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Two Series of Workshops Start SOON

October 1st, 2012 · No Comments

Writing in The Spirit of Connection (or, When You Meet the Stranger, Say Hello)

Who is the stranger? Mostly we think of people we don’t know, those new to us, as strangers. But the stranger is also myself when I do something out of character; I say ‘that’s not me.’ How do you encounter what’s unfamiliar where you find it? Fear? Curiousity? In this series, use writing to explore coming up against the other who is both within and without, and saying hello.

October 11, 18, 25, 2012

Thursdays Noon-1Pm

Multi-Faith Centre

Register here:  http://uoft.me/poet

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Am I? – A Writing Series About Identity and Change

 

Do you ever feel you don’t know who you are? Or who you thought you were no longer fits? We have many identities: one you might have in your family, or others give you, one in your studies, or in the music you love. But we aren’t static, and nothing’s locked down. Like staring into a kaleidoscope, it can be disorienting, but also, maybe, freeing. In these three writing sessions, begin to trace the threads of who you might be. Ask yourself: who am I in this in moment of transition; who am I becoming?

Session 1. What They Said About You (or, Whose Autobiography is this Anyway?)

Session 2. I’m Not the Kind of Person Who…

Session 3. Be Good to Yourself, Whoever You Are

 

October 31, November 7, 14, 2012

Wednesdays Noon-1PM

 

Hart House

 

 

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A Writer’s Process: The Inside Story

February 29th, 2012 · No Comments

A Writer’s Process: The Inside Story

Presented by The Hart House Literary & Library Committee

Is there a story inside the story you’re trying to write or a poem beneath the poem? What are the truths you want to share? We carry ourselves like onions with so many layers; the more access we have to the layers, the richer our work and our lives. In these 3 sessions, we’ll do exercises to tap into the truths we carry and might not even know are there. Get a read on the inside story; share it with yourself and perhaps others.

Thursday, March 1, 8 and 15, 2012
12-1:30pm
Open to all students and members of Hart House.
This series is full — registration is closed.
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A Writer’s Process

February 9th, 2012 · No Comments

A Writer’s Process: The Inside Story

Presented by The Hart House Literary & Library Committee

Is there a story inside the story you’re trying to write or a poem beneath the poem? What are the truths you want to share? We carry ourselves like onions with so many layers; the more access we have to the layers, the richer our work and our lives. In these 3 sessions, we’ll do exercises to tap into the truths we carry and might not even know are there. Get a read on the inside story; share it with yourself and perhaps others.

Thursday, March 1, 8 and 15, 2012
12-1:30pm
Open to all students and members of Hart House.

Please Note: to be added to the Poet in Community listserv to receive email updates please write to poetincommunity@utoronto.ca

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Writing Your Way OUt of A Paper Bag

January 31st, 2012 · 1 Comment

The last in the series “Finding your Balance” Is Thursday Feb 2:
                        Writing Your Way Out of A Paper Bag
This session explores where people are stuck, and uses writing as a tool to help unstick them. It includes a talk about blocks, frustrations and the tactics we use to avoid/deal with situations. Participants engage in writing exercises designed to open the experience, let some air in, see what’s there, and perhaps show the possibility of new directions. (This is done in a creative, non-didactic way and doesn’t promise to solve anything. It’s meant to be fun!)

No writing experience necessary.
Hart House
12-1pm
East Common Room

(Writing Your Way Out of A Paper Bag is the mother of all Poet in Community workshops: the first ever invented and most user-friendly. If you’ve been wondering should I go? Come.)

To register go here.
Or just show up.

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Coming in March

January 27th, 2012 · No Comments

A Writer’s Process: The Inside Story
Presented by The Hart House Literary & Library Committee

Is there a story inside the story you’re trying to write or a poem beneath the poem? What are the truths you want to share? We carry ourselves like onions with so many layers; the more access we have to the layers, the richer our work and our lives. In these 3 sessions, we’ll do exercises to tap into the truths we carry and might not even know are there. Get a read on the inside story; share it with yourself and perhaps others.

Thursday, March 1, 8 and 15, 2012
12-1:30pm
Open to all students and members of Hart House.
Registration here.
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To be added to the Poet in Community listserv to receive email updates on this series, please write to poetincommunity@utoronto.ca

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A series of three workshops begins January 19th.

