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What the Arctic Teaches You That Nowhere Else Can
I didn’t go North expecting it to change me. Most people don’t. You go because there’s work, or because someone you love is already there,…
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Late-Diagnosed ADHD: Why Getting the Label at 40, 50, or 60 Changes Everything
For most of your life, you probably thought you were lazy. Or careless. Or “just not trying hard enough.” You lost things constantly. Forgot appointments.…
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5 Common Mistakes Veterans Make When Filing a VAC Disability Claim — And How to Avoid Them
Filing a disability claim with Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) should be straightforward. You served. You were injured or became ill. You deserve support. But the…
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How to Apply for VAC Disability Benefits in Canada — A Plain-Language Guide
The disability benefits system through Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) is one of the most important programs available to Canadian veterans — and one of the…
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Adapting to the Arctic Life
Almost 100 days. I’ve been sitting with this one for a while. There’s a difference between having experiences and understanding them, and after three months…
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Community-to-Community Travel: A Comedy of Logistics
Getting anywhere from here requires patience, flexibility, and a complete willingness to be bumped. Monday: airport. Delayed, then cancelled. Weather. Tuesday: airport again. Twenty-minute delay,…
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Birthdays, Arctic Style
Still grounded by weather. Another cancelled flight to the conference I was supposed to attend. I’ve made my peace with it. Up here, you don’t…
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Arctic Blizzards
Absence makes the internet bill come due — I did not plan for that particular lesson. Our internet up here is prepaid monthly. You pay…
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Christmas Celebrations
We didn’t do a full Christmas this year, and that was fine. We’d had our gatherings before we left — the important ones. What we…
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Christmas With a Twist
The weeks are moving faster than I expected. I think it’s the dark — when there’s almost no daylight, your brain loses its grip on…