Monthly Archives: April 2014

Understanding our Sensitivity – a workshop


A Workshop with Rufus May and Elisabeth Svanholmer
Toronto, Tue 17 June 2014
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Living With Voices – 16 Jun 2014


    living with voices 16Jun2014-Poster <a href=”https://www.eventbrite.com/e/living-with-voices-tickets-11450588017?ref=ebtn&#8221; target=”_blank”><img src=”https://www.eventbrite.com/custombutton?eid=11450588017&#8243; alt=”Eventbrite – Living With Voices” /></a> Description and registration information Living With Voices Toronto, Mon 16th June 2014 workshop | celebration | showcase | fundraiser Many of us will hear … Continue reading

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Drumadics


Grab Bag  

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Too Many Zooz


        Too Many Zooz http://toomanyzooz.bandcamp.com

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when reality resembles the wildest imagination – Gabriel Garcia Marquez


  Related… reality leaves a lot to the  imagination  https://recoverynetworktoronto.wordpress.com/2013/06/06/reality-leaves-a-lot-to-they-imagination-john-lennon/ is this the real thing?  https://recoverynetworktoronto.wordpress.com/2013/07/03/is-this-the-real-thing-2/ reality used to be a friend of mine   https://recoverynetworktoronto.wordpress.com/2012/09/08/reality-used-to-be-a-friend-of-mine-pm-dawn/

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Facing down rape: Women stand up to say they are not ashamed


First in a series of posts about the value, importance and  power of owning and  telling our story – and being heard. Science may think it has all the clever tricks to understand the universe and what we are to make … Continue reading

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I just want to be me – Small Potatoes


boom da boom da boom da boom da da da boom badoom boom boom… I think punk rock is somewhere like where the really cool people like do their own style of music… one! two! three! four!  

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breathing light – Nitin Sawhney


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Canadian Government has a serious drug problem


Not the one you might have  seen on the late night talk show circuit  but the one that has Canada’s Prisons Services routinely drugging 65% of women inmates and Ontario’s  Long Term Care homes routinely drugging up to 70% of … Continue reading

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drugging seniors in “long term care” – Ontario


Toronto Star again, this time shining a light on the prevalence of using potentially deadly drugs to restrain  seniors in care homes. “Ontario nursing homes are drugging helpless seniors at an alarming rate with powerful antipsychotic drugs, despite warnings that … Continue reading

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