Location Archive
Coordinating nicely with the article about loan forgiveness for MSWs, Metro news covers a recent trend in Toronto college students shows many looking for “sugar daddies” to help cover growing expenses of university life. These students are utilizing a specialized …
While reading the Montreal Gazette this morning I came across an article titled: “Bullying leaves its mark on mood gene, study finds.” Naturally, this grabbed my interest, especially considering the events of last Friday in both the U.S. and China. …
by Victoria Brewster, MSW – SJS Staff Writer in Canada I came across this article on housing for seniors/older adults with high needs in London, Ontario. Everything about the housing unit is for an individual who is in a wheelchair and …
by Victoria Brewster, MSW – SJS Staff Writer in Canada I came across a great discussion on LinkedIn which focused on one’s learning style. Do you know yours? There are seven which focus on auditory, visual, kinesthetic, social, verbal, intrapersonal, …
by Victoria Brewster, MSW – SJS Staff Writer in Montreal, Canada So, if you are like me-you have not written up an advance care directive/mandate for healthcare wishes should one become incapacitated, because…..well….we are young yet. But you know what, I should …
by Vikki Brewster, MSW – SJS Staff Writer in Montreal, Canada We all have our own imaginary audience who judges us, offers us support, inspires us and criticizes us. This imaginary audience is our own internal dialogue and where would …
by Victoria Brewster, MSW – SJS Staff Writer in Montreal, Canada Family, the word has many definitions depending on who is defining it. Family can be parents and children, husband and wife, extended family members of cousins, aunts and uncles …
by Vikki Brewster, MSW – SJS Staff Writer in Montreal, Canada I sit down to read the Saturday paper and on page 2 is a write-up about “Medications could damage river ecosystem.” Montreal is itself an island and every time I …
by Vikki Brewster, MSW – SJS Staff Writer in Montreal, Canada I have to say I was a bit surprised when I came across this article in the Huffington Post-Canada: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/dyanoosh-youssefi/mentally-ill_b_2206105.html . I am sure I am not the only one …
by Vikki Brewster, MSW – SJS Staff Writer in Montreal, Canada The benefit to living in a city that has good universities is the research they conduct. Here in Montreal we have McGill, Concordia, University de Montreal and a few others, …