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mental health hopes

i just came back from an invigorating time with raul raul and cathy, talking about MentalHealthCamp. poor cathy had to listen to me being stubborn about not “massaging” the message about MentalHealthCamp too much – i like the raw greassroots approach. what’s funny is that on my way back on the bus i read made… Continue reading mental health hopes

MentalHealthCamp – registration now open!

the mental health camp that grew out of our panel discussion at the northern voice blogging conference is growing in leaps and bounds. we now have a date – april 25, 2009 a location – workspace (for free!) a blog a registration page and a call for presenters and a twitter ID

chaotic thoughts on employment counselling

another live blog from the career management conference! glenn olien works in employment/career counselling in the construction industry warning: aptly, since this is about chaos theory in counselling, these notes will be somewhat chaotic, more than the two live blogs before. kind of like twitter on a blog 🙂 questions to be discussed: why do… Continue reading chaotic thoughts on employment counselling

collaborative learning

now i’m at a session on collaborative learning by michael yue and maria starosta. more live blogging! some of the impetus for this session came from the philosophers cafÃ© projects “collaborative learning is better than learning by yourself” presenter not an authority; he may have taken a bit more time to look into the topic… Continue reading collaborative learning

eating disorders week

i have an amazing talent for missing national eating disorders week in canada, which was february 1-7. and i was even reminded by a number of people! fortunately, clinically clueless, who has been posting about national eating disorders week in the US, has also sent me a reminder – so i’m getting in here under… Continue reading eating disorders week

MentalHealthCamp – a whole conference about mental health and blogging

coping digitally, a session at the 2009 northern voice blogging conference that talked about the intersection of blogging and mental health and how social media can help derease the stigma of mental health was a real success. raul did a live blog of the session. thanks, raul! the overwhelming feedback, during and after the session,… Continue reading MentalHealthCamp – a whole conference about mental health and blogging

mental health and blogging: a summary of questions

this is a summary of the discussion we had on monday about mental health and blogging. thanks for all the great comments! i will use this as my guideline (guidepost?) for my participation at coping digitally, a panel discussion about mental illness and social media that i’ll be part of at the northern voice blogging… Continue reading mental health and blogging: a summary of questions

vancouver’s shootings and restorative justice

on tuesday, there was a shooting in my neighbourhood, on vancouver’s fraser street. pretty scary – it was less than three blocks from my grandson’s daycare. there has been a rash of gang activity and violence in vancouver in the last few weeks. like anyone else, i’m asking myself, what’s going on? what happened to… Continue reading vancouver’s shootings and restorative justice

panel discussion on mental health and blogging

yesterday i told you about coping digitally, a panel discussion about mental illness and social media that i’ll be part of at this year’s northern voice blogging conference here in vancouver this coming friday and saturday (february 20 and 21, 2009). it was airdrie’s idea to begin with; the other person who will participate is… Continue reading panel discussion on mental health and blogging