Sanism: Dr. Jennifer Poole at TEDxRyersonU

Dr. Jennifer Poole, associate professor at the School of Social Work at Ryerson University, holds a PhD in Public Health and a Master of Social Work. As the author of 'Behind the Rhetoric: Mental Health Recovery in Ontario", her work focuses on madness, sanism and the ways in which we can better respond to suffering.

Jennifer's talk challenges the dominant discourse of mental health, ranging from institutional settings to everyday life. In this particular society, we have all been taught to be sanists and sanism is a form of oppression that does not get that much discussion. She likes to think of behaviour and thought on a spectrum and that we are all different in some ways. Based on our relationships with our context, resources and experiences, our behaviours and responses change accordingly.

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