Conestoga college m4 mho - 2.7.22 - presentation (1)

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CELEBRATING BLACK FILMMAKERS

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About Your Facilitator
Chaun Lewis-Green
she/her
● Howard University Alum
● Brooklyn Proud
● Newly Vegan
● Creator + Storyteller

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POLL: Who’s here today?
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Student at
Conestoga
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Faculty/staff at
Conestoga
Somebody else

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POLL: Where in the
world are you?
Ontario
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Another
province
Another country

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○ Campus workshops
○ Monthly short film competition
○ Short film production grants
○ Global community
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HERE’S THE PLAN
● Setting the scene together
● Watch and discuss films, connect our
minds and bodies
● Panel of students and resources
● Evaluation (and a chance to enter to win
$25, or one of two Indigo gift cards!)
● Virtual Mingle / Q&A
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Mental health is personal – YOU are the expert
on your own experience
We are online - this is a public, shared space
We are recording this session for internal
training and evaluation purposes
Please take care of yourself however you need,
including asking for help
HEADS UP
#Movies4MentalHealth

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NEED SUPPORT?
Access mental health support throughout this workshop.
Click Shared Notes
to link to online
resources
Private Chat mental health pros.
They are at the top and have * next
to their names
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3 WAYS TO ENGAGE
We welcome your participation!
CHAT BOX: Use the
Public Chat to connect
with the whole group
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POLL: respond
to a Poll when
prompted
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Set Your Status by
clicking on your name
and selecting from
the drop-down menu
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3 WAYS TO ENGAGE
We welcome your participation!
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If you need tech
support, ask…
Look for the person whose name begins with
AWI Support and Private Chat them with any issues.
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IN JUST A FEW WORDS...
What has self-care been
looking like for you these days?
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● Self care for me is sleep, outdoor walks with my dog and yoga!
● Getting outside for a walk (even when it's cold and I don't want to!), taking time to myself to
learn embroidery, and morning yoga!
● Selfcare to me is eating well and healthy.
● Doing physical activities it helps to relax and stay calm
● Respect myself and take time for care my health
● meditation or jogging!
● Sleep...eat..and repeat
● Watching anime
● For me it has been sticking on to my diet. Mainly hydrating myself more often. And also
inhaling steam to keep the sinuses open.
● meditation, gym ,walking and fishing
● Journaling
● Working out with the Beginner's Workout group at Conestoga. Keeps me accountable too!
● I love reading books for my self-care
● Music

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MENTAL HEALTH

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Mental illness
Mental wellness
MENTAL HEALTH

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Some movies and
TV shows that show mental
illness…
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● Homeland!
● Breaking Bad
● You
● Shameless
● It's OK to be not OK.
● Breaking Bad
● Office
● OITNB
● Spinning out
● Therapist Next Door
● Shameless
● Suits
● The Good Doctor
● Arrow
● Five feet apart
● Shutter Island

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Characters with mental illness
are portrayed as…
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● Weird
● Schizophrenia
● individuals with anger and trust issues
● Being out of control, at times
● Bad
● Villains
● Depression
● Murderous
● Lost
● Emotional Distress
● Stigma around sharing their feeling
● They do things things that impact themself in a negative way
● The need to fit in and be liked leads a certain character to be slimy and
amusing
● Fearful
● PTSD

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MH ACROSS CULTURES
In just a few words, please share:
How have you experienced the concept of "mental health"
within your own cultural communities?
● Its taboo
● Mental health was often not talked about, but now my family talks about it all the
time!
● As an indian mental health is a taboo.
● There definitely is stigma surrounding the term but there is definitely a gradual
change for the positive!
● it treated as taboo as if mind diseases are different from body
● This pandemic changed the ideologies about mental health issues
● Talking about the good and the bad of mental health
● not giving importance
● As a Pakistani, the mental health is taboo
● There is no awareness. Its not regarded as a serious issue.
● Mental illness = demonic possession

