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Christina

The Case for Regional Registration of Counsellors

I very recently registered as an Associate Counselling Psychologist in my home country of Jamaica and a number of thoughts came to mind...

Christina

Hey White People! We Are Sick of Your Tokenism

This week, August 23-29, 2020, has shown us yet again that black lives still don’t matter. Another unarmed black man, Jacob Blake, was...

Christina

Not all Chains are Made of Iron, some are made of Tradition

Sometime late last year, I came across a Facebook meme that defined tradition as “peer pressure from dead people”. I chuckled and shared...

Christina

Interracial Relationships: Not all Rainbows and Butterflies

“It’s not that love doesn’t see colour; it just knows how to mix and match” - unknown Although I had a preferred “type” in the past, I...

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Emancipation, Trauma Triggers, and Racism in Canada:My Thoughts on Juneteenth 2020

This Juneteenth, I stood with my skin folk in the US in celebrating their emancipation for the first time in my life. My country had...

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The complicity of the education system in racial oppression.

I had a distressing interaction with my white stepchild this weekend. She was picked up for our usual visitation period but, she seemed...

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