The WCC team shares the methodology that informed a series of writing workshops for patients at a Toronto-area hospital and insights gained from this model of writing in the community.

Posted: Wednesday March 13, 2024

Learners explored new avenues for scholarly undertaking in the health, arts, and humanities during the Arts-Based Research and Practice Mini-Retreat and Workshop. Health humanities and arts-based approaches offer a wide variety of ways to create and impactfully mobilize new knowledge and understanding. The Arts-Based Research and Practice Workshop that took place this past fall offered […]

Posted: Friday March 8, 2024

Mireille Norris, Medical Education Black Health Theme Lead, shares recommendations for art, music, dance, and food we can experience this Black History Month around Toronto and at home.

Posted: Tuesday February 6, 2024

Healthcare practitioners are often taught to approach and manage their patients’ bodies at the expense of their own. Becoming sick oneself, or seeing a family member fall ill, can be a traumatizing and bewildering experience. How can we remember to tend to our own bodies as healthcare practitioners? How can narrative help us remember — […]

Posted: Friday January 26, 2024

Conor Mc Donnell is a Staff Anesthesiologist at SickKids Hospital and Associate Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine at the University of Toronto. His latest poetry collection, This Insistent List published by Mansfield Press, is out now.

Posted: Monday January 22, 2024

Read Foundational Certificate alum Amita Dayal’s latest creative reflection published in CMAJ. In what began as a draft in Writing Health-Themed Articles during the winter of 2023, Dayal reflects on her experience providing MAiD as a family physician.

Posted: Tuesday January 2, 2024