December 11th, 2011 · No Comments

Finding Your Balance: A series of writing workshops to restore and explore balance 

Finding balance in university and in life is like finding balance on a bicycle. It’s not something you do with your mind; nor is it something you do once. It’s something you keep finding and correcting as the terrain changes. This is true of any activity: being on a boat, in a car, on your feet, in your life. Everything changes. How do you go forward?

Use writing to look at the geography of your terrain: where you are, when you need to shift gears, where you’re stuck, when you fall, and what it’s like when you’re on the ride.

These are stand-alone sessions. Come to one or come to all.

Session One –– Rocking the Boat and Other Reasons We Don’t Ask For What We Want

Session Two –– Taking Your Whole Self to School

Session Three –– Writing Your Way Out of A Paper Bag

 

January 19, 26, February 2.

Hart House, Thursdays Noon-1PM

 

To register now, go here!

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Starts Wednesday October 19: The Courage to Connect

October 5th, 2011 · No Comments

The Courage to Connect (or Writing Yourself into the Picture)

What is your picture of the university community? Is it diverse, responsive, friendly? Are you? Do people dare to connect? Do you dare to be really present? What would you do if you were? What would you say? In these three sessions, using poems, images and daring actions, write yourself into the picture of the community you’d like to see.

Each session will build on the last. Come to all for the full effect, or come to any one you can for a hit of connection.

October 19, 26, Nov 2.
Wednesdays Noon-1PM
Hart House

To register, go to the link below. On the left of the screen click “Creative Classes in the Arts” and choose “Creativity Expressed.” Look up the workshop title here. Try it. Register here.

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Where Desire Meets Spirit

September 27th, 2011 · No Comments

WHERE DESIRE MEETS SPIRIT  – A series of 3 Writing Workshops

 

Most of us have multiple goals and desires. We want to do well in school, find love, make money, work for charities, become famous or enrich out spiritual lives. These are sometimes compatible, and sometimes not. The spirit is a realm that sometimes seems apart from other matters of desire. Where are there places that desire and spirit meet? Do they connect or fight? Through writing exercises, explore the cusp or gaps, the overlap, lunge and interplay of these powerful forces. No writing experience necessary.

 

Wednesdays 12-1pm.

September 28, October 5, October 12

Multi-Faith Centr

 

 

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Have You Seen the Patient?

March 27th, 2011 · No Comments

Have You Seen the Patient?
Reflecting on your experiences, your profession & your roles in health care

Using reflective writing as a platform, explore what it is to “see” your patient, as a student, a care provider, team member, as a human being.

Have a conversation with yourself and each other about the rich nature of patient-centred collaborative team work.

This two-hour workshop is open to all University & College students on professional placement in the Toronto downtown area hospitals.

* IPE Points will be awarded to University of Toronto students in the Health Disciplines.

The facilitator, Ronna Bloom, is the Poet-in-Community at the University of Toronto. Ronna uses writing as a tool to address the needs, passions and interests of students, staff and faculties.

Date: Tuesday April 5th,
1 p.m. – 3 p.m. 2011
Location:  ES 1-450a @ TGH

Please register early as space is limited – by emailing fatima.mimoso@uhn.on.ca

If you have questions about the event please contact patti.mcgillicuddy@uhn.on.ca

The UHN Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Care Working Group and the Centre for IPE are sponsoringthis event.

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Power Surge

February 11th, 2011 · No Comments

Power Surge: A series of four lunch time writing workshops

How do you plug back into your power when you’re running low? How do you connect to your own voice, to the resources and the sources of energy that move you to act in ways that feel personally and academically alive and potent? At this time of year you might need a burst of brightness, an infusion of support, an elixir of motivation. Take an hour out and get sparked by the poetry, actions and ideas of others as well as your own. In these four weeks, through writing and engaging with words and people, plug in.

March 3, 10, 17, 24, 2011
Noon-1pm

Changing Locations —    March 3: South Sitting Room, Hart House; March 10: East Common Room, Hart House; March 17: Main Activity Hall, Multi-Faith Centre; March 24: East Common Room, Hart House.

This program comes to you through the collaboration of Accessibility Services, Family Care, Hart House, Office of Student Life — Leadership Development, The Multi-Faith Centre and the Poet in Community.

Sessions are open to everyone. No experience necessary.

Register here now!

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