In recent years, mental health has become a topic more accepted and discussed in our society. Yet, most educational campaigns and media articles still talk about it in generalities. Research shows that mental health challenges impact us all, but that these impacts are compounded for people also experiencing stigma and discrimination as a result of intersecting identities (race, gender, class, ability, sexuality etc.).
In order for us to build a more caring and empathetic world, we must create space to talk about the impacts and experiences of intersecting identities as they relate to mental health.
Join Miranda Massie (MEd), for an informative session that will:
• Outline core concepts like mental health literacy, intersectionality and positionality.
• Highlight the impacts of varying risk factors, stigmas and discriminations (homophobia, transphobia, racism, sexism, colonialism, classism, and ableism) on mental health.
• Provide an opportunity to reflect on your own position and identity within the world as a way to foster empathy, compassion and safety.
Bio:
Miranda Massie, is a Workplace Wellbeing Practices & Learning Consultant in Human Resources at the University of British Columbia. Her work involves supporting learning practices & curriculum design related to individual and workplace wellbeing.
Miranda has a background in psychology, as well as health and adult education and is both a Mental Health Commission of Canada certified instructor (Mental Health First Aid and The Working Mind) and a Certified Community Sexual Health Educator.
Miranda humbly acknowledges that she lives and works as an uninvited guest on the ancestral and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), səl̓ilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), and skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) peoples.