Workshops
Mental Refuge offers free workshops to organizations that serve refugees.
If you are interested in hosting a workshop at your clinic/social service, please email admin@mentalrefuge.ca.
We offer the following workshops. The content is sampled from the community wellness groups, which offer a more detailed exploration of the subjects.
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Unpacking ‘Mental Health’
Dissecting the premises that underpin dominant ‘mental health’ knowledge, to develop and work towards a wellness that is individualized to us.
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Self-Care for the Self-Sustaining
Discussing strategies related to ‘self-care’ – that is, practices that nourish our physical, psychological, social/communal, creative, spiritual and intellectual selves – for those who are constrained in terms of time, energy, space or money.
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The Joy of Living on the Margins
Discussing the unique strengths and positive experiences that emerge from injustice, stress and trauma.
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What it Means to be Me
Discussing the benefits and disadvantages of our identity labels, and how to make these labels work towards actualizing our ideal self.
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Loving our Children while Loving Ourselves
Discussing the challenges of the transition to parenthood and strategies for incorporating wellness into a lifestyle of new routines, constraints and demands.
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While in Waiting
Discussing concepts and strategies for wellness in the context of a refugee claim or another period of transitional uncertainty.