Task Force on Precarity – Unpacking the Heavy Backpack: Mental Health for Precarious Scholars

Location: Zoom Room A

Workshop Leader: Ali Joy Richardson, RCTC

Task Force Co-Convenors: Jacquey Taucar & Neil Silcox

In this 90-minute virtual workshop, psychotherapist and theatre artist Ali Joy Richardson will introduce creative and comforting perspectives on mental health for freelancers and precarious scholars. The session will provide a mix of education, discussion, and self-reflection activities geared towards helping participants:

• Dismantle cultural narratives that celebrate martyrdom (at the cost of our wellbeing)
• Learn to bring a self-caring approach to what’s already in the (busy!) calendar
• Discover how to use resentment as a compass in decision-making
• Tap into the motivating power of self-compassion vs. self-punishing

Snacks, pets, and dark humour are welcome.