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WHAT IS STIGMA?
A judgment or stereotype that is:
○ Always negative
○ Always untrue
○ Can be internalized

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Mind Matters
By Josef Adamu
AWI Winner, November 2019
CONTENT HEADS UP
depression, stigma, alcohol use

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HOW ARE YOU FEELING AFTER
WATCHING THIS FILM?
A Hopeful
C
B
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D
E
Sad
Angry or
Frustrated
Overwhelmed
Worried or
Anxious

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How does stigma feel?
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● You feel isolated
● Stigma makes you feel alone, when in reality we are never
alone
● Lonely
● Stigma makes you feel marked as if we are under spotlight
and not for the right reasons
● hopeless
● stigma makes me feel fearful
● like you're "in the wrong" even though you aren't
● Difficulty to express one’s feelings
● It makes one feel very sad.. and targeted for wrong reasons.
● feeling of shame
● some time we feel why we are in this world

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What makes it difficult to
reach out for help?
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● Stigma makes me feel like my feelings aren't valid
● Embarrassment
● Expression
● Awkwardness
● Pressure to conform
● Pride. Want to look strong.
● Feeling uneasy
● the same fear of stigma makes me difficult to
accept and reach out
● Not knowing who to ask
● not comfortable
● Fear of not being understood.
● fear of judgment from approached people
● the feeling of what society would judge us on..
the biggest fear of humans I believe.
● our assumptions of how we think others will
respond to us

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BREATHING
EXERCISE

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HOW WAS THIS BREATHING
EXERCISE FOR YOU?
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A Relaxing
C
B
D
E
Invigorating
or refreshing
Meh
Stressful or
uncomfortable
New

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Still We Thrive
By Campbell X
Voices With Impact 2021
Content heads up:
brief racist imagery

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What did you think?
How did you feel?
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● Relaxing
● Refreshing
● Terms were deep
● Loved the dancing and some dresses
● There was so much to learn about Black Lives
which was new to me.
● Like the music
● Their voices were really intense...
● Like what they said: Resistance is our mental
health.

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What are some practices
that help support
your wellness?
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● Sexual health is important
● Enjoyment while dancing can support
● Meditation
● Yoga
● Mindfulness
● Family time..chat with old friends
● I think learning and understanding others
really helps us
● Listening music
● Breathe-in breathe-out
● Meditation
● Dance

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BODY
SCAN

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HOW WAS THE BODY
SCAN FOR YOU?
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A Relaxing
C
B
D
E
Invigorating
or refreshing
Meh
Stressful or
uncomfortable
New

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On the Surface
By Fan Sissoko
Voices With Impact 2021
CONTENT HEADS UP
mention of race- and gender-based medical discrimination

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WHERE DID YOU EXPERIENCE
THIS IN YOUR BODY?
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A Head
C
B
D
E
Shoulders
Somewhere
else
I didn’t feel it in
my body
Belly

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What did you think?
How did you feel?
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● The aesthetics and the colour palette itself was
very calming
● As a new mom, I related to that aspect of this film.
The film itself was beautifully illustrated
● Water really calms me

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How can we support ourselves
and others?
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● Sometimes facing the fear itself is important
● I can relate to it as an international immigrant.
● Share our story, relate to others
● Total acceptance and trusting that whatever is gonna happen in
the future will work out in the end
● Think positive about others
● Be an active listener. Check in on your friends and family, even if
it doesn't look like they're struggling
● Understanding the talks
● Listen
● Knowing that there is someone who can listen to us is very
important
● Be empathetic
● Ask and be ready for help
● Be a good caring person

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PANEL
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for our panel!
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MEET THE PANEL
bit.ly/m4mho-csi
Parneet Dhaliwal (she/her)
Student, Director - Conestoga Students Inc. Board of Directors
Mahema Sachdeva (she/her)
Student, Vice-President, Photography Club
Brayden Lisiecki (she/her)
Health Promotion Specialist, Conestoga College
Sarah Halabi
Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Lead,
CMHA Waterloo Wellington (Video Panelist)

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