Working as a legal aid clinic lawyer, Mohamad Bsat realized that seeking joy in other parts of his life is important.

Paula Hudson-Lunn has been a lifelong renter. But in her golden years and after decades of rent control, she’s priced out of the market

When she decided to learn Oji-Cree, Rochelle Bragg gained more than vocabulary. She also learned to appreciate her family’s roots and legacy.

From 1963 to 1973, Paul Dixon was forcibly sent to residential schools. Even after the last residential schools closed, he writes Cree families are still shy to hug each other. He wonders if intergenerational trauma is a lasting curse.

A survivor of the Sixties Scoop, Marie Missyabit writes about the work she's done to fill in the blanks in her family tree, including the son she put up for adoption.

Alexis Zhou hasn't seen her family in China for years. But when she showed up to speak out against the "1 million March 4 children" protest in Montreal, it felt like she was shouting at her own parents on the other side of the police line.

Mike Archer is retired and in his 70s. When a friend he had known for more than 50 years died, he realized he had to concentrate more on adding quality to the remainder of his own life.

Theodore Oliver says it is hard to watch the sports he love because the constant ads for gambling websites take him back to a dark place.

Brad Nichol comes from a family of hikers. He reflects on the theme of generations and regeneration during a hike on a trail that had been eviscerated by a wildfire a few years prior.

It’s easy to fall into a doomscrolling trap when reading about climate news. For Jiaying Zhao, she’s realized she can lean into her area of research in behaviourial science to keep her motivated to take individual action on climate change.

Jamella Hagen was eager to drive and help her boyfriend break up the long journey from Vancouver back to Whitehorse in his newly purchased EV. He got it because of the changing climate. But they realized driving it through wildfires came with a unique set of challenges.

Miriam Edelson recounts how a scam artist tricked her to give up $7,500 and explains why she’s breaking her silence.

During four weeks of potty runs and puppy cuddles, Colette Fluet-Howrish gained a new appreciation for the chain of humans who help animals in need.

The shame of relying on others to drive her places makes Ummni Khan feel like she’s stuck in a permanent state of childhood.

Tracey Schaeffer woke up after a life-altering surgery without the ability to recognize new faces. While it’s come with challenges, such as not being able to recognize her husband and children, she says it has also helped her see better in other ways.

When his 19-year-old daughter scrambled to score two Taylor Swift concert tickets, Nathan Friedland wondered what all the fuss was about. With his daughter's encouragement, he realized the themes in the singer's lyrics related to the way he'd seen his female colleagues treated during his 20-year career as a nurse.

The cost of straddling multiple worlds is more than financial; it weighs heavily on Charleen Sibanda. Every time she considers flying home, she has to weigh the cost of the airfare against losing out on precious family time.

Shaquille Morgan is wrestling with the cost of returning to school. On one hand, his grandmother has shown him the value of education as a way of bettering his life. On the other hand, he saw his mother struggle to balance a career, education and finances.

The Canadian government kept track of people coming in and out the country courtesy of the Chinese Exclusion Act. When Teresa Wong went looking for information on her great-grandpa, she was surprised by what she couldn’t find — and what she discovered in herself.

No matter how much I rise and grind, skip the Starbucks order or say no to avocado toast — it seems like there is just no catching up, writes Audrey Meubus.

As her daughter prepares to leave for university thousands of kilometres away, Miriam Edelson grapples with feelings of grief that have resurfaced from losing her other child.