Crazy Talks

 

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List of presentations

 

Mad Stories and Crazy Talks were held in Montreal, Vancouver, and Toronto in 2014.

Don Weitz on psychiatric oppression, Toronto, Tues. February 3, 2015.

Louise Bark on forensic psychiatry and its abuses, March 3, 2015.

Preetha Stephen on varying coercions inside local psych wards, April 7, 2015.

Tina Minkowitz on the UN's CRPD and the rights of people with psychosocial disabilities, May 5, 2015.

Christine on psychoanalytic psychotherapy and how survivors can protect themselves, June 2, 2015.

Fiona Seth screens her video on isolation/confinement, "Pink Like Salmon," July 7, 2015.

Lauren Tenney on how psych occludes spirituality in madness, August 4, 2015.

Richard Ingram, Phd, on post-sanism, September 1, 2015.

John Mackenzie on memory and living beyond the ward, October 6, 2015.

Ruth Ruth and the Friendly Spike Theatre Band on 25 years of psychiatric survivor theatre, Nov 3, 2015.

Shandra Spears Bombay on intergenerational injury and creative antiracism, Dec 1, 2015.

Saraƒin on "Asylum Squad" and "Psychosis Diaries" webcomics, January 5, 2016.

Emma Heath-Engel on hearing/seeing thoughts, February 2, 2016.

Elaine Stewart on madness, mothering and creativity, March 1, 2016.

Irit Shimrat on allies and resistance, April 5, 2016.

Liz Gilarowski on surveillance culture and feminist resistance, May 3, 2016.

Henrik Kartna on his stageplay, physical illness, and survivor politics, June 7, 2016.

Dally M Sanchez on traumatic experiences and transformations, July 5, 2016.

Jewelles Smith on mothering with psychosocial disabilities, August 2, 2016.

Laura Delano going off psych labels and meds, Sept 6, 2016.

Rick Sin on Asian men's experiences with Canadian mental health, October 4, 2016.

Kevin Jackson on cross-disability activism and creating Mad spaces, November 1, 2016.

Emma W. Ardal on madness, humour and social change, December 6, 2016.

Deb Quiggin on the Lakeshore Asylum Cemetery Project, January 3, 2017.

Kevin Healey on the Hearing Voices Network, February 7, 2017.

Elizabeth Portman and Erick Fabris on Mad Canada Shadow Report, March 7, 2017.

Kamal on holding our spaces, April 4, 2017.

Chris Hansen on Intentional Peer Support, May 2, 2017.

Steve Hubel on peer support and psych systems, June 6, 2017.

Diem Marchand-Lafortune on envy, gratitude and generosity, July 4, 2017.

Russell Rozenskis on representations of madness, suicide; and sanism, August 1, 2017.

Henrik Kartna on his play about surveillance and psych, September 5, 2017.

Jai Mills on mad people's advocacy, October 3, 2017.

Dana McCool and Tim Brown on Toronto Mad Pride Week, November 7, 2017.

Ellen Cohen on national survivor organizing, December 5, 2017.

claude wittman on income security and art, January 2, 2018.

Jeremiah Bach on ethics in psych and peer works, February 6, 2018.

"Gaslighting," the topic. A Mad peoples' topic too (without a guest speaker), March 6, 2018.

Theresa Burley on communities of practice, April 3, 2018.

"Psychless Respite!" our topic by popular demand (without a guest speaker), May 1, 2018.

Mad people "dealing with media violence," our topic (without a guest speaker), June 5, 2018.

Kanye, Charlie and Britney: Mad stars or good ol' PR?" our topic (without a guest speaker), July 3, 2018.

Is “mental health,” “sanity,” and “happiness” just bull? Our topic (without a guest speaker), August 7, 2018.

What are we all doing about the Ford cuts to social assistance? (Without a guest speaker) September 4, 2018.

Joy and fantasy in a Mad life (Without a guest speaker) October 2, 2018.

Honey Novick on un-muting the survivor voice, November 6, 2018.

How we survive psych (Without a guest speaker) December 4, 2018.

Crazy Talks coming on five years: suggestions anyone? (Without a guest speaker) January 1, 2019.

On our 5th Anniversary we ask "What is Mad?" (Without a guest speaker) February 5, 2019.

Dealing with angry people! And our own anger. (Without a guest speaker) March 5, 2019.

Henrik Kartna on mental patients rights, April 2, 2019.

Will electroshock ever be banned? (Without a guest speaker) May 7, 2019.

The whiteness of psych (without a guest speaker) June 4, 2019.

Mad Pride Live! Open mic led by Friendly Spike Theatre Band. July 2, 2019.

Remebering friends and family who have passed on (without a guest speaker) August 6, 2019.

Ruth Ruth (special guest host) on how to produce your own Mad creative productions, September 3, 2019.

Ms Dally on ending drug dependencies, October 1, 2019.

Lui Bliss on Mindfreedom Toronto, November 5, 2019.

Dana McCool on astrology, divination and 'madness,' December 3, 2019.

Surviving sanism in 2020 (without a guest speaker), January 7, 2020.

"55 Steps" a film on fighting forced treatment (viewing and conversation), February 4, 2020.

The stigmatizing of anti-stigma campaigns, March 3, 2020.

