Madness Canada
@madnesscanada.bsky.social
We pay particular attention to the mechanisms of power and social justice issues. We aim to use history to understand the present and illuminate the future.
“BATSHIT takes an axe to the lies we are sold about female madness.”
Coming to Vancouver’s beloved Cultch 11-15 February! Tickets and info: buff.ly/VsdULLQ
#Madhistory #Institution #Historymatters #WmnsHist #wmhist #HistPsych #MadStudies #WomeninPsych #Mentalhealth #Stigma
#HumanRights
Coming to Vancouver’s beloved Cultch 11-15 February! Tickets and info: buff.ly/VsdULLQ
#Madhistory #Institution #Historymatters #WmnsHist #wmhist #HistPsych #MadStudies #WomeninPsych #Mentalhealth #Stigma
#HumanRights
February 5, 2026 at 6:30 PM
“BATSHIT takes an axe to the lies we are sold about female madness.”
Coming to Vancouver’s beloved Cultch 11-15 February! Tickets and info: buff.ly/VsdULLQ
#Madhistory #Institution #Historymatters #WmnsHist #wmhist #HistPsych #MadStudies #WomeninPsych #Mentalhealth #Stigma
#HumanRights
Coming to Vancouver’s beloved Cultch 11-15 February! Tickets and info: buff.ly/VsdULLQ
#Madhistory #Institution #Historymatters #WmnsHist #wmhist #HistPsych #MadStudies #WomeninPsych #Mentalhealth #Stigma
#HumanRights
At the FORGE, skilled tradespeople with lived experience of #MentalHealth differences are learning #PeerSupport skills in an empathetic, non-clinical, strengths-based approach. Interested in learning more or donating to the project? buff.ly/m1XmVw4
#Wellness #Stigma #Addictions #SystemChange #Caring
#Wellness #Stigma #Addictions #SystemChange #Caring
February 3, 2026 at 6:30 PM
At the FORGE, skilled tradespeople with lived experience of #MentalHealth differences are learning #PeerSupport skills in an empathetic, non-clinical, strengths-based approach. Interested in learning more or donating to the project? buff.ly/m1XmVw4
#Wellness #Stigma #Addictions #SystemChange #Caring
#Wellness #Stigma #Addictions #SystemChange #Caring
Historian Mike Rembis & artist/activist Matt Bodett talk about the emergence of the MAD MOVEMENT on JUDI'S ROOM. WHEN: Wed, Feb 4, 2026 6pm EST 5pm CT 4pm MT 3 PM PCT
ZOOM: buff.ly/eRono5f #Madhistory #Historymatters #HistPsych #MadStudies #Stigma #Activism #Survivor #MadArt #Decolonize #2SLGBTQIA
ZOOM: buff.ly/eRono5f #Madhistory #Historymatters #HistPsych #MadStudies #Stigma #Activism #Survivor #MadArt #Decolonize #2SLGBTQIA
January 29, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Historian Mike Rembis & artist/activist Matt Bodett talk about the emergence of the MAD MOVEMENT on JUDI'S ROOM. WHEN: Wed, Feb 4, 2026 6pm EST 5pm CT 4pm MT 3 PM PCT
ZOOM: buff.ly/eRono5f #Madhistory #Historymatters #HistPsych #MadStudies #Stigma #Activism #Survivor #MadArt #Decolonize #2SLGBTQIA
ZOOM: buff.ly/eRono5f #Madhistory #Historymatters #HistPsych #MadStudies #Stigma #Activism #Survivor #MadArt #Decolonize #2SLGBTQIA
New research from King's College London found that taking in an art show heightens positive emotions and diminishes stress and the body’s inflammatory responses, findings echoed in a recent review in Nature Magazine. So Canada's lack of support for the arts is both a cultural and a health error.
January 27, 2026 at 6:31 PM
New research from King's College London found that taking in an art show heightens positive emotions and diminishes stress and the body’s inflammatory responses, findings echoed in a recent review in Nature Magazine. So Canada's lack of support for the arts is both a cultural and a health error.
