is tranquil and serene. I am reminded by the beauty of nature. I hear the distant squawks of seagulls, as they soar through the… Read More


Post and podcast by HLTD50 students Shining_Diamond_17 and hhhipster In this podcast, we talk about what it was like meeting Catherine Hernandez and reflect on what it means to connect art, health, and the humanities. We hope you enjoy! (click the image below to listen)… Read More


Post and podcast by Honourable_Baron   The Baron explores and reflects the creative impact of Catherine Hernandez’s novel, Scarborough, on his life as a resident of the district of Scarborough.… Read More


Post by HLTD50 student Zainab Throughout his book The Wounded Storyteller, sociologist Arthur Frank does many comparisons of the various types of illness narratives. As a result, while I was reading the novel Scarborough by Catherine Hernandez, I couldn’t help but identify some of the illness narratives present in this novel. Besides the story line itself (which involves… Read More


Post by HLTD50 student KAKhalfan This week’s blog post will be a continuation of last week’s podcast on the importance of multiple stories for health-related storytelling. In the podcast I discussed the ways that Catherine Hernandez’s Scarborough depicted how multiple stories encapsulate Arthur Frank’s ‘web of stories’ (described in his book The Wounded Storyteller), effectively reducing the isolation many… Read More