The Hewton|Griffin Awards fund students and/or people with lived experience to undertake archival research on the Canadian history of psychiatry, madness, mental health services, addiction, mad activism, advocacy, or culture.
Details can be found at: buff.ly/GOqmmG7 #Madhistory #CanadianHistory
Details can be found at: buff.ly/GOqmmG7 #Madhistory #CanadianHistory
November 3, 2026 at 6:31 PM
The Hewton|Griffin Awards fund students and/or people with lived experience to undertake archival research on the Canadian history of psychiatry, madness, mental health services, addiction, mad activism, advocacy, or culture.
Details can be found at: buff.ly/GOqmmG7 #Madhistory #CanadianHistory
Details can be found at: buff.ly/GOqmmG7 #Madhistory #CanadianHistory
Danielle Landry used her Hewton-Griffin award to write about Ontario's consumer-survivor businesses, an inspirational and instructive slice of #MadHistory. Her project's digital archive will become publicly accessible on Madness Canada. #Madhistory #Dishist #AcademicChatter #PeerSupport #Policy
October 27, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Danielle Landry used her Hewton-Griffin award to write about Ontario's consumer-survivor businesses, an inspirational and instructive slice of #MadHistory. Her project's digital archive will become publicly accessible on Madness Canada. #Madhistory #Dishist #AcademicChatter #PeerSupport #Policy
This fall Lakehead University History student Will MacMillanis going to be helping Madness Canada get a stack of MPA interviews we used for The Inmates Are Running the Asylum doc ready to go up on our site. EXCITING! #Madhistory #Survivorculture #CdnHistory #Archive #HumanRights
October 6, 2026 at 5:31 PM
This fall Lakehead University History student Will MacMillanis going to be helping Madness Canada get a stack of MPA interviews we used for The Inmates Are Running the Asylum doc ready to go up on our site. EXCITING! #Madhistory #Survivorculture #CdnHistory #Archive #HumanRights
Not a beach read, but a summer treasure nonetheless.
THE DANGER TO BE SANE: CREATIVITY AND THE ECCENTRIC MIND | By Rosa Montero; translated by Lindsey Ford | Europa | 2026.
#Madhistory #AcademicChatter #CallMeCrazy #Madart #Madartists #Writer #Poetry
THE DANGER TO BE SANE: CREATIVITY AND THE ECCENTRIC MIND | By Rosa Montero; translated by Lindsey Ford | Europa | 2026.
#Madhistory #AcademicChatter #CallMeCrazy #Madart #Madartists #Writer #Poetry
August 27, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Not a beach read, but a summer treasure nonetheless.
THE DANGER TO BE SANE: CREATIVITY AND THE ECCENTRIC MIND | By Rosa Montero; translated by Lindsey Ford | Europa | 2026.
#Madhistory #AcademicChatter #CallMeCrazy #Madart #Madartists #Writer #Poetry
THE DANGER TO BE SANE: CREATIVITY AND THE ECCENTRIC MIND | By Rosa Montero; translated by Lindsey Ford | Europa | 2026.
