Category Archives: Event

Toronto Hearing Voices Group


Share the poster: HV Group Toronto Poster -Sep 2016 We start our 7th Year in September 2016. In a new Place. We’re grateful to Houselink for use allowing us of their space to find our feet, and for offering us a new … Continue reading

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Hearing Voices Cafe, Toronto – Fall 2016


We invite you to join us at The Hearing Voices Cafe for different kind of conversation about what it means to experience being human.
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From Reductionism to Humanism, ISPS-US, Boston, Oct 28-30th


At the centre of any “mental illness” story is a person- a human being- who is in pain and who is struggling to find their place in the world – and it is they who do the real work.
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Here comes MADx


First there was Big Ted and Little Ted, then BitMadTed Then came TED, TEDx and REDx Talks… Here comes MADx. See you there… We’ll be in the back room, at the downstairs bar… What’s REDx ? REDx Talks   Map

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MADx – The Lineup


MADx Fri 15th July – The Performers. Continue reading

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Increase in use of electroshock is alarming – Quebec


Friends in Quebec stage a protest in Montreal,  Friday to bring attention to he alarming rise in use of  electroshock in Quebec,  highlighting the risks, and also just how little is known about it’s effects. They also spotlight  other, non-violent … Continue reading

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MADx …by night – Fri 15th July 2016


Coming Soon… MADx by night …an evening of.. Celebrating What does it take to free ourselves from what/ who others would have us be? Performing Poetry | Spoken Word | Rant | Stand Up | Sketch | Song | Dance | … Continue reading

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Hearing Voices Training – Workshop #1: Accepting Voices – Fri 14th Oct 2016


This unique and innovative workshop offers you a non-diagnostic understanding of the kinds of experiences like hearing voices that are that are sometimes called “psychosis”. Continue reading

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Healing Voices Movie – Toronto Premier Fri 29th April 2016


Healing Voices is a movie documentary that asks a simple questions like: What are we talking about when we talk about ‘Mental Illness’? and What if that story you’ve been told isn’t true?…. What if what gets called “mental illness” … Continue reading

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Hearing Voices Training – Workshop #2 – Working With Voices – Mar 2016


Opportunity to gain deeper understanding of hearing voices ; powerful insights you can integrate into your worldview, and practical ways of working in the safe spaces you create with people who hear voices.
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