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Wheelhouse Chats with different speakers every night 

Want to take your mind off the pandemic and other stressors? Listen to local experts and get inspired as they share their knowledge. 

Facilitators are: Laura Lussier, Dr. Judy Hodge, Niigaan Sinclair,  Dr. Jenny Heijun Wills, and folks from Bee Projects, Fête Jockey Events, Graffiti Art Program, Synonym Arts Consultation and The Times Change(d).

 

 

Wheelhouse Chat with Theatre & TV artist and Certified Professional Coach Laura Lussier 

Tune in live as Laura Lussier presents The Power of Creativity in Uncertain Times: How unleashing your inner artist can dramatically increase your well-being. Topics include: What happens to the brain in the face of uncertainty; how creativity can be a powerful tool to counteract stress responses in the brain; How we can start/continue to unleash our inner artist; Potential barriers to creativity and how we can overcome them; How we can commit to creativity and integrate it into our everyday life to increase our overall well-being.

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Wheelhouse Chat with Local veternarian, Dr. Judy Hodge.

Join Dr Judy Hodge live as she discusses the roll pets play in mental wellbeing. 

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Wheelhouse Chat with Author and Proffessor Dr. Jenny Heijun Wills

Join Dr Jenny Heijun Wills live as she gives a short reading from her transnational adoption reunion memoir Older Sister. Not Necessarily Related. Discussion to follow - topics may include mental wellness and race and adoption, as well as mental health and self care re: life writing. 

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Wheelhouse Chat with Beeproject Apiaries

Tune is as folks from Beeprojects share their love of urban beekeeping and give an intro to the honeybee and the importance of pollinators. Get up close to an active beehive as you're guided through the hive by a beekeeper.  

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Wheelhouse Chats with Arts and Music Industry Folks

Join Synonym Arts Consultation, The Times Change(d), Graffitti Gallery/Studio 393 and Fete Jockey live as they discuss how our current situation during COVID-19 is transformative and how they each have pivoted in this new world.

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Wheelhouse Chat with Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair

Tune in to Niigaan Sinclair's chat live. He will be delivering a discussion about his volunteerism and why mental well-being is important to him.

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