The link between diabetes among Indigenous peoples and colonialism by Larry Krotz Rising rates of the disease among First Nations communities in Canada is leading some to re-examine the country's history of cultural assimilation
Meet the five United Church people who helped shape Canada’s groundbreaking laws about options at the end of life by Broadview Staff The debate is heating up on how much control Canadians have over their own deaths. Here are some of the conversation's influencers
The hidden epidemic of loneliness in Canada by André Picard An estimated six million Canadians live in isolation. Social researchers are now calling it a hidden epidemic.
Married to mental illness by Denise Davy Caring for a spouse with serious psychological issues can test even the strongest relationship
Are vegans right? by David Macfarlane The writer is in the midst of a radical six-month change of diet. He’s discovering that no cheeseburger tastes as good as
Climate change is changing our ecosystems, this region is on the front lines by Josiah Neufeld The writer visits the shifting shorelines of Bangladesh and discovers tens of millions of people on the brink of disaster
When faith and tradition collide with sexual education by John Barber In the face of a new sex-ed curriculum, one United Church-minister-turned-teacher is using her own coming-out experience to educate young people
This is the world our children will inherit, and it’s not looking good by Sanjay Khanna Climate chaos. Economic upheaval. Psychological stress. A futurist looks for hope amid the coming turmoil.
Who says religion and pornography don’t mix? by Erica Lenti Online erotica is booming, and so are porn addictions. But mainline churches seem all too content to look away.