Toronto International Summer School of Narrative Practice
Toronto, Canada, 7–9 July 2010
Welcome to the Toronto International Summer School of Narrative Practice! This is shaping up to be one of our most exciting narrative therapy training events yet!
Our program is coming together and we are pleased to have a number of confirmed presenters to date including: Jill Freedman, Gene Combs, Tod Augusta-Scott, David Denborough, Lorraine Hedtke, Walter Bera, Angel Yuen, Loree Stout, Mariana Sussi, Mimi Kim, Ruth Pluznick, Cheryl White, Jim Duval, Laura Beres, Karen Young, John Winslade, Marianna Sussi, Mike Boucher, Jodi Aman, Carolyn Markey, and Stephen Madigan. We also look forward to keeping you informed of additional presenters over the next few weeks …
As well as featuring a range of international presenters, this event will showcase the diversity of multicultural Toronto by having a special focus on culturally-diverse forms of narrative therapy and community work. We are also interested in links between narrative therapy and the creative arts.
The Toronto International Summer School of Narrative Practice is a partnership between Dulwich Centre, Narrative Therapy Centre of Toronto, and Oolagen Community Services. As the organisers and conference collective, we hope to create an opportunity for participants to build a sense of connectedness and to contribute to the building of a community of ideas. Throughout our planning, we hope to create an atmosphere that is non-hierarchical, with no pronounced difference between presenters and participants. We will also create a context in both the lead-up and during the conference itself so that the focus remains on everyone’s contributions to a community event.
We excitedly look forward to July! If you have never experienced the vibrant city of Toronto, you will enjoy the diversity and many attractions and events. We are already looking forward to having participants join us from a range of countries including Brazil, Belgium, Hong Kong, Australia, Argentina, and Denmark … and many more! We hope to see you in Toronto soon!
Pre-conference workshops and training
Pre-conference workshops will be held on 5 & 6 July:
- Monday 5 July: An introduction to narrative therapy – Ruth Pluznick and Angel Yuen
- Monday 5 July: Re-storying grief through re-membering practices – Lorraine Hedtke and John Winslade
- Tuesday 6 July: Responding to hardship – Cheryl White and David Denborough
- Tuesday 6 July: Working with violence –Tod Augusta-Scott and Mimi Kim
Click here for more information.
Welcoming events
A series of events will welcome participants to this International Summer School of Narrative Practice. These include:
- July 6: Free evening welcoming drinks event
- July 6: Women’s lunch
- July 6: A kite-making & flying afternoon experience with the Tamil Inter-generational Alliance!
- July 5: Queer welcoming dinner
- A bike-tour of Toronto! (date to be decided)
Venue
Oakham House (also known as Ryerson University Student Campus Centre)
55 and 63 Gould Street
Toronto, Ontario
For a map and directions, click here.
Cost
Early-bird special: register before 31 March: CND$ 415
From 1 April: CND$ 485
To register
To register, contact the Course Co-ordinator, Dulwich Centre:
Email:
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Hutt St PO Box 7192
Adelaide 5000 South Australia
Fax: +(61-8) 8232 4441
Phone : +(61-8) 8223 3966
Or download the registration form here.
Call for presentations
If you're interested at presenting at the Toronto International Summer School of Narrative Practice, please see our presentation proposal information here.
About the Narrative Therapy Centre (NTC) of Toronto
The NTC of Toronto is a narrative training project offering training and supervision since 2004 in narrative therapy and collective practices. The NTC’s core faculty has been using narrative ideas for almost twenty years and is pleased to be connected to, and a part of, a larger community of practitioners both locally and internationally.
About Oolagen Community Services
Oolagen Community Services is a non-profit children's mental health centre for young people 13–18 years of age and their families, who live in Toronto and come from all cultures and walks of life. Ideas and practices which shape programs and services at Oolagen are informed by narrative therapy and social justice. Included in these programs are a walk-in, individual and family therapy, residential services, and on-site programs at local schools and child protection agencies. Oolagen is also engaged in community projects, most notably the St. James Town Intergenerational Alliance for Tamil grandparents and grandchildren and the 'Gathering stories of families where a parent is experiencing mental health difficulties' project with Dulwich Centre. Oolagen has provided on-site training in narrative therapy for many agencies and people within the community and is a teaching centre for University of Toronto.
