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Annual Open Minds conference tackles student mental health through the lens of the arts

March 24, 2015

Conference includes performance by circus troupe Talk to Youth Lately

TORONTO, ON – A unique con­fer­ence that explores grad­u­ate stu­dent men­tal health issues through the lens of the arts is being held by Grad Minds on March 31, 2015 at Hart House and the Isabel Bad­er The­atre.

The theme for Open Minds 2015: The Inter­sec­tion of Men­tal Health & Cre­ativ­i­ty is arts, cre­ativ­i­ty, and express­ing men­tal states. The event includes a pan­el dis­cus­sion with men­tal health and art pro­fes­sion­als, an art instal­la­tion, stu­dent forums for cre­ative expres­sion, and a spec­tac­u­lar cirque nou­veau per­for­mance by the men­tal health social cir­cus troupe Talk to Youth Late­ly.

Reg­is­tra­tion required at www.openminds2015.eventbrite.ca

For more infor­ma­tion, please vis­it www.openminds2015.com

EVENT DETAILS

WHAT:          Open Minds 2015: The Inter­sec­tion of Men­tal Health & Cre­ativ­i­ty – stu­dent men­tal health con­fer­ence.

WHO:             Gus­ta­vo Aguirre, Pho­tog­ra­ph­er and Art Pro­fes­sion­al, Cre­ative Works Stu­dio

Dr. Alli­son Craw­ford, Pro­fes­sor and Psy­chi­a­trist, Depart­ment of Psy­chi­a­try, UofT

Dr. Amy Clements-Cortes, Music Ther­a­pist at Bay­crest and Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor at UofT Fac­ul­ty of Music

Daniel Farb, Grad Stu­dent in Coun­selling Psy­chol­o­gy at OISE; Poet and hip-hop emcee

Seema C., come­di­an and peer sup­port work­er at Mood Dis­or­ders Asso­ci­a­tion of Ontario

WHEN:          March 31, 2015:

WHERE:         Pan­el Dis­cus­sion: 5 pm – 9 pm, Hart House, 2nd Floor Debates Room, 7 Hart House Cir­cle

Cir­cus Per­for­mance: 9 pm – 11 pm, The Isabel Bad­er The­atre, 93 Charles St. W., Vic­to­ria Col­lege, UofT

 

For more infor­ma­tion, con­tact:

Hamza Tau­fique
Co-orga­niz­er, media lead
hamza.taufique@mail.utoronto.ca
(647)-801‑5054