Fwd: [HealthHum] Cross-Pollinations on Amputation and Disability

[Felice Aull]

Felice Aull, Ph.D., M.A.
Founder, Literature, Arts, & Medicine Database
Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Medical Humanities
NYU School of Medicine
personal web site: www.feliceaull.com

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From: Maryam Golafshani <m.gola...@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Oct 19, 2023 at 8:16 PM
Subject: [HealthHum] Cross-Pollinations on Amputation and Disability
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Join the Canadian Association for Health Humanities, League of Canadian Poets, and Health Arts Research Centre for Cross-Pollinations, a virtual health humanities rounds series on Wednesday, October 25 at 6pm EST. 

What: Amputation and Disability

Who: Therese Estacion (poet) and Shaelyn Ryan (disability historian)

When: Wednesday, October 25, 6-7 pm EST

Where: Zoom (Register here, directly access the zoom link here, or download a monthly recurring calendar invite here). 

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The Wednesday, October 25, 2023 Cross-Pollinations event will feature poet Therese Estacion and historian/museum worker Shaelyn Ryan on the themes of amputation and disability. Therese Estacion will read from her first poetry collection Phantompains which explores her experience of multiple amputations after surviving a rare infection. Meanwhile, Shaelyn Ryan will present on work from her Master's thesis on amputee and disability history in Canadian archives and museums.

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In this groundbreaking series, health humanities and poetry come together under the same scope, combining artistic expression with health practice and research. The conversations of Cross-Pollinations illuminate new and emerging insights and perspectives on healthcare opportunities and challenges, healthcare approaches and advances, as well as build bridges of connection between health professionals, humanities and the arts.

This series is ideal for people in arts communities, poets and writers, as well as those working in healthcare.

The series is jointly organized by the Arts Health Research Centre, the Canadian Association for the Health Humanities, and the League of Canadian Poets.

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Speaker Bios:

Therese Estacion is part of the Visayan diaspora community. She is an elementary school teacher and is studying to be a psychotherapist. She lives with a physical disability, and in Toronto/ Tkaronto. Her first collection of poems, Phantompains, was published by Book*Hug. Phantompains was a finalist for both the 2021 Indies Foreword Reviews and 2021 CLMP Firecracker Award. She has been a guest editor for ARC poetry’s issue on Disability Desirability, co-organizes Smutburger’s 2023-2024 series.

Shaelyn Ryan is a historian and museum worker with a background in medical and disability history in Canada. Her Master's thesis, "Missing Parts: A Critical Analysis of Amputees and Disability History in Three Canadian Archives and Museums" examines the ways historical disability is dealt with in a series of Canadian archives and museums, as well as how we can take steps forward to equitably archive and display disability history in these institutions. She currently works as Assistant Curator of the Medical Artifact Collection at Western University in London, Ontario.

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Maryam Golafshani, MA

Coordinator, Cross-Pollinations Virtual Rounds Series

Medical Student, University of Toronto

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