I was interviewed recently by Devon Peacock of CFPL London, Ontario. This conversation got me thinking about all the different ways that trauma can affect us, including one surprisingly positive outcome, which is that trauma can lead to a deepening of our empathy and compassion.
I got upset when I read online about the protests at Ontario hospitals, in which people in the crowd were shouting slurs at the medical staff, and calling the doctors and nurses, “murderers.”
As the new Omicron variant is starting to show up in Canada and in other parts of the world, some people in Ontario are re-thinking their holiday plans. The Federal government is scrambling to create new travel restrictions, hoping to slow down the spread, and in Quebec, they’ve just posted a daily Covid-19 case count of almost 1200, following the largest one-day jump in the past seven months.