Madness Canada is pleased to announce a new special issue of DISABILITY STUDIES QUARTERLY on MAD METHODS with Guest Editors Efrat Gold and Michael Rembis and lots of Canadian content! #MadStudies #AcademicChatter #Mentalhealth #DisabilityAwareness
#HumanRights #Madart #DiversityEquityInclusion
#HumanRights #Madart #DiversityEquityInclusion
January 22, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Madness Canada is pleased to announce a new special issue of DISABILITY STUDIES QUARTERLY on MAD METHODS with Guest Editors Efrat Gold and Michael Rembis and lots of Canadian content! #MadStudies #AcademicChatter #Mentalhealth #DisabilityAwareness
#HumanRights #Madart #DiversityEquityInclusion
#HumanRights #Madart #DiversityEquityInclusion
Isabella Kulak is an Anishinaabe from Cote First Nation and a quiet cultural icon. Shamed for wearing a home-sewn ribbon skirt to school, her story and actions drove support a National Ribbon Skirt Day. Mad Can honours Isabella and her family. #Decolonize #Indigenous #FirstNations #ArtMatters
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January 20, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Isabella Kulak is an Anishinaabe from Cote First Nation and a quiet cultural icon. Shamed for wearing a home-sewn ribbon skirt to school, her story and actions drove support a National Ribbon Skirt Day. Mad Can honours Isabella and her family. #Decolonize #Indigenous #FirstNations #ArtMatters
This team is seeking interview participants for a study of the experiences of Two Spirit, transgender, non-binary, otherwise gender expansive people who have received medical misinformation from a clinician. Use the QR code or email greyson.lab@ubc.ca #MadStudies #AcademicChatter #2SLGBTQIA #Trans
January 15, 2026 at 6:30 PM
This team is seeking interview participants for a study of the experiences of Two Spirit, transgender, non-binary, otherwise gender expansive people who have received medical misinformation from a clinician. Use the QR code or email greyson.lab@ubc.ca #MadStudies #AcademicChatter #2SLGBTQIA #Trans
PRISM creates an environment for recovery by providing wraparound services for deeply psychotic homeless people. Adopted across Canada, PRISM could put a real dent in chronic homelessness among this vulnerable cohort. #Wellness #Mentalhealth #SystemChange #HealthJustice #Homelessness #Housing
January 13, 2026 at 6:30 PM
PRISM creates an environment for recovery by providing wraparound services for deeply psychotic homeless people. Adopted across Canada, PRISM could put a real dent in chronic homelessness among this vulnerable cohort. #Wellness #Mentalhealth #SystemChange #HealthJustice #Homelessness #Housing
Life Histories in Mind buff.ly/WZipDJL
Manchester Metropolitan University | Tuesday 21st July 2026
Call for Papers, deadline – 15 January 2026
Send a c.300-word abstract and 5 keywords, along with a short biography of each author to r.ball@mmu.ac.uk and r.ellis@mmu.ac.uk
Manchester Metropolitan University | Tuesday 21st July 2026
Call for Papers, deadline – 15 January 2026
Send a c.300-word abstract and 5 keywords, along with a short biography of each author to r.ball@mmu.ac.uk and r.ellis@mmu.ac.uk
January 9, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Life Histories in Mind buff.ly/WZipDJL
Manchester Metropolitan University | Tuesday 21st July 2026
Call for Papers, deadline – 15 January 2026
Send a c.300-word abstract and 5 keywords, along with a short biography of each author to r.ball@mmu.ac.uk and r.ellis@mmu.ac.uk
Manchester Metropolitan University | Tuesday 21st July 2026
Call for Papers, deadline – 15 January 2026
Send a c.300-word abstract and 5 keywords, along with a short biography of each author to r.ball@mmu.ac.uk and r.ellis@mmu.ac.uk