#Madhistory #AcademicChatter #CallMeCrazy #Madart #Madartists #Writer #Poetry
DISABILITY: A HISTORY OF RESISTANCE | By David Turner | Bodley Head | 2026
#Dishist #Madhistory #Medhum #MedHist #HistMed #WmnsHist #wmhist #HistPsych #MadStudies #AcademicChatter #Stigma #Activism #Disability #DisabilityAwareness #Empowerment #HumanRights #DiversityEquityInclusion #Inequity
#Dishist #Madhistory #Medhum #MedHist #HistMed #WmnsHist #wmhist #HistPsych #MadStudies #AcademicChatter #Stigma #Activism #Disability #DisabilityAwareness #Empowerment #HumanRights #DiversityEquityInclusion #Inequity
August 20, 2026 at 5:30 PM
DISABILITY: A HISTORY OF RESISTANCE | By David Turner | Bodley Head | 2026
#Dishist #Madhistory #Medhum #MedHist #HistMed #WmnsHist #wmhist #HistPsych #MadStudies #AcademicChatter #Stigma #Activism #Disability #DisabilityAwareness #Empowerment #HumanRights #DiversityEquityInclusion #Inequity
#Dishist #Madhistory #Medhum #MedHist #HistMed #WmnsHist #wmhist #HistPsych #MadStudies #AcademicChatter #Stigma #Activism #Disability #DisabilityAwareness #Empowerment #HumanRights #DiversityEquityInclusion #Inequity
Only smarties have the answer, Aidan Shingler
Part 1 youtu.be/-T0EderenDU
Part 2 youtu.be/zbBytj8eaZo
Part 3 youtu.be/_7thJ2ekYWw
Part 4 youtu.be/45XLHUezdfQ
Part 5 youtu.be/X7CfcKvHeP4
Part 6 youtu.be/ejRnUak5lJI
Part 7 youtu.be/aWZIt0xqSKI
Part 8 youtu.be/jCTmUdEceqc
#madhistory
Part 1 youtu.be/-T0EderenDU
Part 2 youtu.be/zbBytj8eaZo
Part 3 youtu.be/_7thJ2ekYWw
Part 4 youtu.be/45XLHUezdfQ
Part 5 youtu.be/X7CfcKvHeP4
Part 6 youtu.be/ejRnUak5lJI
Part 7 youtu.be/aWZIt0xqSKI
Part 8 youtu.be/jCTmUdEceqc
#madhistory
Exposing Psychiatry - Only Smarties have the answer part 1
YouTube video by Chris Smart
youtu.be
November 24, 2024 at 2:37 PM
Only smarties have the answer, Aidan Shingler
Part 1 youtu.be/-T0EderenDU
Part 2 youtu.be/zbBytj8eaZo
Part 3 youtu.be/_7thJ2ekYWw
Part 4 youtu.be/45XLHUezdfQ
Part 5 youtu.be/X7CfcKvHeP4
Part 6 youtu.be/ejRnUak5lJI
Part 7 youtu.be/aWZIt0xqSKI
Part 8 youtu.be/jCTmUdEceqc
#madhistory
Part 1 youtu.be/-T0EderenDU
Part 2 youtu.be/zbBytj8eaZo
Part 3 youtu.be/_7thJ2ekYWw
Part 4 youtu.be/45XLHUezdfQ
Part 5 youtu.be/X7CfcKvHeP4
Part 6 youtu.be/ejRnUak5lJI
Part 7 youtu.be/aWZIt0xqSKI
Part 8 youtu.be/jCTmUdEceqc
#madhistory
Breakdown 1986 Capitol Radio, this piece speaks to my own experience of voice hearing/seeing/feeling
www.podomatic.com/podcasts/wol...
#madhistory
www.podomatic.com/podcasts/wol...
#madhistory
Breakdown 1986
Mental breakdown as experienced by two young Londoners.
The man is Mike Lawson who later became Vice Chair of National Mind. The woman remained anonymous.
BREAKDOWN was made in 1986 for Capital Radi...
www.podomatic.com
November 24, 2024 at 2:33 PM
Breakdown 1986 Capitol Radio, this piece speaks to my own experience of voice hearing/seeing/feeling
www.podomatic.com/podcasts/wol...
#madhistory
www.podomatic.com/podcasts/wol...
#madhistory
It's a seminal piece of work which you would never see now as criticism of services is more stifled and radical activism has been neutered by policies and recovery rhetoric
#madhistory
#madhistory
November 24, 2024 at 2:31 PM
It's a seminal piece of work which you would never see now as criticism of services is more stifled and radical activism has been neutered by policies and recovery rhetoric
#madhistory
#madhistory
Photoreferences for the previous drawing. English straightjacket ca. 1930, currently housed at the London Museum of Science.
#medical #drawingreferences #madhistory
#medical #drawingreferences #madhistory
April 20, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Photoreferences for the previous drawing. English straightjacket ca. 1930, currently housed at the London Museum of Science.
#medical #drawingreferences #madhistory
#medical #drawingreferences #madhistory
Happy to share that my digital exhibit "Childhood Madness" is now live. It looks at young people's experiences in Canadian asylums between 1900-1930 and includes art by Maia Weintrager.
