I am available to talk about Alzheimer's, and to give presentations at festivals, readings, and events across Canada and in other countries. Please contact me to arrange a reading or presentation. Vancouver
2005-ongoing & current Presentations 2006 Speaker: The Beautiful Mind inside Alzheimer’s and Dementia: A Time to Mourn and a Time to Dance. The Alzheimer’s Association (U.S.) Annual Dementia Care Conference, Chicago. Speaker: Alzheimer’s: Creative Care Giving Strategies for Survival, Growth, and Beauty. Presented in Workshops scheduled throughout the North Vancouver Continuing Education Program and The West Vancouver School District Community Learning Program.
Literary Readings & Open Mic
New York
2008/2009
2010
Presenter:
The Long HELLO of Alzheimer's.
25th International Conference of Alzheimer's Disease International
March 10-13, 2010
Thessaloniki, Macedonia- Greece
http://www.adi2010.org
2009
Guest Speaker: The Long Hello of Alzheimer's
The Murray Alzheimer's Research & Education Program, University of Waterloo. A special presentation in honour of the 85th birthday of founder, Kenneth G. Murray October 26, 2009 http://www.marep.uwaterloo.ca/
Speaker: Memoir Writing and The Long Hello of Alzheimer's.
The Society for the Arts in Health Care Annual Conference. April 25, 2009. Buffalo, New York. www.thesah.org/
2007
Speaker: Writing Memoir and Grief Recovery. The Inaugural Wellness and Writing Connections Conference. Atlanta, Georgia. http://www.wellnessandwritingconnections.com/
Speaker & Workshop Leader: Mourning Into Dance: Writing as a Means of Knowing, Understanding, Healing. Alzheimer’s Association, Dementia Care Conference. Atlanta, Georgia. September.
Speaker & Workshop Leader: Mourning Into Dance: Writing as a Means of Knowing, Understanding, Healing. B.C. Hospice Palliative Care Association. Vancouver, May.
Speaker: Mourning Into Dance. The Association of Writers & Writing Programs (Invited Panel presenter- “Writing for the Health of It.”), Austin, Texas. March.
Speaker: A Time To Mourn and a Time to Dance. American Society on Aging & National Council on the Aging Joint Conference. Anaheim. March.
Speaker: Mourning Into Dance. The Society For the Arts in Health Care Annual Conference. Chicago, Illinois. April.
2005
Speaker:
The Beautiful Mind inside Alzheimer’s and Dementia: A Time to Mourn and a Time to Dance. The Alzheimer’s Society Of Canada 2005 Annual Conference, Regina.