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“Healthcare” has become all about drugs. Time to make it about care and about people and about living a life worth living. Here’s a small and welcome change happening in UK. Where 400, 000 people living in “care homes” take … Continue reading →

Emma Stephen sings the Beatles song Blackbird in her native language, Mi’kmaq.  

Street Nurse Roxie Danielson RN speaking at vigil for Toronto homelsss woman struck and killed by garbage truck in the early hours while sleeping in a grid in the heart of Toronto’s financial district. Three people without homes and living … Continue reading →

Whenever… we take it upon ourselves to decide for another what they need we take away their power to decide for themselves. We reduce the space in which they can be human. We reduce the space in which they can … Continue reading →

I’m the hole in your heart I’m the stain in your bed The phantom in your fingers The voices in your head I’m the ghost in your house Calling your name My memory lingers You’ll never be the same I’m … Continue reading →

Toronto Hearing Voices cafe is based in very simple premise: that we can meet and talk about difficult human experiences in ordinary language and in ordinary places, so we do. Join us for a different kind of conversation about what … Continue reading →

Posted on July 24, 2017 by Kevin Healey  Version first published in ISPS-US Blog, July 2017 by Kevin Healey I live in Toronto a city where, more than other places I’ve lived in or visited, it is easier to see what “diversity” means, … Continue reading →