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Join us at the 2013 Mental Health Symposium at UBC this Saturday!
Members of Kaleidoscope will be at the Open Your Mind Mental Health Symposium this Saturday, January 26th! Come learn more about mental health services at UBC and engage with us in meaningful discussion about how we can make the UBC campus environment more conducive to mental wellness. Registration closes tomorrow so please RSVP asap!
Date: Saturday, January 26th, 2013
Time: 10:00 am – 3:00 pm (includes refreshments in the morning and full lunch)
3:00pm – 4:30pm Splatter Art
Venue: Brock Hall (map)
Registration deadline: Thursday, January 24th, 2013
Full details: http://www.ubcmhn.com/events/mental-health-symposium/
Portrayals of Madness at UBC Thrive 2012
Come join us on at 6 PM this Friday November 9th for this year’s Portrayals of Madness event as we discuss how mental illness is depicted in cinema. This is a free event and will be held at the Abdul Ladha Center on campus. We hope to see you there!
Stress Less for Exam Success
Hello UBC Students,
Are you starting to feel a bit stressed about exams? We have the perfect way to beat your stress. Come on down to The Centre for Student Involvement (9:30-1:00) and the Chapman Learning Commons (11:00-3:00) for Stress Less for Exam Success. There will be a variety of fun activities and free food, with everything from a free parfait breakfast in the Centre for Student Involvement to board games and meditation exercises in the Chapman Learning Commons. There will also be much more, so check out this link to learn more: http://blogs.ubc.ca/
Good Luck on exams!
Mental Health Network Event
The Mental Health Network will be hosting an event for those interesting in volunteering towards the promotion of mental health at UBC. The event runs from 4-6pm on Jan 17th. Unforetunatly this conflicts with our Kaleidoscope meeting next week at 4-5pm but both will still be going on.
For more information and to register visit the new MHN website.
Click here to register:
Thrive Event Oct. 19th
Update: Drop by our booth (north side of the SUB) Monday and Tuesday to enter a DVD prize draw. On Wednesday those who come to the event can enter twice!.
DVDs include: Little Miss Sunshine, Donnie Darko & a blue ray version of Black Swan.
As part of UBC’s Thrive week The Kaleidoscope and the Mental Health Awareness Club will be hosting
Portrayals of Madness in Film
Wednesday Oct. 19th,12:00-12:45 and 1:00-1:45
@ the Norm Theatre in the SUB (next to Bernoulli’s Bagels)
There will be time for questions and discussion as we screen depictions of mental illness in clips from Donnie Darko, A Beautiful Mind, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and Little Miss Sunshine to more obscure and foreign films.
Come at 12pm, come at 1pm or stay for both! Refreshment provided!
For more information contact [email protected]
Healthy Minds Blog Post
Josh from our group recently did a guest blog post over at Healthy Minds. Check it out & Share!
http://blogs.ubc.ca/healthyminds/2011/09/14/support-group-for-mental-health-at-ubc/
UBC Mental Health Network Meeting
The Kaleidoscope is proud to have been a part of the founding of the UBC Mental Health Network. The Network hopes to bring together the various mental health-related initiatives at UBC in order to share resources, work together on projects, connect ideas, and promote mental health on campus. We are having a meeting on Thursday, May 26th 4:30PM at the Wellness Centre in the SUB. At present, anybody who is interested in being a part of this is welcome to come to our meetings and see what we’ve got in the works!
UBC ArtsWire Story
It looks like we are gaining some momentum with The Kaleidoscope initiative. Check out this article that made it onto the UBC ArtsWire magazine today: The Kaleidoscope opens up about mental illness
Thanks to Michelle Reid for a lovely piece!