On Sunday November 11 2:00 – 4:30 in Walter Hall the Faculty of Music is hosting the Forum on Research in Music Medicine. This Forum on Research in Music Medicine will feature some of the world leaders in the field speaking about their vision for research in music medicine. This “blue sky” event will consist [...]
Read MoreThe Faculty of Music Sponsored Music Care Conference brings together community members in pursuing the issues and themes around caring for people with music. The conference identifies and integrates common themes and issues using music across the care spectrum and highlights the social implications of music in care. Participants experience music in a way that [...]
Read MoreHeritage Toronto Walks 2012 Saturday, May 5 – 11:00 AM Dr. FitzGerald and the Connaught Laboratories: Medical Legacy Meets Family History Dr. Gerry FitzGerald was the founder of the Connaught Laboratories and University of Toronto School of Hygiene, institutions responsible for the saving of many lives. What so darkened Dr. FitzGerald’s reputation that his [...]
Read MoreThe Thirteenth Annual Taos Writing Retreat for Health Professionals, sponsored by the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center Office of Continuing Medical Education and the Permanente Journal, Kaiser Permanente, will take place August 5-11, 2012 at the historic Mabel Dodge Luhan House in Taos, New Mexico. The retreat encourages individuals to pursue [...]
Read MoreThrough Mind & Hand to Health Monday, April 16, 2012, 7:30 p.m. Judith Friedland will talk about how the philosophy of the Arts and Crafts movement was a major influence on the early development of occupational therapy in Canada. The topic will focus on the use of occupations, generally crafts, for the benefit of [...]
Read MoreCanadian Society for the History of Medicine in conjunction with the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences The only regularly occurring, fully accredited Medical Humanities event in Canada. Coming soon to Waterloo, Ontario from 26 to 28 May 2012 More than 50 research papers by young and seasoned scholars. Paterson Lecture by Professor Monica Green, [...]
Read More_ Exploring the Moral Dimension of Body Image and Eating Disorders Presented by Beth Haile (Carroll College) Beth Haile is an assistant professor of moral theology at Carroll College in Helena, Montana. She received her doctorate from Boston College in Theological Ethics in 2011. Her dissertation entitled “A Good Appetite: A Thomistic Approach [...]
Read MoreThe Discovery of Insulin Michael Bliss, PhD Professor Emeritus University of Toronto A talk organized by the Interest Group for the History and Philosophy of Medicine… Wednesday, February 8, 2011 12:10 pm – 1:00 pm MSB 3163 Lunch will be provided. RSVP: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/JZLZNQ8 Dr. Bliss is one of Canada’s leading intellectuals. His history [...]
Read More“Canada’s poets share their most intimate experiences of the disease we all fear.” Writing in praise of the poems in “The Bright Well, Contemporary Canadian Poems about Facing Cancer“, award-winning writer and social activist Michele Landsberg adds: “They give us words and pictures with which to snare the demon fear and celebrate the return of [...]
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