Component Exploration: Nina’s Art Toxicity by Nina Nina (she/her) – Artist’s Statement and Reflections I’m 26 years old, I live in Vancouver in the Downtown Eastside actually. I make paintings like abstract art is what I usually do. Art is something that I just started. I’ve only been painting for three years now, before that …
Component Evaluation: Language and Visualization Timing: 35 minutes; flexible Mode: In-class OPTION 1: In groups of 2-4 have students write down the word capitalism on a blank sheet of paper. Ask them to visualize the connections between capitalism, oppressions, and mental health that are discussed in Cheers to Capitalism. Once those connections are established, encourage …
Component Evaluation: Discussion Based Activity Timing: 30 minutes; flexible Mode: In-class; online After going through the module and unit content hold a discussion that looks at the various intersections pointed out by Ashley. You may also post these questions to an online forum for an asynchronous discussion. What do interlocking oppressions allow us to understand …
Component Evaluation: Imagining Alternatives Time: 30 minutes Mode: In class; Online Our current mental health system does not support a variety of care and wellbeing needs. Often people are only encouraged to seek out talk therapy. With this in mind, and with the artists call to diversifying how we practice care and wellbeing, either facilitate …
Component Evaluation: Group Think Tank Timing: 30 Minutes Mode: In-class; Online Ask your students to download, read and reflect on Margo’s recovery story and collectively make a list of the different tools that Margo found helpful. Next, have your students brainstorm other practices that would be helpful in the process of recovery and consider how …
Component Evaluation: Perspective Taking Timing: 30 Minutes Mode: In-class; Online Making specific references to events described in the components used in this unit, students take the perspective of a 1981 Greenacres worker, resident or a family member and write a 250-word letter to the Chairman of Metro Toronto (the 1981 equal of today’s mayor) saying …
Component Evaluation: History’s Lessons – Part 1 Timing: 30 Minutes Mode: In-class; Online Students often find policy difficult to understand and can struggle to comprehend how it directly impacts their day-to-day practice. The short set of historical documents and 2 audio commentaries in Components: Saskatchewan – Self-Guided can help them work these issues. Shape your …
Component Evaluation: Strength Through Storytelling Timing: 30 minutes Mode: In class; Online Strength Through Story-telling (poetry, spoken word, cartooning) Question Man is really Answer Man, and Shimrat’s story is about finding answers and wellbeing within the self. In a poem, spoken word or single-frame cartoon, and using the following questions as guides, have students depict …
Component Evaluation: Expressing Ideas in Art Timing: 30 Minutes Mode: In-Class; Online An art intervention can be an original piece of art or an interaction with art that has been created by another person. Exploring course content through the production of artistic interventions allows students to process information in a multimodal fashion. Ask students to look …
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