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In Canada, February is “Psychology Month”. The field of psychology is rooted in science that seeks to understand our thoughts, feelings and actions. Psychology Month is celebrated every February to highlight the contributions of Canadian psychologists and to demonstrate how psychology works to help people live healthy and happy lives, while their communities flourish, their employers create better workplaces, and their governments develop effective policies.
COVID-19 has brought a new set of challenges to the public, and to psychologists as well. This Psychology Month, the focus is on the Canadian psychologists who are responding to the pandemic in a wide variety of ways. Practitioners are delivering mental health help to Canadians in new ways as they are dealing with the mental health issues that have arisen as a result of the virus and lockdowns. Simultaneously, researchers are examining the pandemic’s impact on our happiness, our sleep, our work and our bel
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This week I am sharing one of my favourite Christmas stories because I think it is particularly appropriate at this time. The story was originally featured on the Editorial page, New York Sun, 1897. Editor: Francis P. Church. “Dear Editor I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says, “If you see it in The Sun, it’s so.” Please tell me the truth, is there a Santa Claus? Virginia O’Hanlon Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the scepticism of a sceptical age. They do not believe except they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men’s or children’s, are little. In this great universe of ours, man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge.
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As we approach winter solstice, I have to admit that we have been fortunate thus far with respect to frigid temperatures, but Canadians are no strangers to the cold. We brave below-zero temperatures for a little more than a third of the year here in Ontario. However, despite our revolutionary winter wear more than 80 people in Canada die every year from over-exposure to the cold. Many more suffer injuries resulting from hypothermia and frostbite. This week I wanted to share some helpful information from St. John Ambulance (https://www.sja.ca), because we all know this reprieve from frigid winter weather will not last forever. It is particularly important this year as everyone is being encouraged to spend more time outside due to the pandemic. Read on to learn more about cold-related injuries.