The Griff

A woman walks into a doctor’s office with heavy menstrual bleeding and asks to be treated. The first doctor tells her that her symptoms are normal. The second doctor tells her that she’s overreacting — that it can’t be that bad. The third doctor gives her a prescription for birth control that doesn’t get to the root of the problem.⁠
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For so many women, non-binary, and trans individuals, this isn’t the start of a “walks into a bar” joke but a painful reality.⁠
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✍️ Mya Colwell
📷 Hayden Carkner

Confronting the barriers to women's health - The Griff A woman walks into a doctor’s office with heavy menstrual bleeding and asks to be treated. The first doctor tells her that her symptoms are normal. The second doctor tells her that she’s overreacting — that it can’t be that bad. The third doctor gives her a prescription for birth control tha...

Scrambling to find gifts for your loved ones while on a tight student budget?

We got you! Check out five fun (and cheap!) ideas here: https://thegriff.ca/five-budget-friendly-holiday-gifts/

✍️ Ashley Lavallee-Koenig

STOP SCROLLING ON FACEBOOK AND STUDY FOR FINALS!

How to stop procrastinating - The Griff As a student, you pick up plenty of new skills, for example, getting from Allard Hall to Building 6 in 10 minutes, an absolute mastery of Ctrl-F, and how to re-tell the most interesting fact about yourself in all of your class introductions. Unfortunately, a less productive skill students become ver...

The Federal Government recently announced plans to provide financial relief to university grads by changing the student loan payment threshold.

Read all about it here: https://thegriff.ca/federal-government-changes-to-student-debt-payment-threshold/

✍️ Joelle Fagan