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Behind The Scene Presents: Mindfulness

By Khaled / June 9, 2018

5 Things We Learned from Behind The Scene Presents: Mindfulness MAX Ottawa and The Ottawa Hospital’s April edition of our monthly health and wellness talk series was on mindfulness. Sheila Robertson, MSW, RSW, and Tesia Bryski co-presented.  Sheila is a social worker and maintains a personal mindfulness practice in the tradition of the Plum Village…

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Behind The Scene: Meth and Sex

By Khaled / June 2, 2018

  5 Things We Learned from Behind The Scene: Meth and Sex MAX Ottawa and The Ottawa Hospital, in collaboration with Kontak Project and ACCM Montréal, hosted Daniel Laroche for our March edition.  Daniel is the Kontak Program Coordinator at AIDS Community Care Montréal. He spoke about his personal and professional experience with chemsex and…

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5 Things We Learned at Behind The Scene: PrEP School!

By Khaled / May 18, 2018

5 Things We Learned at Behind The Scene: PrEP School! At our February edition, Dr. Paul MacPherson from the Ottawa Hospital and Derek Cassidy, MAX Ottawa’s Mental Health and Wellness Coordinator, presented information for guys into guys to understand what PrEP is, how it works, and where to get it. 1)PrEP, or pre-exposure prophylaxis, is a daily…

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5 things we learned last week at Behind The Scene

By Khaled / October 25, 2017

1)      Dr. Louise Balfour presented a useful self-help resource that could potentially offer you new skills to deal with some of life’s hard moments: http://www.comh.ca/publications/resources/pub_pchc/PCHC%20Workbook.pdf 2)      We learned from Bryan that creating social connections can be a tough but rewarding exercise. Through his involvement in different social/sports groups he’s gained an incredible support network. To connect with different…

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