Chances are if you are reading a publication like The Advocate and you are a young person you already are active in this community. On Friday May 25th, the

Photo by Marc Laferriere - taken at art display of Brantford's 2012 Mental Health Week Kick Off Celebration. It should be one of the happiest times in a woman’s

I've been called a bra burner. A man hater. A femi-nazi. A bitch. But what nobody realizes is that those words don't hurt. What hurts is that people

I’m a professional living and working in Brantford. You may have seen me around town. You may have visited my place of work and used my services. We

In the 9 months the Brant Advocate has been publishing I have been proud of much that we have been able to do. Some of our goals with

Photo by Marc Laferriere "Canadians won't work those jobs. They're too {insert your preferred adjective here} for that." It's a common phrase, one I heard a lot growing up. There's

I’m warning you right now that this story will tug on your heart strings. I’ m serious, I’ m about to give a voice to a program that

I fear the era of ripped jeans and men’s sweatpants is passing. I’m graduating from university, but it means far more than the discontinuation of lectures. I’ll be celebrating

When I was 5 years old I used to carry around my ghetto blaster and interview everyone in my family, including my cat Ming. I have fond memories