Kendra J. McLaughlin is a public health researcher, writer, and activist based in Tiohtià:ke/Montréal.
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Magazine
The pressure to be cured
Both professional and popular psychology are focused on “curing” individuals of distress. But without looking at a person’s social and political context, the pursuit of a cure can do more harm than good.
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Magazine
Ingesting surveillance
A new digital pill that tracks whether it has been ingested is poised to enter the Canadian market. But for people who are incarcerated and medicated, it threatens to expand surveillance both inside and outside prisons.