Since 2008, youth suicide has tripled in BC’s North Shore. Dr. Michael Markwick, a North Shore resident, discusses how insufficient clinical services funding for youth has impacted youth suicide rates and the need for systemic change to better support youth with mental health issues.
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The River In My Basement
By David Swanson
The little boy in the black and white pictures
doesn’t know know why a mother turned away or
why sisters are the only ones who stay safe,
spared from radical intent and
sad stories tainted with distaste.
Hand always come from skylines, forgetting to whistle
and are strongest behind closed doors,
blinds drawn and windows shut.
Deaf ears sound like tear drop definitions and
the mute mouth speaks about the days that didn’t matter.
The University Uniform
David Swanson
As I sit here typing at my computer, I am wearing my BCIT sweatshirt. Picture the classic university upper body attire; gray with big [insert school colours here] embroidered letters spelling the acronym of Joe Q. Student’s school of choice. It’s nothing out of the ordinary. Lots of people buy a piece of school gear during their first week of class. Of course, some wait a little longer into their first semester to make sure they’re invited back for a second, others don’t buy any because they don’t really identify with their school and others refuse because they think it’s pretentious to flaunt your education on your chest, back, leg or bum.
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Science is the new faith
David Swanson — The Link (B.C. Institute of Technology)
BURNABY, B.C. — In many parts of the Western world, people have removed the crucifix from their wall, hid their Koran in a dusty storage space, abolished the Star of David from their neck, and washed the Bindi from their forehead. They are slowly dismantling their religious beliefs and, in its place, elected science as the chief dictator in their pursuit of meaning.