Explore here: madnesscanada.com/childhood-ma...
#PublicHistory #MadStudies #MadHistory #CdnHist
Explore here: madnesscanada.com/childhood-ma...
#PublicHistory #MadStudies #MadHistory #CdnHist
June 10, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Happy to share that my digital exhibit "Childhood Madness" is now live. It looks at young people's experiences in Canadian asylums between 1900-1930 and includes art by Maia Weintrager.
Explore here: madnesscanada.com/childhood-ma...
#PublicHistory #MadStudies #MadHistory #CdnHist
Explore here: madnesscanada.com/childhood-ma...
#PublicHistory #MadStudies #MadHistory #CdnHist
Come join @madnesscanada.bsky.social for our mad teach-in! You'll hear from excellent speakers who will share their lived experiences, and participate in an activity on politics and intersectionality to showcase the resources available at #MadSchool! #Madstudies #cdnhistory #madhistory
MAD TEACH-IN on 14 March 2025 - 12:00 to 1:30 PM EST. Diverse perspectives on mental health and madness in an inclusive open-minded space.
RSVP to Eventbrite link in bio
#Madhistory #MadStudies #MentalHealthAwareness #Poetry #Memoir #LivedExperience #InclusiveEducation #MadSchool #Onlinelearning
RSVP to Eventbrite link in bio
#Madhistory #MadStudies #MentalHealthAwareness #Poetry #Memoir #LivedExperience #InclusiveEducation #MadSchool #Onlinelearning
March 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Come join @madnesscanada.bsky.social for our mad teach-in! You'll hear from excellent speakers who will share their lived experiences, and participate in an activity on politics and intersectionality to showcase the resources available at #MadSchool! #Madstudies #cdnhistory #madhistory
Micha Frazer-Carroll argues that mental health may be experienced as personal, but it is deeply political. Psychiatric systems are about social control and capitalism and are thus incapable of delivering wellbeing. #Madhistory #MadStudies #Medicine #Stigma #Activism #Advocate #Madart #HealthJustice
July 28, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Micha Frazer-Carroll argues that mental health may be experienced as personal, but it is deeply political. Psychiatric systems are about social control and capitalism and are thus incapable of delivering wellbeing. #Madhistory #MadStudies #Medicine #Stigma #Activism #Advocate #Madart #HealthJustice
In this intimate set of personal essays, Esmé Weijun Wang discusses hallucinations, links between madness and creativity, and what it is like to experience Cotard’s Syndrome, where people believe that they are actually dead. #Madhistory #MadStudies #WomeninPsych #Stigma #Memoir #Family #Madartists
July 7, 2026 at 5:30 PM
In this intimate set of personal essays, Esmé Weijun Wang discusses hallucinations, links between madness and creativity, and what it is like to experience Cotard’s Syndrome, where people believe that they are actually dead. #Madhistory #MadStudies #WomeninPsych #Stigma #Memoir #Family #Madartists
Over July and August Mad Can is posting a selection of analysis, memoir, or prose. Most books are about madness, but there are a few on other progressive subjects.
#Madhistory #Survivorculture #Equity #SystemChange #MadStudies #AcademicChatter #Medicine #Decolonize #2SLGBTQIA #BIPoC #MadArt
#Madhistory #Survivorculture #Equity #SystemChange #MadStudies #AcademicChatter #Medicine #Decolonize #2SLGBTQIA #BIPoC #MadArt
July 2, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Over July and August Mad Can is posting a selection of analysis, memoir, or prose. Most books are about madness, but there are a few on other progressive subjects.
#Madhistory #Survivorculture #Equity #SystemChange #MadStudies #AcademicChatter #Medicine #Decolonize #2SLGBTQIA #BIPoC #MadArt
#Madhistory #Survivorculture #Equity #SystemChange #MadStudies #AcademicChatter #Medicine #Decolonize #2SLGBTQIA #BIPoC #MadArt
🚨 New Exhibit Alert 🚨
"Childhood Madness" looks at young people's experience in Canadian psychiatric facilities between 1900-1930.
