The move is on to empower people about seniors and poverty in Calgary. In a country with a well-equipped social welfare system, this trend towards even higher numbers of low-income seniors should not be an issue here. We’ve looked at the surface of this issue, questions I raised when I began to learn about this issue, but we’ve also…
Update (01/28) – The stories are now released and you can read them and the constellation’s report here. We are taught to be resilient when we face hardships; we keep going through difficult challenges with optimism—in reality, many seniors who struggle with poverty are willing to take steps to improve their well-being. But many of the…
To many, the ideal life of retired seniors is to become snowbirds and enjoy living a joyful life on pensions and savings. Now free of job commitments and often relieved of mortgages and loans, many seniors pursue the dream life, having a large family who cherish their presence and embracing happiness collected over many years.…
Man, we have lots of forces battling against Poverty right now. Remember the Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness that I mentioned in both the Security or Poverty and Hunger Dinner articles? Did you read Sheliza’s poem on homelessness? What about Lily’s take on Seniors in Poverty? Okay, I know that’s a bit much of a…
Before we start, feel free to have a listen to this music as we go along. I usually get infected with the relaxation music brings, and nostalgia from Pokemon music. Satisfaction is a concept we use in food, but it certainly isn’t a word only used to described the pleasure of savoring the different flavors.…
On January 23rd the US state department ordered the evacuation of US embassy members and their families in Ukraine, an action that came to the shock of both Ukrainian officials and US embassy officials. Us intelligence had been aware of the possibility of invasion for months, but this was the first realization of Putin’s impending…
While the school year becomes more hectic, our minds often get carried away with how much work we have to do. Some of us wish our breaks were longer as the time just flies. This is relatable among many people, however, with all the tests aside, I will admit that I sometimes take education for…
Often referred to as the “world’s oldest profession,” prostitution has existed in society for thousands of years. In recent years, many countries have decriminalized sex-work in an attempt to improve the health and safety of prostitutes. Since 2014, Canada has legalized the selling of sex, but criminalized the purchasing or “obtain[ing] for consideration… the sexual services…
Jambo! Habari Gani? Mzuri? Mzuri! And that was it. My level of competency in Swahili reached a grand level of four words. And that’s where verbal communication ended. I didn’t literally comprehend what the children were saying, but their eyes expressed all that needed to be heard. Our relationships weren’t based on anything that could…
When I first heard about a newly proposed addition to Bill C-24, which received Royal Assent in June of last year, I wasn’t worried. In a country that is one of the world leaders in tackling human rights issues, how would this provision of the existing bill even stand a chance? Perhaps that was too…
It has been almost a week since I have returned from my homestay experience in Denmark. Readjusting back to normal daily life has been pretty strange and the responsibilities of daily life serves as a grand juxtaposition to traveling. On the last day of the homestay, last Friday, we visited the viking burial site museum…
I am a girl in Grade 11, and I have access to education. Everyday I get the opportunity to read new literature, enrich my knowledge regarding chemicals, and physics, and am able to enjoy myself through my art class. I took school for granted, but in reality it is a luxury. In a society that…
Last week, the internet was hit with a new viral sensation, “Alex from Target.” The joke depicts an attractive teenage cashier named Alex bagging groceries at a Texas Target store. Snapped by 15-year-old Brooklyn Reiff, the image took Twitter by storm and was retweeted more than 800,000 times, not mentioning the countless recreations…
“17,500 Calgarians are living below the current ‘living wage’..” “1 in 3 Children are under poverty in Alberta’s First Nations’ communities….” “Poverty affects 1 in 5 children under the age of 15 in Calgary..” Statistics on a report matter; yet so does your hands-on experience of eating what can be often deemed “third-world food” by…
While doing research for a project on virtual identities this year, I spent a lot of time over at the Daedalus Project. Nick Yee, a research scientist at the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), dedicated about five years of his life to study Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs). He’s the expert in the…