Madness Canada's HEWTON GRIFFIN GRANTS fund students and/or people with lived experience to do archival research about the Canadian history of psychiatry, madness, mental health, addiction, mad activism, advocacy, or culture. DEADLINE: 23 January 2026. Details & application form: buff.ly/cPnHnHs
Taking mine cross country skiing. Quality time together+ fun activity in whatever variation suits her interests = winner/gangons
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Recent research by @hspandler.bsky.social (Professor of Mental Health), a leading historian of Psychiatry and LGBT+ health, suggests that [aversion therapy through electroshock] was far more widespread than previously documented
At what point in this penniless present can we dispense with .99 cent price endings?
No better way to celebrate International Day of Persons with Disabilities (technically tomorrow, but what’s a few hours) than to launch our report from the Diverse Disability Identities study!
Shout out to Tommy Akinnawonu for creating the beautiful artwork featured throughout this report.
📢 One Week Away!
Tracking Pathways: Black Youth Leading Change
Join us to explore how Black youth navigate education and work, and how they push for systemic change.
🗓️ Wednesday, November 26, 2025 l 3:00 – 4:30 PM (EST)
🔗 Register now: buff.ly/6FxsERA
#YouthLeadership #EquityInEducation #TMU
Not only did we have to wait *years* for the $10/day childcare promise to be rolled out, now the Ontario government is the only province failing to deliver it at the final stage.
To say this is a disappointment would be an understatement.
CTV News article headline reads: ‘Something is rotten,’ says US billionaire who funded BC ostrich farm protests.
Billionaires funding protests. That’s the rotten thing.
If anybody was expecting anything other than an austerity from Carney’s first budget, I’ve got some oil from the finest of snakes to sell you.
Good morning listen ☕️ on anti-racism, class and global politics.
Whose voices are missing from media coverage of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD)? Research by @torontomet.bsky.social's Danielle Landry calls for responsible reporting that includes affected communities to minimize harm and promote equity. Read more: tinyurl.com/2syvp4pn #WorldMentalHealthDay
Any other parents out there feeling like life is starting to revolve around K-pop demon hunters?
Sharing this map of Black arts organizations in Ontario. What a brilliant tool. I would love to see more organizations east of the DVP! www.bandgallery.com/black-art-ma...
"« Le temps presse » : un rapport dénonce la couverture médiatique déficiente de l'aide médicale à mourir.
Des chercheurs ont étudié près de 370 articles de presse consacrés à l'AMM pour les personnes atteintes de maladies mentales"
Merci @dandylandry.bsky.social
via Canadian Affairs #polcan #polqc
Our final report At What Cost? was recently covered by Canadian Affairs. Thank you Meagan Gillmore for sharing the findings of the report and for your engaging and relatable reporting on MAiD over the last few years. www.canadianaffairs.news/2025/07/21/n...
CN: medical assistance in dying
👇 our team spent 6 months analyzing 5 years' worth of Canadian news on MAiD's expansion to mental illness. This report outlines our key concerns.
Today! 1:30pm EST, virtual or in person, rm 705, 288 Church St.
Join us! torontomu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Concerned with how health issues are being reported on in the news? Next week's panel event will speak about the work journalists do when reporting on health issues and consider health justice in reporting. There will also be a film screening of the doc 'Life After'. Join us! July 15, 1:30pm EST
Credit where credit’s due. That was a game changer
Colourful digital illustration of many people and shapes entangled. Text reads: Structures of Support: Cultivating Conditions for Community Wellbeing in Universities and Campus Space. Speaker series with Dr. Eliza Chandler, Jessica Griffiths, Lisa Afriyie, Dennique Lavia and the Office of Social Innovation. March 5th, 2025, 288 Church Street, Toronto Room 707, 3:30-5pm EST. Canada Excellence Research Chair in Health Equity and Community Wellbeing at Toronto Metropolitan.
Join me for the public panel ‘Structures of Support: Cultivating Conditions for Community Wellbeing in Universities and Campus Space’, hosted by CERC Health Equity & Community Wellbeing. March 5, 3:30PM, Room 707, 288 Church St. in Toronto or over Zoom. To Register: torontomu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Text reads: Join Our MAD TEACH-IN. March 14th, 2025, from 12:00 to 1:30 PM EST. A webinar featuring David Reville, Kiran Shoker, and Noah Reid. Moderator: Adam Davies. Kira Smith: Facilitator. Sponsore: Madness Canada/Folie Canada- Robarts Cente for Canadian Studies - Mad Studies Hub @ YorkU. RSVP your spot with Eventbrite
Madness Canada/Folie Canada is hosting a Mad Teach-In on March 15. To Join: RSVP your spot with Eventbrite www.eventbrite.ca/e/mad-school...
#MadStudies #InclusiveEducation
As elections loom in Ontario and Canada, remember that it’s on all of us to protect trans kids.
I was delighted to learn that Mars Project (2012) is now on YouTube. The film explores rapper Khari 'Conspiracy' Stewart's madness from many perspectives including his own. It challenges how we understand mental health and personal narratives #MadStudies #MadInCanada
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