Curator: Kira A. Smith
Illustrator: Maia Weintrager
Explore here: buff.ly/1YPVqpr
#publichistory #madstudies #madhistory #CdnHist
"Childhood Madness" looks at young people's experience in Canadian psychiatric facilities between 1900-1930.
Curator: Kira A. Smith
Illustrator: Maia Weintrager
Explore here: buff.ly/1YPVqpr
#publichistory #madstudies #madhistory #CdnHist
June 30, 2026 at 5:30 PM
🚨 New Exhibit Alert 🚨
"Childhood Madness" looks at young people's experience in Canadian psychiatric facilities between 1900-1930.
Curator: Kira A. Smith
Illustrator: Maia Weintrager
Explore here: buff.ly/1YPVqpr
#publichistory #madstudies #madhistory #CdnHist
"Childhood Madness" looks at young people's experience in Canadian psychiatric facilities between 1900-1930.
Curator: Kira A. Smith
Illustrator: Maia Weintrager
Explore here: buff.ly/1YPVqpr
#publichistory #madstudies #madhistory #CdnHist
American sociologist Alexander Leighton and Dr. Jane Murphy compared rates of depression among representative samples of adults from a population in Atlantic Canada – a large epidemiological survey in a field where research is often highly individualized.
#Madhistory #CanadianHistory #HistPsych
#Madhistory #CanadianHistory #HistPsych
June 23, 2026 at 5:31 PM
American sociologist Alexander Leighton and Dr. Jane Murphy compared rates of depression among representative samples of adults from a population in Atlantic Canada – a large epidemiological survey in a field where research is often highly individualized.
#Madhistory #CanadianHistory #HistPsych
#Madhistory #CanadianHistory #HistPsych
Be inspired by films from around the world that provide insights into how we can understand life and mental health. All welcome buff.ly/L0zojbU
#Madhistory # #Survivorculture #MadStudies #BigPharma #Stigma #Activism #Advocate #Survivor #CallMeCrazy #Documentary #Film #Movie
#Madhistory # #Survivorculture #MadStudies #BigPharma #Stigma #Activism #Advocate #Survivor #CallMeCrazy #Documentary #Film #Movie
June 16, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Be inspired by films from around the world that provide insights into how we can understand life and mental health. All welcome buff.ly/L0zojbU
#Madhistory # #Survivorculture #MadStudies #BigPharma #Stigma #Activism #Advocate #Survivor #CallMeCrazy #Documentary #Film #Movie
#Madhistory # #Survivorculture #MadStudies #BigPharma #Stigma #Activism #Advocate #Survivor #CallMeCrazy #Documentary #Film #Movie
What happens when psychiatry gives up its power?
La Borde was a famous institutional alternative to the psychiatric hospital. Nobody wore uniforms, not doctors, nurses, care aids or patients and patients were permitted to wander the grounds at will. #Madhistory #Institution #HistPsych #MadStudies
La Borde was a famous institutional alternative to the psychiatric hospital. Nobody wore uniforms, not doctors, nurses, care aids or patients and patients were permitted to wander the grounds at will. #Madhistory #Institution #HistPsych #MadStudies
May 26, 2026 at 5:30 PM
What happens when psychiatry gives up its power?
