Image credit: Unsplash Eugenics was a powerful and dangerous ideology that played a significant role in shaping history, particularly in...

It can be easy to forget that our words and actions can significantly impact other people. In some cases, what may seem like a harmless...

White privilege is a phenomenon that has played a major role in history , shaping everything from religious beliefs and social norms to political systems and economic structures. But when and how did it start? The phenomenon can be traced back all the way to the early days of Christianity, when it was used as a tool to spread the faith and gain control over new territories. In this way, white privilege was used to exert power and influence over people of different races, reli

The continuing conversations about racism and movements to eliminate it in all its ugly forms have always involved the participation of...

Every child, and adult for that matter, has incredible potential. But if they lack access to a decent education or technologies that...

Photo by Ketut Subiyanto: https://www.pexels.com/photo/thoughtful-black-man-in-wireless-earphones-with-notepad-on-balcony-4559769/ The term ‘mindfulness’ has remained widely popular throughout the years. It’s usually uttered by celebrities who claim to have found mindfulness meditation to be the path to living stress-free lives. It’s also a popular word used by people focused on ‘living in the moment’ while letting go of their past fears or stressors and their anxiety for the

For some people, Thanksgiving in Canada is controversial in a sense that it happens six weeks earlier than its United States counterpart...

A child’s future is determined to a large extent by their education. Unfortunately, the Canadian school system has continually left Black...

“White supremacy” is a term people don’t use often and typically associate with Nazism, the Ku Klux Klan and neo-Nazis. Why is that? What...

The term groupthink is usually associated with social psychologist Irving Janis who conducted extensive research on group dynamics and groupthink. Janis published his findings in his 1972 case study Victims of Groupthink , citing the Bay of Pigs disaster (America’s failed invasion of Cuba in 1961) and the Pearl Harbor tragedy of 1941 as his two main case studies. Table of Contents: What Is Groupthink, and What Are Its Consequences? How Does Groupthink Affect Behaviour? What I