It’s out with the old and in with the new. In some cases, genetically-modified foods have the potential to solve crippling environmental concerns, while in others, the exotic meals of other regions are slowly making…

A surprising volunteer experience At first, I did not know what I was signing up for. It was the first year of university, and I had decided to volunteer for the Hospital Elder Life Program…

There’s nothing quite like the crisp sound of sinking teeth into the fleshy surface of an apple. Or perhaps the authentic tang of citric smell, issuing from a freshly peeled orange? As constantly busy individuals,…

You walk briskly down a dim-lit street, dodging the daunting shadows cast by flickering street lamps. The chilly wind howls in the distance, aimlessly scattering the autumn leaves in its anger and might. Suddenly, a…

If there is one way to destroy humour, it’s to analyze it. Like a pig on a dissection table, to see the inside of the animal is to necessarily kill it. Sure – technical skill…

Medical humanities has become a burgeoning educational tool to develop empathy and compassion in would-be doctors. While some have cried that literature in medicine heralds the resurgence of ancient empiricism, many residence programs have found…

  When was the last time you were warned not to cheat? Whether it was sitting in a large lecture hall nervously sweating before a desperate midterm, or reading a course outline with bolded letters,…

When searching for the proverbial answer to any given global health problem, one of the currently most celebrated methods commonly involves some form of education. Such education seems to take several different forms, through traditional…