Scholars, artists, and activists - send 350-word submissions by 15 January on Mad Pasts / Mad Presence and how to use the efforts of our elders to reshape and rethink how we “deal” with and conceptualize madness. For queries, submissions, or to volunteer – use email: victoria.madstudies@gmail.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Scholars, artists, and activists - send 350-word submissions by 15 January on Mad Pasts / Mad Presence and how to use the efforts of our elders to reshape and rethink how we “deal” with and conceptualize madness. For queries, submissions, or to volunteer – use email: victoria.madstudies@gmail.com
Madness Canada's HEWTON GRIFFIN GRANTS fund students and/or people with lived experience to do archival research about the Canadian history of psychiatry, madness, mental health, addiction, mad activism, advocacy, or culture. DEADLINE: 23 January 2026. Details & application form: buff.ly/cPnHnHs
January 6, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Madness Canada's HEWTON GRIFFIN GRANTS fund students and/or people with lived experience to do archival research about the Canadian history of psychiatry, madness, mental health, addiction, mad activism, advocacy, or culture. DEADLINE: 23 January 2026. Details & application form: buff.ly/cPnHnHs
What to think of CBC’s The Assembly? The show features Canadian celebrities being quizzed by a panel of interviewers, all of whom are on the autistic or neurodivergent. On CBC's Gem
gem.cbc.ca #Stigma #CallMeCrazy #Disability #DisabilityAwareness #Empowerment #Voice #DiversityEquityInclusion
gem.cbc.ca #Stigma #CallMeCrazy #Disability #DisabilityAwareness #Empowerment #Voice #DiversityEquityInclusion
December 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
What to think of CBC’s The Assembly? The show features Canadian celebrities being quizzed by a panel of interviewers, all of whom are on the autistic or neurodivergent. On CBC's Gem
gem.cbc.ca #Stigma #CallMeCrazy #Disability #DisabilityAwareness #Empowerment #Voice #DiversityEquityInclusion
gem.cbc.ca #Stigma #CallMeCrazy #Disability #DisabilityAwareness #Empowerment #Voice #DiversityEquityInclusion
The Canadian #HumanRights Commission is asking for written submissions of no more than 10,000 words on the lived/living experience of #Disability. The deadline to submit is February 2, 2026. Please submit via email: NMM-MNS@chrc-ccdp.gc.ca #Advocate #Voice #HealthJustice #Trauma #Housing #Poverty
December 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The Canadian #HumanRights Commission is asking for written submissions of no more than 10,000 words on the lived/living experience of #Disability. The deadline to submit is February 2, 2026. Please submit via email: NMM-MNS@chrc-ccdp.gc.ca #Advocate #Voice #HealthJustice #Trauma #Housing #Poverty
Health Justice Org is presenting its unique organizational perspective on madness and coercive state-sanctioned practices to the BC Supreme Court. At issue is a Charter challenge to DEEMED CONSENT. Read about this important case and support a great organization doing important work. buff.ly/TFg8LMC
December 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Health Justice Org is presenting its unique organizational perspective on madness and coercive state-sanctioned practices to the BC Supreme Court. At issue is a Charter challenge to DEEMED CONSENT. Read about this important case and support a great organization doing important work. buff.ly/TFg8LMC
Check out this interesting site, a local digital archive buff.ly/DtNfqFG MAD CAN finds value in the site’s 4 meticulously recreated patient life stories.#Madhistory #Onlinelearning #Survivorculture #Institution #Historymatters #HistPsych #MadStudies #Dishist #AcademicChatter #Archivetwt #Archive
December 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Check out this interesting site, a local digital archive buff.ly/DtNfqFG MAD CAN finds value in the site’s 4 meticulously recreated patient life stories.#Madhistory #Onlinelearning #Survivorculture #Institution #Historymatters #HistPsych #MadStudies #Dishist #AcademicChatter #Archivetwt #Archive
