Disabilities
What the pandemic taught me about my son’s loneliness
Melanie Williams’s son was born with Down syndrome. Isolation and social distancing are experiences he faces in his everyday life.
A plea to philanthropists—double the value of your grants to local non-profits
Rahul Chandran: You are Canada’s philanthropists, and you have the assets. You’ve worked with non-profit organizations for many years and their clients need them to live now more than ever.
Immigration of only the fittest: The cruel biases facing people with disabilities in Canada
Anne Kingston: Heroes do scale walls, but some of those walls aren’t physical ones. People with disabilities face heavy biases in Canada’s immigration system.
How universities are helping students with ‘invisible’ disabilities
Schools are racing to figure out how to use accommodations to handle the wave of students who are grappling with invisible disabilities
Diversity among doctors
Students with disabilities are finding their place in medical schools—and beyond
Privacy, anxiety, and the academy
At the end of the day, students have to be able to do the work.