La Borde was a famous institutional alternative to the psychiatric hospital. Nobody wore uniforms, not doctors, nurses, care aids or patients and patients were permitted to wander the grounds at will. #Madhistory #Institution #HistPsych #MadStudies
La Borde was a famous institutional alternative to the psychiatric hospital. Nobody wore uniforms, not doctors, nurses, care aids or patients and patients were permitted to wander the grounds at will. #Madhistory #Institution #HistPsych #MadStudies
“Mad Tea isn’t just a conversation; it’s an invitation to rethink history, embrace divergent minds, and take your place in a community where madness speaks for itself.” Tune in this podcast with a difference: buff.ly/aheCsR6
#Madhistory #Onlinelearning #Survivorculture #MadStudies #CallMeCrazy
#Madhistory #Onlinelearning #Survivorculture #MadStudies #CallMeCrazy
May 19, 2026 at 5:31 PM
“Mad Tea isn’t just a conversation; it’s an invitation to rethink history, embrace divergent minds, and take your place in a community where madness speaks for itself.” Tune in this podcast with a difference: buff.ly/aheCsR6
#Madhistory #Onlinelearning #Survivorculture #MadStudies #CallMeCrazy
#Madhistory #Onlinelearning #Survivorculture #MadStudies #CallMeCrazy
We are excited to relaunch the Madness Canada / Folie Canada website! Please consider circulating our Canada Helps page or setting up a monthly gift for ongoing impact: buff.ly/TDjvkJz. #Madhistory #Onlinelearning #Survivorculture #HistPsych #MadStudies ##AcademicChatter #Archivetwt #Archive #Museum
April 28, 2026 at 5:30 PM
We are excited to relaunch the Madness Canada / Folie Canada website! Please consider circulating our Canada Helps page or setting up a monthly gift for ongoing impact: buff.ly/TDjvkJz. #Madhistory #Onlinelearning #Survivorculture #HistPsych #MadStudies ##AcademicChatter #Archivetwt #Archive #Museum
The MAD PASTS, MAD PRESENCE CONFERENCE at the University of Victoria APRIL 28-29, with activists, scholars, artists, and survivors. Register: buff.ly/wj8gcfE
This is a FREE EVENT. Spaces are limited for in person but wide open online!
#Madhistory #MadStudies #Dishist #AcademicChatter #HealthJustice
This is a FREE EVENT. Spaces are limited for in person but wide open online!
#Madhistory #MadStudies #Dishist #AcademicChatter #HealthJustice
April 16, 2026 at 5:30 PM
The MAD PASTS, MAD PRESENCE CONFERENCE at the University of Victoria APRIL 28-29, with activists, scholars, artists, and survivors. Register: buff.ly/wj8gcfE
This is a FREE EVENT. Spaces are limited for in person but wide open online!
#Madhistory #MadStudies #Dishist #AcademicChatter #HealthJustice
This is a FREE EVENT. Spaces are limited for in person but wide open online!
#Madhistory #MadStudies #Dishist #AcademicChatter #HealthJustice
The book and film BRAZILIAN HOLOCAUST (Holocausto Brasileiro) tell the horrific tale of Barbacena psych hospital where people who were Black, homosexual, disabled, born out of wedlock, or political activists were held in deathly conditions.#Madhistory #Institution #HistPsych #Dishist #HealthJustice
March 26, 2026 at 5:30 PM
The book and film BRAZILIAN HOLOCAUST (Holocausto Brasileiro) tell the horrific tale of Barbacena psych hospital where people who were Black, homosexual, disabled, born out of wedlock, or political activists were held in deathly conditions.#Madhistory #Institution #HistPsych #Dishist #HealthJustice
BC researcher and artist Katarina Thorsen uses whimsical imagery and an exquisite colour palette to tell the dark and tragic story of Joseph O’Dwyer, medicated, shocked and subject to a lobotomy at Riverview Hospital, .#Madhistory #Institution #HumanRights #CdnHistory #HistPsych #HistoryMatters
March 19, 2026 at 5:30 PM
BC researcher and artist Katarina Thorsen uses whimsical imagery and an exquisite colour palette to tell the dark and tragic story of Joseph O’Dwyer, medicated, shocked and subject to a lobotomy at Riverview Hospital, .#Madhistory #Institution #HumanRights #CdnHistory #HistPsych #HistoryMatters
Join the MAD PASTS, MAD PRESENCE CONFERENCE at the University of Victoria APRIL 28-29, bringing together activists, scholars, artists, and survivors to reflect on the #MadMovement and its legacies. FREE buff.ly/aBJoaT4 In person / online.
#Madhistory #HistPsych #MadStudies #SurvivorCulture
#Madhistory #HistPsych #MadStudies #SurvivorCulture
March 12, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Join the MAD PASTS, MAD PRESENCE CONFERENCE at the University of Victoria APRIL 28-29, bringing together activists, scholars, artists, and survivors to reflect on the #MadMovement and its legacies. FREE buff.ly/aBJoaT4 In person / online.
#Madhistory #HistPsych #MadStudies #SurvivorCulture
#Madhistory #HistPsych #MadStudies #SurvivorCulture