Add your voice in a blog, video, artwork, creative expression, advocacy, and reflection and send it to secretariat@tci-global.org For more info visit buff.ly/t8nKTCZ #Survivorculture #DisabilityAwareness #HumanRights #HealthJustice #Activism #DiversityEquityInclusion #SystemChange #Decolonize
December 4, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Add your voice in a blog, video, artwork, creative expression, advocacy, and reflection and send it to secretariat@tci-global.org For more info visit buff.ly/t8nKTCZ #Survivorculture #DisabilityAwareness #HumanRights #HealthJustice #Activism #DiversityEquityInclusion #SystemChange #Decolonize
La Marr Jurelle Bruce offers profound and highly creative learnings about mad art, identity and resistance in this unruly book. #Madhistory #Survivorculture #MadStudies #AcademicChatter #Activism #DisabilityAwareness #HealingJourney #HumanRights #HealthJustice #Trauma #Injustice #Decolonize #Madart
December 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM
La Marr Jurelle Bruce offers profound and highly creative learnings about mad art, identity and resistance in this unruly book. #Madhistory #Survivorculture #MadStudies #AcademicChatter #Activism #DisabilityAwareness #HealingJourney #HumanRights #HealthJustice #Trauma #Injustice #Decolonize #Madart
Canadian hospitals are questioning the use of ER for people in mental health crisis. Interested in more thoughts on the work being done? Listen to CBC White Coat Black Art program buff.ly/SMEi1Ft
#Medicine #Institution #Wellness #Mentalhealth #Stigma #Activism #Advocate #Disability #SystemChange
#Medicine #Institution #Wellness #Mentalhealth #Stigma #Activism #Advocate #Disability #SystemChange
November 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Canadian hospitals are questioning the use of ER for people in mental health crisis. Interested in more thoughts on the work being done? Listen to CBC White Coat Black Art program buff.ly/SMEi1Ft
#Medicine #Institution #Wellness #Mentalhealth #Stigma #Activism #Advocate #Disability #SystemChange
#Medicine #Institution #Wellness #Mentalhealth #Stigma #Activism #Advocate #Disability #SystemChange
THE FUTURE OF MENTAL HEALTH IN AMERICA CONFERENCE
3-4 December 2025
Online & In-person at West Hartford, CT buff.ly/lBUQL4R
What might healing in mental health look like if we dared to imagine something different?
3-4 December 2025
Online & In-person at West Hartford, CT buff.ly/lBUQL4R
What might healing in mental health look like if we dared to imagine something different?
November 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
THE FUTURE OF MENTAL HEALTH IN AMERICA CONFERENCE
3-4 December 2025
Online & In-person at West Hartford, CT buff.ly/lBUQL4R
What might healing in mental health look like if we dared to imagine something different?
3-4 December 2025
Online & In-person at West Hartford, CT buff.ly/lBUQL4R
What might healing in mental health look like if we dared to imagine something different?
CONFERENCE WEBSITE: buff.ly/4jHoNWz
PROPOSALS: due Friday 12 December 2025 buff.ly/3WGiWqq
CONTACT: Mila.Daskalova@glasgow.ac.uk
#Madhistory #Survivorculture #HistPsych #MadStudies #AcademicChatter #Stigma #Art #Madart #Madartists #Callmecrazy #Healing
PROPOSALS: due Friday 12 December 2025 buff.ly/3WGiWqq
CONTACT: Mila.Daskalova@glasgow.ac.uk
#Madhistory #Survivorculture #HistPsych #MadStudies #AcademicChatter #Stigma #Art #Madart #Madartists #Callmecrazy #Healing
November 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
CONFERENCE WEBSITE: buff.ly/4jHoNWz
PROPOSALS: due Friday 12 December 2025 buff.ly/3WGiWqq
CONTACT: Mila.Daskalova@glasgow.ac.uk
#Madhistory #Survivorculture #HistPsych #MadStudies #AcademicChatter #Stigma #Art #Madart #Madartists #Callmecrazy #Healing
PROPOSALS: due Friday 12 December 2025 buff.ly/3WGiWqq
CONTACT: Mila.Daskalova@glasgow.ac.uk
#Madhistory #Survivorculture #HistPsych #MadStudies #AcademicChatter #Stigma #Art #Madart #Madartists #Callmecrazy #Healing
Follow us for mental health events, education, places, spaces, history, and more MadnessCanada.com
