Ayesha Habib

Aug 27, 2024 | broadview.org | Ayesha Habib

Exactly halfway through Ingmar Bergman’s 1963 film Winter Light, pastor Tomas Ericsson crumples under the weight of his anguish and admits, finally, that life would be simpler if there were no God. Up until this moment, religious doubt simmered quietly within the pastor, our main character — an internal struggle visualized by Bergman with long, brooding scenes inside a remote Swedish chapel.

Aug 21, 2024 | everythingzoomer.com | Sharon Oosthoek |Ayesha Habib

| August 21st, 2024Photo: Nikada/Getty ImagesFrom the benefits of 3D mammograms over 2D screenings to studies on the wandering mind and perceptions around aging, catch up on the latest and most illuminating wellness news. Breast Friend3D mammograms, also known as tomotsynthesis, are better at detecting breast cancer than traditional 2D screenings, according to various international studies, including a decade-long Canadian clinical trial of 6,354 women due to wrap up later this year.

Aug 13, 2024 | everythingzoomer.com | Sharon Oosthoek |Ayesha Habib

| August 13th, 2024Photo: Nikada/Getty ImagesFrom the benefits of 3D mammograms over 2D screenings to studies on the wandering mind and perceptions around aging, catch up on the latest and most illuminating wellness news. Breast Friend3D mammograms, also known as tomotsynthesis, are better at detecting breast cancer than traditional 2D screenings, according to various international studies, including a decade-long Canadian clinical trial of 6,354 women due to wrap up later this year.

Aug 12, 2024 | this.org | Ayesha Habib

Rosie Archie knew she wanted to be a skater when she was 12 years old. Her older sister Charmie was already good enough to land tricks, and Archie was not far behind. There were no skate parks in Canim Lake, a Tsq̓éscen̓ First Nation reserve in interior B.C., so the sisters would travel to nearby towns to skate, where they were often the only girls—and always the only Indigenous girls. Skateboarding became an escape of sorts for Archie.

Jul 5, 2024 | maisonneuve.org | Ayesha Habib

Illustration by Kayla Buium Also in this issueRude AwakeningGeorges Marcoux's sleepless nights began with an ominous red phone. It was the 1980s, and after a decade living in Ottawa and Quebec City he had moved back to his home province of New Brunswick, to start a new job in a management position with the federal government. On his first day, he walked into his office to find a black phone on his desk and a red phone on the wall.