December 12: an Evening with Dr. Jennifer Stellar

 How do we transcend our own self-focus to care about other people, groups, and society as a whole?

Please join us as we explore this question with Dr. Jennifer Stelllar, Director/Principal Investigator of HEAL (Health, Emotions & Altruism Laboratory) at the University of Toronto.

December, with its holiday atmosphere and culture of gift giving, is a wonderful time to consider giving yourself the gift of self-transcendence.

Please join us in the collegial atmosphere of the Doctors’ Lounge as we end 2023 on a positive note with an expert in the positive emotions.

November 13: Annual Remembrance Day Program with Dr. Janet Ellis

In these troubling times, where the conflicts reported daily in the news are becoming harder to bear, you are invited to spend an evening exploring how people heal from emotional trauma.

 

In honour of the Remembrance Day weekend, we will begin the evening by exploring innovative programs designed to help those who have worked to protect our freedoms through their military service. We will also focus on what we have learned in helping veterans return to civilian life.

 

In the latter half of the evening, we will open up for an “ask me anything” session on the subject of trauma and recognizing and treating PTSD in our patients, ourselves and veterans.

 

Our guide for the evening is Dr. Janet Ellis.

Dr. Ellis is Professor in Veteran Mental Health at the University of Toronto’s Temerty Faculty of Medicine.

She brings to this role her expertise as a psychiatrist with experience in trauma and oncology.

Please join us.