Forbes: What Do We Know About Doctor-Prescribed Museum Visits?
Written by Eva Amsen and published on Forbes.com on October 19, 2021
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Media Release: Mississauga Arts Council and Mass Culture’s Arts for Mental Health Conference provides hope for ArtsCare
Mississauga Arts Council and Mass Culture hosted the highly successful first Arts for Mental Health Conference in Canada.
ART Rx: Here’s why the Mississauga Arts Council wants to start a ‘social prescription’ pilot in Peel
From depression and concussion recovery to MS, arts have helped Mississauga residents take back their lives Published on The Mississauga News website on October 7, 2021. When Christine Long learned she had multiple sclerosis, it hit very suddenly while she was walking across a parking lot. “It felt like something was tearing inside my brain,” she said, explaining she quickly ended up in hospital unable to use the right side of her body, unable to focus her eyes, sick to her stomach, speechless. “It was pretty frightening,” she said, remembering the long hospital stay and rehabilitation. When released from hospital,… Read More »ART Rx: Here’s why the Mississauga Arts Council wants to start a ‘social prescription’ pilot in Peel
Media Release: Mississauga Arts Council and Mass Culture partner to launch the first Arts for Mental Health Conference in Canada
Mississauga Arts Council and Mass Culture partner to launch the first Arts for Mental Health Conference in Canada.
Museum Visits Prescribed to Combat Covid-Related Stress
Social Prescription news from Belgium. Patients suffering from stress will be offered prescriptions to visit public museums.
Federal election a once-in-a-generation opportunity to fix the mental health system, says CMHA
The Canadian Mental Health Association calls on federal parties to ensure mental health care is a top priority in the upcoming election campaign.
Arts + Mental Health Datathon
Mississauga Arts Council in partnership with Mass Culture present a 3-day Datathon to share stories and collect research on the importance of the arts and arts programs for mental health.
Rewiring our brains to understand how art promotes mental health
Christine Long’s use of visual art to develop new pathways in her brain and her 17 year journey of recovering her physical and mental health.
Ontario Brain Institute: How dancing can boost cognitive health
TVO.org speaks with Sarah Robichaud of Dancing With Parkinson’s about how physical exercise can help the body — and the brain
Mississauga Arts Council receives Ontario Trillium Foundation Seed Grant for new Arts for Mental Health conference
Mississauga Arts Council receives Ontario Trillium Foundation Seed Grant for new Arts for Mental Health conference