Creative Arts Therapists Against White Supremacy: Round Table Discussion

Inspired by the NADTA's Cultural, Humility, Equity and Diversity Committee's campaign #DramaTherapistsAgainstWhiteSupremacy, the Creative Arts in Counselling and Psychotherapy Chapter will host a monthly two-part series of speakers and working groups that aim to challenge and dismantle white supremacy within ourselves, our communities, and our professional field. As creative arts therapists, it is part of our professional, ethical, and cultural response/ability to enhance and understand how our experiences are affected by racism, capitalism, and colonialism. This event is open to all creative arts therapists, expressive arts therapists, and therapists from adjacent fields with affiliation to Canadian creative arts therapy organizations [CATA, CAMT, NADTA, ADTA].

This year we hosted six speaker events and six discussion groups since June 2021. We are now inviting everyone back to have an open round table discussion group with all six speakers from this project! See below a list of all our speakers and their presentation topics who will be back to answer your questions and discuss more about this project:

• Stephanie Sing: “A Journey of Unlearning and Relearning”, July 7th, 2021
• Todd Hunter: “Creative Arts Therapists Against White Supremacy”, September 15th, 2021
• Trina Chakrabarti: “Acceptance vs. Action: Moving Away from a Western-Centric Creative Arts Therapy Framework”, November 10th, 2021
• Rowena Tam: “Against Cop Sh*t in the Creative Arts Therapies”, January 12th, 2022
• Éli Abdellahi: “Beyond the Binary: Decolonizing & Queering Gender in the Creative Arts Therapies”, March 9th, 2022
• Asako Kando: “Be Present as a Player: Understanding the Intercultural Experiences in Creative Arts Therapy”, May 4th, 2022

ABOUT THE CACP CHAPTER

Our chapter is a part of the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association. In response to a series of conversations with Canadian mental health practitioners, this chapter emerged with the intention of helping advocate, connect and create professional development and research opportunities for members that employ the intentional use of art, dance/movement, drama, photography, music, play, sand tray, and/or creative writing in their practice. Check out our website or follow us on Instagram and Facebook for the latest updates!

PLEASE NOTE

• We will email you with confirmation of your registration with additional details 24-48 hours before the event.
• If you have any questions please contact our President Lorelei Dietz and Special Projects Coordinator Rachel Norris at cac.chapter@gmail.com