CTV: Hug Day transforms into global social media movement

January 22, 2015 —

Psychology professor Corey Mackenzie tells CTV that humans need to feel a level of intimacy and a hug can be good for a person’s physical and mental health.

Faculty of Arts, psychology

Global News B.C.: Federal labour minister orders commission into 2023 B.C. port strike

Federal labour minister orders commission into 2023 B.C. port strike

B.C. port strike, Faculty of Arts, labour studies

Toronto Star: Should Canada have its own missile defence system? Trudeau’s defence minister won’t rule it out

Should Canada have its own missile defence system? Trudeau’s defence minister won’t rule it out

Canadian politics, centre for defence and security studies, Faculty of Arts

The Conversation: How self-compassion can help activists deal with stress

Why are activists, who are so passionate about their social justice work, so often burned out by those very causes? We don’t often think about activism as a form of labour, but it is. Research on the activists that make up social justice movements suggests that the pressures of activist work, can cause them to experience serious consequences to their own mental well-being.

Faculty of Arts, Research and International

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