{"id":645,"date":"2022-01-05T15:03:47","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T20:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/its-cuthemedev1.carleton.ca\/mental-health\/?page_id=645"},"modified":"2026-01-15T09:23:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T14:23:38","slug":"winter2022-lived-experience-luncheon-series-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/winter2022-lived-experience-luncheon-series-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter 2022 Lived Experience Luncheon Series"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Please join us for the Lived Experience Luncheon Series!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

MeWeRTH will be launching a new Lived Experience Luncheon<\/em> series this Winter Term where we invite members in our community to give a presentation on their lived experience highlighting any challenges they faced and their resiliency in the face of these challenges. The presentations will be virtual and open to the 杏吧原创 community as well as the public. We would be thrilled to have you join us for these events. Details on the event dates and speakers are available below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEveryone faces challenges. I believe that by sharing these experiences and perspectives, we can foster resilience and increased well-being.  Please join us for these inspirational stories.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Dr. Joanna Pozzulo, Director, MeWeRTH<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Adrian Harewood \u2013 February 9, 12:00-1:00pm<\/strong> – Registration available here<\/a>
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The Storyteller Shares His Story<\/strong><\/p>\n

Adrian Harewood is a journalist, an Associate Professor at 杏吧原创 University and co-anchor of CBC News Ottawa at 6<\/em>. He is also host of the weekly Ottawa cultural magazine show Our Ottawa<\/em>. He is the former host of CBC Radio Ottawa\u2019s All In A Day <\/em>and has been a guest host on local programs like Metro Morning<\/em> (CBC Toronto), Here and Now<\/em> (CBC Toronto) and Ontario Today<\/em>. He has hosted national programs such as As it Happens, The House, <\/em> <\/em>Sounds Like Canada, Counterspin, Hot Type, Spin Off, The Current<\/em>, Power & Politics<\/em> and contributed documentaries to shows like The Arts Tonight<\/em>. He was host of The Actors, Literati, Playwrights & Screenwriters <\/em>and The Directors<\/em> as seen on BRAVO and PBS. During the 2010 FIFA World Cup he was network host of CBC Radio\u2019s FIFA World Cup Today<\/em> show. Adrian was the recipient of the 2020 Canadian Screen Award for Best Local News Anchor. He spent over a decade as a programmer at four campus\/community radio stations. Adrian is on the Board of Directors for Journalists for Human Rights (JHR)<\/em>, the Editorial Board of the University of Ottawa Press<\/em>, is a member of the Canadian Association of Black Journalists<\/em> (CABJ) and the Canadian Association of Journalists<\/em> (CAJ). He has a BA in Political Science from McGill University, and MA in History from 杏吧原创 University.<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Quayce Thomas – February 16,<\/strong> 12:00-1:00pm<\/strong> – Registration available here<\/a>

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From Treating Illness to Improving Health: A student\u2019s perspective<\/span>
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Quayce Thomas is the founder and developer of Timsle.com – a social accountability network for getting better with family and friends. He built Timsle to recover from mental health challenges while studying architecture at 杏吧原创. His goal is to develop a low cost health system for countries without health infrastructure.<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Anna Stone \u2013 March 2, 12:00-1:00pm<\/strong> – Registration available here<\/a>
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Experiencing social anxiety in a learning environment: How social anxiety can hinder learning and promote resiliency.<\/strong><\/p>\n

My name is Anna Stone, and I am a psychology student studying at the master’s level at 杏吧原创 University. In this talk, I will discuss how social anxiety has impacted my ability to learn in social situations, and how it has made me a more resilient student.<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Jessie Gunnell \u2013 March 9, 12:00-1:00pm<\/strong> – Registration available here<\/a>
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Dyslexia: \u201cIf I asked someone to help me read, I would be asking all the time, so I just stopped reading\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The title is the answer, the question \u201chow do you cope with your problems in reading.\u201d I was 10 years old and I can still visualize sitting in class frustrated and hurt that I couldn\u2019t read and therefore couldn\u2019t do my work. I struggled to connect letters to their sounds, which became obvious in the first years of learning to read and spell. Eventually, at 16 years old I was formally diagnosed with a language-based learning disability (a form of dyslexia). It was one of those moments that you don\u2019t forget, and for me, it was positive. A few years later I would register at 杏吧原创 University and obtain my degree in Psychology, which ironically, was a word I couldn\u2019t spell. I will talk candidly about my struggles, the road to a diagnosis, the supports that I am grateful for, and the strengths that I have come to recognize.<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Dr. Carla Sowinski \u2013 March 23, 12:00-1:00pm<\/strong> – Registration available here<\/a>

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Taking care of me: Self-care advice from my experience with grief<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr. Carla Sowinski is a researcher that works for the Department of National Defence; her research focuses on workplace well-being. In December 2017, Carla\u2019s husband, Derek, took his own life after eight years of struggling with treatment-resistant depression. Inspired by Lucy Hone\u2019s Resilient Grieving<\/em> book, Carla made a decision to cope with her grief in the healthiest way possible. In this talk she will discuss her lived experience of applying evidence-based strategies to promote well-being during that stressful time. Topics will include actively processing emotions, establishing healthy routines, self-compassion, connecting with others in authentic ways, and searching for the good things in life. Carla hopes that her story and her advice can help you or someone that you know that may be going through a stressful time (e.g., grief; divorce\/separation\/break up; job loss; trauma; personal illness or illness of a loved one; loss of \u201cnormal life\u201d or stress associated with the COVID-19 pandemic).<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Gillian Stein \u2013 March 30, 12:00-1:00pm<\/strong> – Registration available here<\/a>
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Mental Health Issues Affect Us All… Even CEOs<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gillian Stein is the CEO of iconic Canadian photography brand Henry\u2019s<\/strong>. She also has bipolar disorder. Learn about Gillian\u2019s journey, from enduring her first terrifying bipolar episode as a teenager, to travelling a long, never-straight pathway to diagnosis and treatment, to learning lifelong strategies for managing her mental health\u2014all while becoming a successful businesswoman and ultimately taking the reins as the fourth generation to lead her family\u2019s long-standing business. As a founding board member of the Henry\u2019s Foundation, striving to destigmatize mental health for all Canadians, Gillian is proud to share her story to show that executives with mental illness not only exist, but they can be tremendously successful.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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