First generation immigrant children and families are mostly living with experience of multiple worldviews. They are often taught about putting more efforts and hard work than their Western counterparts for their survival. They are taught about the value of social belonging and loyalty to similar social and cultural kinship-based community groups. This involves fostering connections, More
By Jahan Zeb It seems members in this forum are going through or witnessing heated arguments and unhealthy conflicts time and agin.It takes a toll on members’ mental health as few of them have mentioned here. Whether it’s a disagreement within the present or former BODs, or tension between or among or with other groups, More
In my professional psychotherapy and counseling practice, I have observed that young people are more knowledgeable about mental health challenges compared to their parents. Specifically, I have noticed that many young people from immigrant, racialized and diverse cultural backgrounds feel that their parents and their community need to adapt to the Canadian context while keeping their More
No Place for Celebration “We would get help from the Taliban,” President Biden claimed on June 30, 2023, in defense of his decision to withdraw U.S. military forces from Afghanistan. This statement was made in response to a question about the State Department’s declassified version of the After Action report that sharply criticizes both him and President More
Lately, after the murder and injuring of three Shiite clerics in Mashhad city of Iran by the of alleged hands of an Afghan migrant, the incident according to unconfirmed reports have drew a new wave of violence and misbehavior against Afghan immigrants living in that country; which was widely reflected in social media and faced More
