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QSOS moved its office on January 31, 2003, and donated its files and office equipment to the Psychiatric Survivor Archives, Toronto.

QSOS General Members Meeting
Saturday, January 25, 2003, 1 - 4 pm,
Phoenix Place Hall, 1355 King Street West at Dunn Avenue.

The following general members were elected to the board:

Heinz Klein (chair)
Mel Starkman (vice-chair)
Ken Cromie (secretary)
Linda Sukloff (treasurer)
Bobbi Nahwegahbow
Ali Lennox
Michele MacAulay
Myrna Schacherl

2002 Recovery Festival

Saturday March 9th 2002
9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Oakham House, 63 Gould Street, Toronto, ON, Canada
(at Church St., steps north of Dundas)

Capacity turn out of 120 people.
9.2 / 10 was the rate of participant approval regarding the conference.

In the last 10 years there has been increased discussion about recovery in mental health, particularly from diagnoses such as schizophrenia. The "Recovery Movement" has become increasingly popular in the United States, with the work of organizations such as the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation at Boston University and the National Empowerment Centre. Yet Canada has been less active in its consideration of Recovery. Do people recover from mental illness? And if so, what do we need to empower people towards independence and full autonomy?

Schedule

8:30 am: registration starts

9:00 - 10:15 am: mix and mingle, introductory speech

10:15 - 10:30 am: introduction by Geoffrey Reaume, "Wall of Words: Writing, Recovery and Remembrance”

10:45 am - 12:00 pm: Recovery Stories, Our Stories
5 personal narratives followed by question and answer. Panelists to be announced.

Carolyn Quok sits with co-speakers at the Recovery Conference, 2002.

12:00 - 1:00 pm - lunch
12:45: Edmond Yu Safe House Project Presentation

1:00 - 2:20 pm: speaker panel followed by Q & A:

Recovery: Opportunity or Dilemma: “What If I Can't Recover?”
Barbara Everett, CMHA Ontario Division

Using the Law as a Tool for Recovery
Suzan Fraser LL. B.

Familes As Partners In Care
Dianne Froggatt, E.D., World Fellowship for Schizophrenia and Allied Disorders. (WFSAD)

2:20 - 2:30 pm - break

2:30 - 4:30 pm: speaker panel followed by Q & A

Recovering Realities

Judi Chamberlin, “Recovery: Who Defines It and Who Diagnoses It?"
Courtenay Harding, “Challenging to the Pessimisms About Recovery”
Loren Mosher, “Recovery in an Age of Pharmaceutical Control of Psychiatry”

3:15 pm - break
4:30 - 4:45 pm - break

4:45 - 5: 15 pm: comments, evaluations, today’s wrap up and awards

5:30 - 9:00 pm: cocktail reception and cash bar

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