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posted Friday, March 2, 2018
Break Out Zone will host their 3 Year Anniversary Celebration during March Break 2018, taking place at their venue located at 83 Centre Street South in Oshawa, in sponsor of The Boys & Girls Club of Durham Region. Break Out Zone will open 2 new Escape Room adventures for their Anniversary Celebration: Peter Pan’s Neverland […]
posted Thursday, March 1, 2018
The Office of Student Diversity, Inclusion and Transitions, Durham College Pride Network, and Outreach Services proudly present Asexuality 101 workshop hosted by Ace Toronto. Ace Toronto is a diverse group of people (in the Toronto region and surrounding area) who are on the ace/asexual spectrum and/or the aromantic spectrum (and those questioning whether they might be ace and/or […]
posted Monday, February 26, 2018
This week (Feb 26- Mar 4) is National Eating Disorder Awareness Week. Despite popular belief, an eating disorder is not always easy to spot. There is a misconception that only thin people have eating disorders, but the truth is that you can have an eating disorder at any weight. In fact, people with bulimia […]
posted Wednesday, February 14, 2018
Valentine’s Day often becomes more of an “analyze your relationship” day, rather than its main purpose of “show love to your partner” day. Stop analyzing and start loving! I recently read an edition of Gary Chapman’s ‘The Five Love Languages’. Through years of research, Chapman has identified five distinct ways to show love to your […]
posted Saturday, February 10, 2018
When it comes to getting fit and healthy, most people tend to focus on New Year’s Resolutions or getting “swim suit ready”. Unfortunately, Valentine’s Day doesn’t seem to get much attention when when it comes to fitness and exercise. But how does that old saying go, “couples who work out together, stay together”, or something […]
posted Friday, February 9, 2018
Abracadabra!, Hocus Pocus!, Alakazam, Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo, Open sesame. A few magic words. But for ‘country kids’, the magic words were ‘snow day’. In Durham Region once you get north of The Ridge, the weather is different in winter. Usually, lots more snow. In places such as Port Perry and Uxbridge a large percentage of students reach […]
posted Monday, February 5, 2018
It’s amazing to think that for a small period in our lives we were applauded for bodily functions. Any parent remembers that agonizing time of encouragement and reward when our toddlers transitied from diapers to potty training. Have humans ever felt prouder of themselves? A small crowd gathered around to clap and cheer that you […]
posted Friday, February 2, 2018
Mind Mapping is both a visual and written depiction of your thoughts and ideas. The practice was developed in the 1960’s by Tony Buzan, an avid researcher of the brain. In 2006, Buzan created the iMindMap– a software dedicated to capturing your mind maps electronically. Mind mapping is a form of self-expression, and although there […]
posted Thursday, January 25, 2018
tiff Ajax Film Circuit presents “The Divine Order”. Straining under the confines of her traditional housewife duties and the pervasive conservatism of her small Swiss town, Nora (Marie Leuenberger) reluctantly becomes the local face of the fight for women’s suffrage in Switzerland. The Divine Order charts Nora’s journey as she bands together with a rag-tag group […]
posted Tuesday, January 23, 2018
Winter is not my favourite season. Lots of times it’s beautiful to look at from inside but not as great from the outside. But what it does have going for it is hockey. In 1956 our family moved from England to Scarborough, Ontario. One Saturday we took the bus and subway downtown to Simpsons (before […]
