Belonging: Where do I fit?
What does it mean to feel like you belong? This month, Unsinkable explores community, friendship, loneliness, rejection, and the search for connection through powerful stories about finding and creating a place where we feel seen, accepted, and at home.
Find this month’s featured stories below.
Love Yourself Like Art
By Brennan Jackson
Trigger Warning: This Unsinkable story discusses bullying. We invite our community to read it only if it's the right time for them!
I’m Brennan Jackson. I’m sixteen years old with cerebral palsy. My disability has given me many unique experiences as well as a unique perspective on life and mental health. Through this lens, this is what I believe; this is what I see.
Unsinkable Quebec's First Youth Workshop | Atelier jeunesse
By Unsinkable Quebec
When young people are given safe and creative spaces to express themselves, art can become a tool for healing, resilience, and connection. Through storytelling and artistic expression, participants were invited to explore their mental health journeys in ways that felt authentic to them. For many young people, creating is not just an activity — it is a language, a refuge, and a way to reclaim their voice.
A Road to Living in Carpe Diem
By Joshua Gamilla
My name is Joshua Gamilla and I am 17 years old…
When I was in elementary school, I was bullied for countless reasons, from the way I look to the way I act; and this was something I decided to keep within me, not being able to share that with anyone as I was scared and embarrassed and that caused me to become insecure about myself. It didn’t get easy for me and it felt like the bullying got worst throughout elementary.
In/Visible. In/Audible. Canadian.
By Afreina Noor
Afreina's story of landing in Montréal and finding her way eight years later that was originally written and delivered in French at a BDC event last year, is now published here on the Unsinkable website in French and translated English.