Podcast and post by HLTD50 student KAKhalfan In this first episode of the KamKast, KAKhalfan recollects stories of his experiences as a first-generation Canadian transitioning between cultural expectations. Through discussing certain characters in Catherine Hernandez’s award-winning novel Scarborough, he connects aspects of their stories to those of the significant individuals within his own life. He… Read More
Post by HLTD50 student Peppermint_Lattes (Content warning: this post includes discussion of suicidal ideation as represented in poetry. Take care.) Depression is strange: it can hit you like a haymaker. I’ve dealt with it myself in times where I had no control over anything else. That’s when depression starts to settle in for me and… Read More
Post by HLTD50 student Lily Storytelling is a powerful and intimate way of passing along life experiences. Stories can be shared in confidentiality, told to many individuals, or kept in secret; the common thread in each case being that it is the storyteller who has experienced a situation that has the power to choose to… Read More