BANGKOK, THAILAND Every night feels like a Friday night, here on Khao San Road, Bangkok, Thailand, which was the exact vibe my best friend and I needed after our painful 30 hour flight from Toronto to Bangkok. With little sleep, fatigue limbs and growling stomachs we staggered out of our cab to the front of…
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Red Maple
Now that winter is upon us, I find myself reminiscing on the short autumn months and the longing of getting back to nature. Hiking through the forests on the foothills of Mont Tremblant, Quebec this past October was a reminder of just how beautiful our earth truly is. Mont Tremblant is located in the striking…
A Dorset Day
DORSET, Ontario. A weekend get-away is a different adventure for everyone. My experience was a few hours north to a friend’s cottage in Dorset Ontario. Wanting to make the most out of the weekend, we decided to head out late Friday evening, arriving at the lake at about 11 p.m. Driving the speedboat across the…
Welcome to the Badlands
CALEDON, Ontario. I’ve just landed on Mars. Or so it seems. Just a short drive north of my suburban neighbourhood lays an usual geographical landscape hidden in the Caledon Hills. The Cheltenham Badlands. The area consists of naked windswept red hills and gullies. Iron oxide gives the land it’s reddish hue, while the narrow greenish bands…
A week in Dominican
Sitting on a sand covered towel with the ocean washing over my feet, I watch a lone kite surfer glide through the ripples of the beach, disappearing off into the orange glow of the sun set. That was the summer I embarked on an unforgettable adventure with a group of friends to the beautiful Dominican Republic. Checking in at Viva Wyndham…
Ambitious entries in the Grand Challenges Canada competition from Women’s College scientists
Originally Posted, May 14, 2013 http://www.womenshealthmatters.ca/health-news/feature-articles/grand-challenges-canada-women’s-college By Krystal Seecharan Imagine having a mobile app that gives people in Kenya instant access to tools and information about coping with traumatic stress brought on by child abuse or neglect. Or how about the chance to screen every woman in the Bahamas for a dangerous mutation that increases…
Antidepressants and pregnancy: weighing the choices
Originally posted May 31, 2013 http://www.womenshealthmatters.ca/health-news/feature-articles/antidepressants-pregnancy By Krystal Seecharan Pregnant women facing depression may also face the dilemma of whether or not to treat the depression with antidepressants. Untreated depression during or after pregnancy has been linked to an increase in poor outcomes in both mother and child. However, depression in pregnancy often goes untreated…
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