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‘We’re missing the girls’: Why women with ADHD are still slipping through the cracks

When most people hear the term ADHD, they might picture young, overly active boys who have difficulty sitting still and staying focused. So why are women being misdiagnosed and why aren’t we paying more attention to ADHD?

To the metaverse and beyond

One of the principal architects of the digital age, Mark Zuckerberg, is launching the world into the metaverse. What this means for how young people will interact with one another in the future is murky. Is this a brave new world?

Into the storm: Canada’s nursing students prepare to join a field in crisis

Across the country, hospitals are short-staffed and nurses are burning out from working exhausting overtime shifts. As nurses leave the field en masse, nursing students are preparing to join a workforce in crisis.

The trouble with the share button: How slacktivism disrupts real change

A deep-dive into an internet phenomenon that experts and advocates fear might keep people at their keyboards and away from real change.

‘Wildly disappointing’: Activists pan Ontario’s period poverty program

Ontario’s partnership with Shoppers Drug Mart to supply free menstrual products in schools might miss the mark in fighting period poverty.

Are trendy thrifters a cause for concern or the future of fashion?

The second-hand clothing industry has boomed over the COVID-19 pandemic, especially for Gen Z and millennials who have made thrifting trendy. How will this impact low-income communities who rely on their local thrift store?

To the metaverse and beyond

To the metaverse and beyond

One of the principal architects of the digital age, Mark Zuckerberg, is launching the world into the metaverse. What this means for how young people will interact with one another in the future is murky. Is this a brave new world?

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