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Speaker Series: The Creativity Connection: How art contributes to meaningful and healthy futures for children with disabilities and developmental differences
September 22 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT
$20.00 – $75.00
The Creativity Connection: How Art Contributes to Meaningful and Healthy Futures for Children with Disabilities and Developmental Differences
Featuring Julia Hanigsberg, president & CEO of Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital — part of our new Vibrant Visions Speaker Series
Join us as we kick off a brand new speaker series, Vibrant Visions: Bridging Arts, Community & Wellness, in partnership with Aboyne Rural Hospice.
This three-part series shines a light on creativity and the arts in health and wellness spaces — from enriching the lives of children with disabilities and caregivers to innovative approaches to end-of-life care.
Parents, educators, caregivers, clinicians, wellness professionals, youth and young adults with lived experience, and anyone interested in learning more about the power of art are welcome and encouraged to attend.
The first event, “The Creativity Connection: How Art Contributes to Meaningful and Healthy Futures for Children with Disabilities and Developmental Differences,” takes place on Sunday, Sept. 22, from 2 pm to 4 pm at the Elora Centre for the Arts.
Upcoming events in the series will look at the role of the arts in other health and wellness settings, including caregivers and older adults/end-of-life care (dates to be announced soon).
All proceeds will support local arts programming through the Elora Centre for the Arts and help bring a much-needed hospice to our area through Aboyne Rural Hospice.
Tickets for each event in the series are $30 each ($20 for students), or $75 to attend all three events.
Please register and purchase your ticket below.
About the Speaker
Julia Hanigsberg, president and CEO of Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, is the featured speaker.
A four-time “Canada’s 100 Most Powerful Women” honouree and member of the WXN Hall of Fame, Julia leads Canada’s largest paediatric rehabilitation hospital serving children and youth with disabilities and complex medical needs.
She has spent her career in government, post-secondary education and healthcare as a champion for cultural transformation, innovation, excellence and social justice.
At the Sept. 22 event, Julia will be discussing the many ways that participation in the arts can contribute to meaningful and healthy futures for children and youth with disabilities and developmental differences — including but not limited to neuromotor and neuromuscular conditions, acquired brain injury and autism.
“The power of creativity and the arts to both inspire and heal is an integral part of what the Arts Centre offers to our community, and that’s what this speaker series is all about,” said Sheila Koop, volunteer chair of the Capital Campaign at the Elora Centre for the Arts.
“We are so pleased to be collaborating with the Aboyne Rural Hospice, showing the ways in which our roles in the community overlap, and the contribution that the arts make to all stages of life.”
“We are excited to collaborate with the Elora Centre for the Arts on the Vibrant Visions speaker series,” said Dr. Clarissa Burke, a member of Aboyne Rural Hospice’s Board of Directors.
“These connections are crucial in supporting individuals at the end of life, their caregivers and the bereaved. Hospice care seeks to address every aspect of the end-of-life experience — physical, psychological, social and spiritual — and therapeutic arts have proven beneficial across all these dimensions.” Read the full press release here.
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