When

     Monday, May 26 from 10 AM to 1 PM ET.

Where

Silence Sounds (46 Essex St, Guelph, ON N1H 3K8)

Costs

  OASW Members: $5 Deposit (Refundable upon Attendance)
  Non-Members: $5

To encourage engagement among OASW members, we kindly ask for a $5 deposit. Following your confirmed attendance of the event, OASW members will be refunded.

Event Description

The Guelph and Area Racialized Therapist Network (GARTN), in collaboration with the Guelph and Area and Kitchener/Waterloo OASW LENs, warmly invites racialized mental health professionals to join us for our Annual Community and Connections In-Person Event.

This year’s theme, Honoring Our Ancestors, offers a space to reflect, connect, and nourish ourselves as a community. Together, we’ll engage in grounding practices, creative play, and meaningful conversations to celebrate our shared experiences and the wisdom of those who came before us.

The gathering will include (agenda subject to change):
✨ Welcome and Introductions
✨ Meditative/Movement Practice to center ourselves
✨ Artistic Play with ATCs (Artist Trading Cards) – no artistic skills required, just a willingness to create and have fun!
✨ Time for Snacks, Community, and Connection (light snacks provided with GF and vegan options – please bring your own water bottle)
✨ Closing with a Radiant Circuits Experience to leave you feeling energized and connected

We look forward to coming together in community to honor, celebrate, and care for one another.

Health and Safety

Participants should remain up-to-date on information from government and public health authorities regarding attending in-person events outside. Public Health Ontario prevention and management measures.

Any participants showing signs and symptoms of COVID-19 are recommended to remain home. For more information, please follow the direct guidance from the Ontario Ministry of Health, Public Health Ontario and your local public health authority.

*Please RSVP to ensure you are updated about the status of the event. Further, if you have registered and are unable to make it, please let us know.*

NOTE ABOUT REGISTRATION QUESTIONS:

OASW is committed to inclusion and promoting a diverse range of identities, experiences, perspectives, and voices across all areas of the Association. As such, the registration contains some optional questions that are intended to assist us to better understand our social work community and ensure that our work is reflective of the diverse membership of OASW and our profession.