Online event: Solidarity with psych inmates during coronavirus, April 7, 2020. See Kukuchats.

Online event: UN calls for halt to involuntary psych on two fronts (CRPD and Covid-19), May 5, 2020. See Kukuchats.

Online event: Going outside and staying safe, June 2, 2020. See Kukuchats.

Online event: Defund the police, but don't fund more psych! July 7, 2020. See Kukuchats.

Online event: Roxanne Stewart-Johnson on our right to believe! August 4, 2020. See Kukuchats.

Online event: Of Brittney Spears and supportive decision making. September 1, 2020. See Kukuchats.

Online event: Ageism in psych. October 6, 2020. See Kukuchats.

Online event: What to do about sanist language. November 3, 2020. See Kukuchats.

Online event: Crazy Food? December 1, 2020. See Kukuchats.

Online event: Is distress too much for progressive social movements? January 5, 2021. See Kukuchats.

Online event: What is isolation and how do we deal with it? February 2, 2021. See Kukuchats.

Online event: What is Bill C-7 and how does it affect Mad people? March 2, 2021. See Kukuchats.

Online event: How do you deal with fearful events in your life? April 6, 2021. See Kukuchats.

Online event: When diagnoses become identities.... May 4, 2021. See Kukuchats.

Online event: Lenny on encampments in Toronto. June 1, 2021. See Kukuchats.

Online event: Microchip snitch pills for "treatment adherence." July 6, 2021. See Kukuchats.

Online event: What about our discomforts, privileges and accountabilities? August 3, 2021. See Kukuchats.

Online event: What do you want from political parties this election? September 7, 2021. See Kukuchats.

Online event: In memory of Don Weitz and other survivors who have passed on. October 5, 2021. See Kukuchats.

Online event: How is human trafficking reinforced by psych? November 2, 2021. See Kukuchats.

Online event: Roxanne Stewart-Johnson on deaths from psychiatric drugs. December 7, 2021. See Kukuchats.

Online event: Diet, dieting, and psych. January 4, 2022. See Kukuchats.

Online event: Would psych prescribe beer if it was patented? February 1, 2022. See Kukuchats.

Online event: Open topics. March 1, 2022. See Kukuchats.

Online event: Mad television. Could it free our psyched minds? April 5, 2022. See Kukuchats.

Online event: The past and Mad ancestry. May 3, 2022. See Kukuchats.

Online event: Entheogenic drugs like magic mushrooms and psych. June 7, 2022. See Kukuchats.

Hybrid event (weather allowing): WHat happened to Mad Pride? July 5, 2022. See Kukuchats.

Hybrid event (weather allowing): What should we do with Mad Stories and Crazy Talks? August 2, 2022. See Kukuchats.

Online event: Jim Gottstein on his book The Zyprexa Papers. September 6, 2022. See Kukuchats.

Online event: Do It Yourself (DIY): mad, bad, poverty? October 4, 2022. See Kukuchats.

Online event: Should Mad activists do like neurodiversity activists and self-diagnose? November 1, 2022. See Kukuchats.

Hybrid event: Erick Fabris re: Community Treatment Orders expansion. December 6, 2022. See Kukuchats.

Hybrid event: Mad people and MAiD, January 3, 2023. See Kukuchats.

Hybrid event: How to thaw frozen hearts in deep winter, February 7, 2023. See Kukuchats.

Hybrid event: Canada rejects CRPD's abolition of forced treatment, March 7, 2023. See Kukuchats.

Hybrid event: Mad fashion and style, April 4, 2023. See Kukuchats.

Hybrid event: Marnie Wedlake, elecroshock survivor and activist, May 2, 2023. See Kukuchats.

Hybrid event: Mad psychs. June 6, 2023. See Kukuchats.

Hybrid event: faking sanity. July 4, 2023. See Kukuchats.

Hybrid event: getting psyched and bouncing back. August 1, 2023. See Kukuchats.

Online event (due to renovations): Henrik Kartna on group therapy, subject of his new play. September 5, 2023. See Kukuchats.

Online event (due to renovations): SSRIs and sexual dysfunction. October 3, 2023. See Kukuchats.

Online event (due to renovations): Mad comedy. November 7, 2023. See Kukuchats.

Online event: Open mic nite. December 5, 2023. See Kukuchats.

Online event: Friendly Spike Theatre Band commemorates Ruth Ruth. January 2, 2024. See Kukuchats.

Online event: 10 Years of Mad Stories and Crazy Talks! February 6, 2024. See Kukuchats.

Online event: Psych in Palestine. March 5, 2024. See Kukuchats.

Online event: Lauren Tenney on psych and slavery, April 2, 2024. See Kukuchats.

Online event: Marijuana and psych, May 7, 2024. See Kukuchats.

Online event: What to do when your friend says they're mentally ill? June 4, 2024. See Kukuchats.

Online event: Hearing voices– Lui Bliss cohosting with Erick Fabris. July 2, 2024. See Kukuchats.

Online event: Is there a supernatural world? Aug 6, 2024. See Kukuchats.

Online event: Elaine brings feminism to psych and iatrogenic harm. September 3, 2024. See Kukuchats.

Online event: Feelings! October 1, 2024. See Kukuchats.