The second annual Nanaimo Women March On demonstration was held Saturday January 20, 2018, with an emphasis on intersectionality and the prevention of violence against women
Buddhist nun Yin Kit teaches mindfulness meditation to prisoners in the Fraser Valley
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“If you constantly think of it as a prison cell it’s always duhkha—suffering. But if you turn it into a meditation cell, then at least for a moment you will have a glimpse of freedom and joy, because you let go of that negativity.”
The role of mindfulness in end of life care
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Mindfulness assists people with their end of life process by giving them and their caregivers a tool they can use in order to be fully aware of the present moment and their own physical and mental states
Collaboration vital in providing mental health care for kids in northern, rural BC
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Child psychiatrist Dr. Matthew Burkey on challenges and opportunities, and lessons learned from interventions in low- and middle-income countries that can make a difference
Duncan McCue’s frank, funny and evocative ‘nonvella’ explores identity, Cree culture
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“Months on a trapline in the wilds of James Bay promised deliverance from the self-doubts that nagged me, even if I did worry about not having a clue what I was going to be doing out there,” writes Duncan McCue in his new memoir
VIMHS executive director Barnabas Walther focuses on the future at annual meeting
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Vancouver Island Mental Health Society has seen significant change over the past two years, and the organization expects new programming will be added in the near future
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