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Domenica
School of Health Policy & Management

York University





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Sent: Monday, November 23, 2020 12:32 PM
Subject: 'Decolonizing Mental Health and Well-being' FESI 2020-21 free webinar - November 25th
 
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Faculty of Education Summer Institute (FESI 2020-21)

 
Join us on Wednesday November 25th at 7:00 p.m. for the third free webinar for FESI 2020-21 featuring opening remarks from Peel District School Board Director, Colleen Russell-Rawlins, and an important conversation with Jennifer Mullan, Cheryl Woolnough and Sayema Chowdhury.

Decolonizing Mental Health and Well-being 
Wednesday November 25, 2020
7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
via online webinar


Join speakers Jennifer Mullan and Cheryl Woolnough for a conversation on disrupting the myth of neutrality that permeates our approaches to mental health in education. This myth of neutrality contributes to the oppression of racialized and minoritized youth in schooling and beyond. The speakers will discuss how the historical trauma of racism and colonization have impacted populations, and continue to influence our current modes of operation through systemic structures that have been left unexamined and unchallenged. The webinar will culminate by discussing suggestions of strategies to decolonize mental health practices in Ontario classrooms. The session will be moderated by Sayema Chowdhury, co-chair of the FESI 2020-21 organizing committee.

This webinar is aimed towards classroom educators, system leaders as well as community members and caregivers who are looking to critically examine approaches to supporting mental health and wellbeing of all students.

Register for this FREE webinar below.

For further information and to view presenter and moderator bio's, please visit the FESI 2020-21 website at https://fesi.blog.yorku.ca/.