Post by HLTD50 student KAKhalfan This week’s blog post will be a continuation of last week’s podcast on the importance of multiple stories for health-related storytelling. In the podcast I discussed the ways that Catherine Hernandez’s Scarborough depicted how multiple stories encapsulate Arthur Frank’s ‘web of stories’ (described in his book The Wounded Storyteller), effectively reducing the isolation many… Read More
Podcast and post by HLTD50 student TChainz In this episode, TChainz offers his insight and critical reflection on the novel Scarborough by Catherine Hernandez. Focusing on the perspective of one of the most noteworthy characters, he reconnects with the foundation of his home ever since setting foot into Canada and reliving childhood memories. Scarborough is… Read More
Podcast and Post by HLTD50 student T.Kamen In this first installment of the T-cast, T. Kamen discusses Catherine Hernandez’s novel Scarborough. Beginning with a brief overview of the novel, she then delves deep into her personal life finding connections with the characters. T. Kamen showcases that even if you aren’t from Scarborough, through the powerful… Read More
Post by HLTD50 student Riya Garcia The first film screened at this year’s International Health Film Series & Expo (IHFSE) at UTSC was a great hit. On March 1, 2018, the audience engaged in critical thinking about the multiple issues raised by this Toronto-based documentary. Faceless (2012) illustrates patients’ daily life experiences in an inpatient… Read More
Podcast and post by HLTD50 student KAKhalfan In this first episode of the KamKast, KAKhalfan recollects stories of his experiences as a first-generation Canadian transitioning between cultural expectations. Through discussing certain characters in Catherine Hernandez’s award-winning novel Scarborough, he connects aspects of their stories to those of the significant individuals within his own life. He… Read More
Post by HLTD50 student hhhipster Alex Boya’s short film Focus is a one-minute representation of the experience of attention deficit disorder (ADD) through the arts, specifically, through short film. From the aesthetic choice of animation and the way the audio and visual elements work together to make meaning, a lot of nuance can be understood… Read More
Post by HLTD50 student Skylight The voice of the ill person rests in the background of restitution and chaos narratives. However, the voice of the ill-person stands in the foreground of the quest narrative. I am most intrigued by what sociologist Arthur Frank calls “the quest narrative” because it is the only narrative style that… Read More
Post by HLTD50 student Peppermint_Lattes (Content warning: this post includes discussion of suicidal ideation as represented in poetry. Take care.) Depression is strange: it can hit you like a haymaker. I’ve dealt with it myself in times where I had no control over anything else. That’s when depression starts to settle in for me and… Read More
Post by HLTD50 student Catastrophe Survivor Having been a bundle of stress-ball my entire life, fear and anxiety, a mental health illness that have affected countless number of people of all ages worldwide, is nonetheless something that I have known and familiarized myself with. That is, the fear that I am not good enough, or the… Read More