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Beating Isolation: GirlsConnect YYC’s founder talks social anxiety and fostering healthy female friendships

Beating Isolation: GirlsConnect YYC’s founder talks social anxiety and fostering healthy female friendships

If you grew up in Calgary, it’s more than likely the case that the circle of friends that you grew up with is the one you still do everything with and don’t venture outside of because of time, convenience and comfort. Now, if you’re a new international

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Reflecting on The Bows’ Gnoul Exhibition: On police brutality and the experience of Blackness

Reflecting on The Bows’ Gnoul Exhibition: On police brutality and the experience of Blackness

From June 17 to July 9, 2022, The Bows exhibited Gnoul: A Benefit Exhibition for the Family of Latjor Tuel, who died at the hands of police violence in Calgary earlier in February — the focal point of this project being his daughter and model Nyalingat Latjor, shot by photographer Michèle

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Women in Capital Markets announces a Parental Leave Pledge

Women in Capital Markets announces a Parental Leave Pledge

Women in Capital Markets (WCM) is a national not-for-profit company that works to accelerate equity, diversity and inclusion in North American finance — but also the corporate world at large — that has announced the launch of its Parental Leave Pledge. The pledge invites organizations to commit to increasing fathers’

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Gauntlet Mixtape Vol. 12: Road trip adventures

Gauntlet Mixtape Vol. 12: Road trip adventures

Now that summer is finally upon us, it's the season for road trips! Whether you’re planning a cross-country trip or jaunting over to the next town, the Gauntlet has compiled the perfect vacay playlist for you!  MIHRET’S PICKS: VOLUNTEER  “Fast Car” by Jonas Blue, Dakota

I attended a PTSD support group and it wasn’t what I expected

I attended a PTSD support group and it wasn’t what I expected

As the title suggests, I attended a support group projected towards those that live with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and complex trauma — in part seeking to understand my own experiences but also wanting to acknowledge the role that community plays in the healing process. What I learned was a

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How accepting gender fluidity is one step closer in dismantling the patriarchy

How accepting gender fluidity is one step closer in dismantling the patriarchy

The importance of using a person’s preferred pronouns cannot be understated. At the very least, it acknowledges and respects a person’s identified sense of self. Using one’s preferred pronouns — regardless of whether you believe they fit your mind’s perception of a certain gender or not — creates

Ms. Marvel: On inter-generational trauma, Islamophobia and ‘review-bombing’

Ms. Marvel: On inter-generational trauma, Islamophobia and ‘review-bombing’

Disclaimer: This article contains spoilers about the Ms. Marvel show on Disney+.  Pride would be an understatement to describe the way I felt while watching the first episode of Ms. Marvel, the newest addition to Marvel Cinematic Universe’s (MCU) roster. In the past, we’ve seen incredible — yet, maybe

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Will you be celebrating Canada Day this year?

Will you be celebrating Canada Day this year?

The celebration of Canada Day has sparked controversy and debates across the country, especially after the discovery last year of hundreds of unmarked graves buried beneath residential schools in several provinces. For many, this was a sign to end any sort of praise towards Canada. For many others as well,

Reinventing the Podcast: Is there more than just the alt-right and ‘high-value alpha-males?’

Reinventing the Podcast: Is there more than just the alt-right and ‘high-value alpha-males?’

In recent months, podcasts have gotten a really bad reputation. They’re a super accessible medium for anyone to share their thoughts on — well — anything. Because of that, the internet has seen an influx of misinformation being presented as the be-all and end-all by hosts or guests that

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Dancing to heal: Understanding Indigenous cultural gatherings and social dances

Dancing to heal: Understanding Indigenous cultural gatherings and social dances

When I think of dance, the first image that comes to mind is a mass of bodies jumping together in a dimly-lit nightclub but, historically, dance has held so much more purpose than a start to a three-day bender. Yes, mainstream performative dance forms like ballet and the

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