#Madhistory #Onlinelearning #Survivorculture #Historymatters #Medhum #HistPsych #MadStudies #Dishist #AcademicChatter #Archive #Museum #DisabilityAwareness #Voice #Decolonize #DiversityEquityInclusion
#Madhistory #Onlinelearning #Survivorculture #Historymatters #Medhum #HistPsych #MadStudies #Dishist #AcademicChatter #Archive #Museum #DisabilityAwareness #Voice #Decolonize #DiversityEquityInclusion
November 12, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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#Madhistory #Onlinelearning #Survivorculture #Historymatters #Medhum #HistPsych #MadStudies #Dishist #AcademicChatter #Archive #Museum #DisabilityAwareness #Voice #Decolonize #DiversityEquityInclusion
#Madhistory #Onlinelearning #Survivorculture #Historymatters #Medhum #HistPsych #MadStudies #Dishist #AcademicChatter #Archive #Museum #DisabilityAwareness #Voice #Decolonize #DiversityEquityInclusion
Canada needs to THINK BIG about #housing and #equity. Balanced Supply of Housing (BSH) project is a step in the right direction bsh.ubc.ca Let's hope this tower of new knowledge and understandings can launch a national program for housing justice. #Wellness #Mentalhealth #HumanRights #SystemChange
November 6, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Canada needs to THINK BIG about #housing and #equity. Balanced Supply of Housing (BSH) project is a step in the right direction bsh.ubc.ca Let's hope this tower of new knowledge and understandings can launch a national program for housing justice. #Wellness #Mentalhealth #HumanRights #SystemChange
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#Madhistory #Onlinelearning #Survivorculture #Historymatters #Medhum #HistPsych #MadStudies #Dishist #AcademicChatter #Archive #Museum #DisabilityAwareness #Voice #Decolonize #DiversityEquityInclusion
#Madhistory #Onlinelearning #Survivorculture #Historymatters #Medhum #HistPsych #MadStudies #Dishist #AcademicChatter #Archive #Museum #DisabilityAwareness #Voice #Decolonize #DiversityEquityInclusion
November 4, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Follow us for mental health events, education, places, spaces, history, and more! MadnessCanada.com
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#Madhistory #Onlinelearning #Survivorculture #Historymatters #Medhum #HistPsych #MadStudies #Dishist #AcademicChatter #Archive #Museum #DisabilityAwareness #Voice #Decolonize #DiversityEquityInclusion
Maryland's Hospital for the Negro Insane was a microcosm of evolving battles over slavery, racial integration, and civil rights. An important addition to #Asylum histories.
#Madhistory #HistPsych #MadStudies #AcademicChatter #Archivetwt #Mentalhealth #HealthJustice #Family #Trauma #Inequity #BIPoC
#Madhistory #HistPsych #MadStudies #AcademicChatter #Archivetwt #Mentalhealth #HealthJustice #Family #Trauma #Inequity #BIPoC
October 30, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Maryland's Hospital for the Negro Insane was a microcosm of evolving battles over slavery, racial integration, and civil rights. An important addition to #Asylum histories.
#Madhistory #HistPsych #MadStudies #AcademicChatter #Archivetwt #Mentalhealth #HealthJustice #Family #Trauma #Inequity #BIPoC
#Madhistory #HistPsych #MadStudies #AcademicChatter #Archivetwt #Mentalhealth #HealthJustice #Family #Trauma #Inequity #BIPoC
Follow us for mental health events, education, places, spaces, history and more!MadnessCanada.com #Madhistory #Onlinelearning #Survivorculture #Historymatters #Medhum #HistPsych #MadStudies #AcademicChatter #Archivetwt #DisabilityAwareness #Voice #Decolonize #Madart #DiversityEquityInclusion
October 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Follow us for mental health events, education, places, spaces, history and more!MadnessCanada.com #Madhistory #Onlinelearning #Survivorculture #Historymatters #Medhum #HistPsych #MadStudies #AcademicChatter #Archivetwt #DisabilityAwareness #Voice #Decolonize #Madart #DiversityEquityInclusion