Category Archives: advocacy and rights

one billion rising

Posted on October 8, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

ENOUGH. The violence ends NOW. Hey, Today I became part of the revolution of women and men who will WALK OUT, DANCE, RISE UP, and DEMAND an end to violence against women and girls on 2nd Feb 2013. ONE BILLION … Continue reading →

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Chief Coroner directs Inquest into three fatal shootings by Toronto Police

Posted on August 15, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Sylvia Klibingaitis, and Michael Eligon shot dead by Toronto Police.       Dr. Bert Lauwers, Ontario deputy chief coroner for inquests made the very welcome announcement tuesday of  a single Coroners Inquest into the fatal shootings by Toronto Police Service of three people:  Reyal Jardine-Douglas, … Continue reading →

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mars project – Jonathan Balazs and Khari “Conspiracy” Stewart

Posted on July 9, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Help support  an important  local movie project about mental health, labelling people with a diagnosis of schizophrenia and the right to choose  own explanations of our experiences. ‘A decade ago rapper Khari “Conspiracy” Stewart was diagnosed with a psychological disorder, but … Continue reading →

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A Tale of Mental Illness – from the inside – Elyn Saks

Posted on July 5, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

ceci ce n’est pas “un schizophrenic “ . . . Elyn Saks delivers a powerful and courageous TED talk. “So I’m a woman with chronic schizophrenia. I’ve spent hundreds of days in psychiatric hospitals. I might have ended up spending … Continue reading →

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Inquiry Into The Schizophrenia Label

Posted on July 3, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Tue, July 10th 2pm to 5pm Ryerson University Library Building Room LIB 072 350 Victoria St An event brought to you as part of Mad Pride Toronto 2012. Inquiring into The Schizophrenia Label. The label “Schizophrenia” is problematic for a … Continue reading →

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ceci ce n’est pas un pipe

Posted on July 3, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

So what is it? Of course it’s not a “pipe” but a painting of a pipe. [Or not even that but an image on a screen of a painting of a pipe]. “Well you can’t fill it with tobacco and smoke … Continue reading →

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Ontario to review how police respond to the mentally ill

Posted on May 4, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

In the Globe and Mail yesterday  – Madeleine Meilleur, the Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services steps forward  to take responsibility for reviewing how police respond to calls involving people in mental health distress. This is very welcome – and … Continue reading →

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occupy APA

Posted on April 30, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Psychiatrists the world over await with enough symptoms to draw the attention of a prescription pad- toting colleague to find out which of their favourite diagnoses have made it through the final voting stages to get into the new version of their  Diagnostic “handbook” … Continue reading →

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Inquiry into the ‘Schizophrenia’ Label

Posted on April 17, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Inquiry into the ‘Schizophrenia’ Label An independent Inquiry into the ‘Schizophrenia’ Label has been launched on 16th April 2012 by a group of organisations and individuals concerned about the meaning and usefulness of ‘schizophrenia’ and similar labels such as ‘psychosis’. … Continue reading →

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Pat Deegan – emancipatory technologies

Posted on March 16, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Pat Deegan talking with students at MIT.  The measure of our technologies is the degree to which they allow people to free themselves I think the measure of our technologies is the degree to which they allow people to free … Continue reading →

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