Lisa Thibodeau

Ahhh, Christmas … that joyful time of year when my family runs for cover.  Is it Christmas baking? The prolific festive decorating of every surface? The incessant ca…

How a classroom campaign sparked a lesson in leadership It was an ordinary November evening, with a seemingly typical homework task for my 10-year-old daughter. Her class…

If you need easy access to birth control in Canada, you might want to live in British Columbia or Quebec That’s according to The Canadian Contraception Policy Atlas, publ…

I have a confession — I’m really bad at canoeing On the surface, this doesn’t seem like an Earth-shattering revelation, but as a Coordinator of Conservation Biology with …

I've got dry skin that tends to get red if I don't keep it hydrated. Without some moisture, it just looks dull.  In my constant search for the ideal cream or mask to…

It has been about three years since I have felt like myself I have called this period a “season,” a “phase,” a “cycle.” Anything to convince myself that this, too, shall …

Photo: provided by Senator Kim Pate Indigenous women and girls are the fastest-growing prison population The same issues that give rise to Indigenous women and girls bein…

My child is a drag performer.   There is an image that will come to most people’s minds when I say this. Oversized wigs. Padding to make curves where nature did…