“A semicolon is used when an author could’ve chosen to end their sentence, but chose not to,” Bleuel said on her website. While Bleuel was not a household name, her 2013 campaign had worldwide engagement and resulted in “real awareness” for those affected by mental illness, and the resulting stigma of mental health challenges. Former host of TSN’s Off The Record and mental health activist Michael Landsberg took to his personal vlog to commemorate Bleuel. “What could possibly do that was better than that?”In the video Landsberg recapped what the Semicolon Project was about, pausing for a split second to restrain himself from crying. “The whole idea of the semicolon is about hope,” Landsberg said in a phone interview on Saturday.

Source: thestar April 01, 2017 23:25 UTC