Mindfest 2022 - Kierston Drier on Strategies for Self-care

Department of Psychiatry

Kierston Drier, founder of the Bathroom Stall Project, speaks about caring for yourself when mental health care is inaccessible.

<p>Kierston Drier is a writer, content creator and media professional. She founded The Bathroom Stall Project in 2013 after discovering anonymous confessional graffiti in a restroom at her University. In response to the graffiti, she penned an open letter to the anonymous authors that went internationally viral. Drier has participated in Mindfest since 2013, and has given mental health advocacy talks at Greenwood College, the University of Toronto, and Etobicoke Collegiate Institute, among others. With lived experience in the topics she addresses, Drier&#x27;s presentation at Mindfest 2022 focuses on mental health and self-care strategies that are accessible during times of limited resources. Previous talks include The Power of Labels and Small Actions That Produce Big Changes. Drier&#x27;s work has been featured in The Globe and Mail, Definitely Not The Opera with Sook-Yin Lee, CBC&#x27;s The Here And Now Show, and her letter has been viewed and shared millions of times, worldwide. For additional information on Drier and her work, please contact her at kierston@thekayworks.com.</p><p>Teachers who are bringing a group of students, you may share the Zoom link you receive with your students or enter their emails to have them sent to your students directly. If you have any questions please email Ben Gane, Communications Coordinator, Department of Psychiatry at psych.news@utoronto.ca.</p>

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