Jordan B. Peterson’s Edict for Starting the Adventure of Sorting Yourself Out Jordan B. Peterson, Clinical Psychologist, and Professor at the University of Toronto with over 120 heavily cited publications in Academic Psychology Journals,[1] a YouTube audience with over half a million subscribers and nearly 30 million views,[2] and a 100% ‘would re-take’ score on “Rate My Professor”[3] is telling...
Authored by Joanne D’Souza, Adrian Canagasuriam, and SALSA (Osgoode South Asian Law Students Association) You’re a young, racialized person. You come from an ethnic community where mental health issues are severely stigmatized, ignored, and silenced. You join the legal profession—which comes with long hours and high demands—and that takes a similarly neglectful approach to mental health and...
So, it’s about time for someone to indulge the honoured Obiter Dicta tradition of an editor addressing mental health issues in law school. That’s right, we’re about more than social commentary, student clubs and activities, being functionally owned by Davies LLP, and articles on how to annihilate your liver. Occasionally, we touch on the difficulties students experience trying to balance our...
At Old City Hall, just a few days ago, RJ’s name filled up the afternoon docket. Over a period of 10 years RJ had accumulated thousands of dollars in fines for provincial offences. With the assistance of his representative from the Fair Change Legal Clinic, RJ was appealing to the court for a more compassionate sentence than had already been imposed. Although the fines came from different pieces...
In Defense of Feeling Feelings I have struggled with how strongly I feel things for a long time. A plan falling through sometimes feels like the end of the world; I translate constructive criticism to, “you will never be good at this, give up.” When I acknowledge the feelings, they come swiftly and relentlessly. When I refuse to acknowledge them, I enter a thought swirl that almost always...
On February 14, I had the opportunity to sit down with the other Student Project Leads and Coordinators for the Ontario Law Student Mental Health Initiative (OLSMHI, for now). Every Ontario law school, including Lakehead, had a representative there. We had a lot to discuss over the course of the day, including the results of the survey that some of you were kind enough to fill out. From the...
It’s not just the nature of practising law – the habits and beliefs which make lawyers miserable are instilled right here in law school. 3L should be a time of celebration. Most of us have completed at least 7 years of post-secondary education, sometimes a lot more. We’ve been assessed and prodded more thoroughly than even the finest steak. We’ve beaten the odds again, and again, and again...
MARIA KAIKOVA & PHI NGUYEN
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The Osgoode Mental Health Association (MHLS) and the Osgoode OUTlaws
LUCIA COSTA
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Mental Health “talk” is everywhere.
CHRISTINA LEE-CHAN
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A friend of mine recently went for counselling. During her first session, the counsellor’s medical degree was displayed on the wall
MELANIE BANKA GOELA
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Osgoode’s first ever Mental Health Awareness Week (MHAW): Creating a Culture of Wellness (November 19 to 21, 2012), was in my view, a significant step toward wellness for the Osgoode community.