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Photo Credit: Becca Schultz (via Unsplash) Mid-semester, sleep might seem hard to find. Many students are stressed and overwhelmed with midterms, assignments, and preparing for exams. However, it is still essential to take care of yourself and...
Photo by: Nguyễn Hiệp (via Unsplash) The Canadian Blood Services have organized a blood donation clinic at Memorial University on March 16th (Wednesday) and March 17th (Thursday). The donation event will be conducted at the Bruneau Building...

Climate Change is Not a Trend: A MUN Student’s Perspective on the Global Climate Strike

Image from the Fridays for Future St. John's twitter account (@fffstjohns). On Friday, September 24th, the non-profit organization Fridays for Future organized another one of...

Launch of the Vaccine Community Innovation Challenge

Vaccine Hesitancy is a critical issue affecting a community’s ability to fight COVID-19. In an attempt to encourage vaccine confidence, the Government of Canada...

Five Women shaping lives and the World during the COVID-19 Pandemic

COVID-19 has impacted most of our lives in many ways. However in these unprecedented times, some women have stepped up in several ways to...

COVID-19: One year on

According to reports from a South China Newspaper (South China Morning Post), the first case of SARS-CoV-2 infection was of a 55 year old...

COVID-19 and the battle of ‘Vaccines’: Are we in the clear yet?

Since COVID-19 first surfaced in Wuhan China, about one year ago, the world has been plunged into a waiting game. Waiting for what, you...

20/10/2020: Nigeria’s black Tuesday

Sitting down to have dinner sometime around 7:00pm NLT, I would never have imagined that some of my opinions were about to change forever....

Hats off 2020: A virtual celebration of graduation at Memorial University

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, most activities including graduation ceremonies have switched from in-person to virtual events. Globally, virtual events are slowly becoming...

‘Healthy Fuel back to school in uncertain times’: A Holistic Nutritionist’s Perspective

Rhiannon Lytle is a Registered Holistic Nutritionist, practising at a naturopathic clinic in Vancouver (Integrative Naturopathic Medical Centre). She attended CSNN (Canadian School of...

In Conversation with Conservation Corps NL’s ‘Green Team’

Recently, Conservation Corps Newfoundland (CCNL), an NL-based not-for-profit youth organization partnered with O'Brien Farm Foundation to develop new trails. CCNL is an organization focused...

The impact of COVID-19 on International Graduate Student Post Graduate Work Permit

COVID-19 has turned the entire world on its head, and is honestly still wreaking havoc on many lives and situations. Here in Canada, there...

COVID-19 pandemic response: St. John’s Collaborative physicians speak out

The Coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19) has changed and continues to change everyday realities globally. In response to the rapidly spreading highly infectious virus that has...

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Update

Since it's first reported cases in December 2019, Coronavirus (Covid-19) has now spread to all continents of the world except Antarctica. As of 11th...

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