This podcast looks to address the controversial and highly contested history of the birth control pill in a Canadian context during the 20th century.

As Black History Month comes to an end, Soleil Brooks joins me on the pod to keep the conversation going. Everything from code-switching to microaggressions, Soleil opens up about the reality of being a young black athlete navigating the world of sport and education. Tune in to hear her story.

In this episode, I've been left to my own devices. Being in another lockdown has taken its toll, and my screen time has skyrocketed. Listen in to see how my 2021 has started off, the use of social media, and my plan of attack to shake the winter blues. 

It's Black History Month, Check these peeps out:

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Podcasts: The Secret Lives of Black Women & Code Switch

Two Canadian rugby players drop everything and move to England, become roommates, and do some major soul searching. Listen in to hear the hard truth on half-ass support for the women's game, mental health check ins and the reason we have such a major travel bug for our home country. 

Mental Health Resources

UK

Samaritans Crisis Line: Call 116 123 or visit https://www.samaritans.org/

The freephone, 24-hour National Domestic Abuse Helpline: Call 0808 2000 247 or visit https://www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk/

Women's Aid: https://www.womensaid.org.uk/

Men's Health Forum: https://www.menshealthforum.org.uk/how-are-you 

Mental Health Foundation: https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/

Canada

Canada Suicide Prevention Service: Call 1-833-456-4566 Text 45645 or visit https://www.crisisservicescanada.ca/en/

Hope for Wellness Help Line (Indigenous service): Call 1-855-242-3310 (Toll Free) or visit https://www.hopeforwellness.ca/

Kids Help Phone (Age 5-29): Call 1-800-668-6868 (Toll Free) Text CONNECT to 686868 or visit https://kidshelpphone.ca/

In this podcast I will be interviewing Kimberly Brown, a chemical engineer that played rugby at the University of British Columbia who is most importantly Indigenous. Listen to Kim share her experience and shed light onto issues surrounding land acknowledgments, the medical system, grassroots rugby and both pride and shame experienced while playing a colonial sport. This is rugby: an inclusive sport through an excluded Indigenous lens.

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