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Image Description: Mike McNally, a white man with a beard shows off his BIST Volunteer of the Year Award from 2020. He is smiling and wearing a blue shirt. Just in time to celebrate Volunteer Appreciation Month, here is a […]

Featured Image Description: An open faced home made stir fried shrimp wrap with shrimp and vegetables on a plate BY: JOSIE CALOMA These delicious stir fry shrimp wraps are packed full of vegetables, and Josie even includes a simple […]

BY: FRANCE THERIAULT I am thrilled to write my first blog and I have been waiting for this moment for a while before finding the courage to do so. The idea of expressing myself publicly outside of my journal and the discussions I have with others […]

BY: STELLA SLOAN This day was unlike any other. It was New Years Day; January 1, 1982 and I was 18 years of age. I was lying in my double bed in my parent’s home. My bedroom was familiar […]

BY: KIM VO There are over half a million people living in Ontario who have a brain injury, and this number increases by 45,000 annually. Multiple studies have found that people living with brain injury are over-represented in the […]

BY: CHEF JANET CRAIG; ADDITIONAL PHOTOS & VIDEO: JOSIE CALOMA This fast salad combines delicious beet and apple flavours. It’s also a great side for grilled salmon or Swedish meatballs. Feeds four to six people. BONUS: Our volunteer Josie tested […]

BY: JOSIE CALOMA This is a favourite side dish in Jamaica and other parts of the Caribbean. Here, our volunteer Josie Caloma shares her delicious version which can be a whole meal as well. Ingredients: ½ cup long grain […]

BY: ALISON I used to love to read. I would start a few books at the same time, and stay up all night or skip classes to finish one. I remember how difficult it was to quit reading cold […]

BY: ELIZABETH MacGREGOR A year of Uncertainty Tainted by Fear Our Daydreams not accessible Our Future that uncertain. A Foggy Brain made more so, Unhinged by Worry Disquieted by news Of Sadness, of Loss of Life Of Loss of […]

RECIPE: CHEF JANET CRAIG; PICTURES: JANET CRAIG & JOSIE COLOMA As this Pandemic keeps sticking around, many of us have slipped into less than healthy habits. Instead of testing out new diets which may be difficult to maintain, our […]