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THIS MAGAZINE -- Just the essentials: Winnipeg group advocates for quality affordable childcare
BY TINA KNEZEVIC (FGJ ‘17) -- A few years ago, Kisa MacIsaac, an early childhood educator (ECE) and mother of three in Winnipeg, tried to calculate the feasibility of putting three children in childcare for the summer. At 70 dollars per day, she “would have been working for nothing, anyways,” she says. READ MORE.
CBC--Asylum seeker says husband, mother were killed on wedding day in Somalia
BY GERALDINE MALONE (FGJ ‘17) - It was supposed to be the happiest day of her life, but on Naimo Ahmed's wedding day, her new husband and her mother were killed. The 23-year-old Somali woman spent the days after her marriage in July fleeing — first to a relative's home in Mogadishu, Somalia's capital, and then to countries across the world, including Ecuador, Colombia and Costa Rica. READ MORE
CBC--On the hook for $170K: RBC sues student forced out of med school by mental illness
BY GERALDINE MALONE (FGJ ‘17) - When Bryan Robson was accepted to medical school, he never imagined he'd be diagnosed with a mental illness that would prevent him from becoming a doctor. Now, he's being sued by the bank for more than $170,000 for a student line of credit he feels he'll never be able to repay. READ MORE
CBC--From Somalia to Manitoba: A look at the long journey of asylum seekers
BY GERALDINE MALONE (FGJ ‘17) - The snow-covered fields around the Emerson, Man., border have become a pathway for many asylum seekers hoping to make a refugee claim in Canada — a colder trek than most have experienced on their long journeys from around the world. READ MORE
MSN -- Advocates concerned for unaccompanied minors seeking asylum
BY AMITHA KALAICHANDRAN (FGJ ‘17) - Immigration lawyer Alastair Clarke calls it a "travesty of justice." In Buffalo, N.Y., a client is currently living in a shelter, desperately awaiting news about how she might be reunited with her three young children, all under the age of 10. READ MORE
TORONTO STAR -- SickKids aims to dial up different emotions in new fundraising campaign video
BY SEEMA MARWAHA (FGJ ‘16) - Grace Bowen was diagnosed with osteosarcoma a few days shy of her ninth birthday. After going through major surgery and aggressive chemotherapy, she died just 11 months later. Her story is told in the latest chapter of the SickKids Foundation’s contentious fundraising campaign titled VS. A new video released on Thursday features emotional music and candid shots of Grace and her family during her treatment at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children. READ MORE
TORONTO STAR -- Nutrition a challenge for many cancer patients navigating the ‘cancer-specific’ diet
BY DR. AMITHA KALAICHANDRAN (FGJ ’17) AND SHUANG ESTHER SHAN (FGJ ’17) - When Miguel Roger began chemotherapy for chronic lymphocytic leukemia last summer, he didn’t realize the challenges he would face with food.“Once treatment started, I noticed a change in my appetite, and a lack of energy,” said the 65-year-old retired engineer. READ MORE
MEDIUM -- Why Changing Your Mind about Donald Trump is Easier than You Think
BY AMITHA KALAICHANDRAN (FGJ ‘17) - During the Fall of 2011, twenty-five female subjects were recruited at the University of Texas in Austin to help Neuroscience Professor Jamil Bhanji study which areas of the brain are involved when we change our minds about others. READ MORE
