Our June/July issue is here! Inside: how to protect yourself from UV rays, all your must-haves for summer travel and why bungee fitness is your next workout obsession.
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"We are at a point in time where we must face the trauma because of these acts of genocide. Each time we do, it is possible to heal a little more," writes Penelakut Tribe Chief Joan Brown. (1/3)
Meet Best Health's 2020 Women of the Year. A non-exhaustive (but hella impressive) list of everyday heroes who put extraordinary effort into our best health
"I was so anxious about losing my Korean identity when I went vegan" says
@thekoreanvegan
to
@HannahSung
in this interview about going viral and breaking barriers
⚡️Relaunch day!⚡️ The BH team has spent months rethinking what a health magazine for Cdn women could be: The stories we want to tell, the issues we want to explore, the tropes we want to retire + how to wrap it all up in a playful redesign that embodies the brand. A wee 🧵 1/x
As the first Aboriginal woman to receive this top rank in the
@BCRCMP
, here’s how Brenda Butterworth-Carr is making her role a successful one ➝
@RCMP_GRC_EDIVCO
"For the first time, I feel like I’ve begun to live a life that I can grow in. For the first time, I feel like the ground beneath me isn’t about to collapse if I stand on it for too long." -
@annetdonahue
Dr.
@DrVivianS
knew first-hand how families care for loved ones there. So she started speaking out. She gave at least 250 interviews to the press before she stopped counting. Read more about Vivian and our other health heroes:
"People tend to look at The Korean Vegan and assume that I’m whitewashed and complicit with colonialism [...] That just all fits their narrative, right?" —
@thekoreanvegan
"Vitals" is our front-of-book, which aims to educate, inform and introduce fresh points of view. Among the fantastic stories in this issue:
@hannahsung
talks to
@thekoreanvegan
about the intersection of food, race and social issues… 7/x
"[SCAD] can be something that can be overcome, or it can be something that can give you PTSD,” says
@thaiscoutinhoCV
. “So we make sure we take care of our patients’ mental health just as carefully as we take care of their heart."
"I realized that the basic tenet of our democracy is our humanity, how we treat one another. And we can’t treat one another the way that we’re supposed to, if we know nothing about each other,"
@iamcelinacc
tells
@HannahSung
Heather Ogden, principal dancer at the
@nationalballet
of Canada shares how an average day of social distancing looks for her and her family. ➝
@heatherogden
Pro tip: If you’re going to relaunch a magazine, it helps to work with the very best design brains in the biz. Our AD
@nickydearest
’s thoughtful and brilliant approach led us to a place better than we ever could have imagined. Exhibit A: Our new nameplate. 2/x
Weekend reads:
@HannahSung
's Q and A with
@iamcelinacc
about her new book, microaggressions and what the pressure to be “twice as good” does to your health
"Work is still work—and we deserve rest, preferably with each other, enjoying cheese, snacks and cake," writes
@HannahSung
. This is how employers can prevent burnout (and why vacation won't solve the systemic problem of worker burnout)
Heather Ogden, principal dancer at the
@nationalballet
of Canada and previous Best Health cover girl, shares how an average day of social distancing looks for her and her family. ➝
@heatherogden
“When we tell our children that they have to be twice as good, twice as smart, study twice as long, that’s not a sustainable model to live your life,"
@iamcelinacc
tells
@HannahSung
“I’m not one to stay quiet when I see bad things happening," said
@DrVivianS
to Ontario's LTC commission in March. Her advocacy led to a vaccine mandate and the release of data about vaccination rates among staff and volunteers. Read more:
.
@cblackst
has worked to uphold Indigenous children’s rights for more than 30 years. In 2021, she had a remarkable win. Read more about Cindy and our other women of the year:
Only 17% of people know that miscarriages occur in about 1/5 pregnancies. This, among other startling facts, is why
@BCWomensFdn
@abwomenshealth
@wchf
have joined forces to launch
@WHCCanada
to educate and raise funds for women's health. More by
@cfrangou
:
To help clear up confusion, using data from scientific literature, three experts
@miramaximos
@thekimgauthier
@KrishanaSankar
explain the similarities, and the differences, between Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 shots—and the problem with vaccine shopping.
…an interview with
@CaulfieldTim
(a.k.a. Canada’s de-bunker-in-chief) about his new book, Relax, Dammit!, and how science can help take the stress out of everyday decision making… 15/x