Sheridan’s Health and Wellness Peer Mentors are pleased to present the first-ever SHERIDANtalk: Breaking Barriers on Mental Health event, on April 9th from 6:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. in the Marquee at the Trafalgar campus. Doors open at 5:30pm, and a community marketplace is open at 5:30 p.m. in the Student Union lobby. Community marketplace partners include: CHMA, ADAPT, SAVIS, Good2Talk, Workman Arts, Halton Women’s Place, Mentality Matters, MoveU, TEACH, Sheridan Counselling, Schizophrenia Society, Phoenix, STRIDE, Oakville Distress Centre, and Light House. The event is sponsored by Student Union. Pre-registration is currently at 110 attendees – our capacity is 150. Register ahead of time to ensure you will have a seat at the event – email healthandwellnesspeers@gmail.com with your name, email, and program, or staff title. All current students, staff, and faculty are welcome to attend!
The event is modelled after the well-known TEDtalks, and building off of the Canada-wide “Unleash the Noise” Mental Health Innovation Summit organized through The Jack Project. Speakers include Eric Windeler and Erin Hodgson from The Jack Project; Mark Henick, from TEDxToronto 2013; and Arthur Gallant, one of the 2013 ‘Faces of Mental Illness’ from the Bell Let’s Talk initiative. Several Sheridan students and alumni have also bravely agreed to share their story at the event.
Come out from some free food and drinks, Q&A panel, and breakout discussion groups. We invite all Sheridan staff, faculty, and students to come out to this event, and help shape the community that we all work and live in, together. Certificates of attendance will be provided.
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