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Poem written by: Mélissa Délalie Houinsou Anxiety was a fierce wind, Dancing with rage over troubled oceans, A rising, burning air She called messy emotions— A hurricane that shattered everything. It was a snowstorm, A blinding one that left her numb and devastated. She trembled from the cold, Unaware the world was unheated. The blanket failed to keep her warm. At last, she froze to death. Anxiety was her own ghost city, Where she sought shelter when the winds howled. See

Written by Aamir Wahhab “Torture Grips” by Em Cooper offers a visual representation of endometriosis pain, described by the artist as “like torture [...] like somebody is gripping, squeezing, cutting, prodding, stabbing you inside and won’t let go.” Her work captures the lived experience of millions of people enduring chronic pelvic pain associated with this often invisible condition. Endometriosis is a chronic condition that affects about 1 in 10 people with a uterus, yet i

Written by Aamir Wahhab Illustration by Eloy Bida, depicting the interconnectedness of Indigenous women, land, water, and traditional foods—foundations of both cultural identity and metabolic wellbeing. These enduring bonds reflect a worldview where health is woven through relationships with all living beings. Indigenous women in Canada face some of the highest rates of diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular disease in the country, often developing these conditions at younge