Date
Tuesday, July 7, 2020
8 PM - 9 PM
Women’s Philanthropy Signature Sponsor:
UJA Women’s Philanthropy Health & Wellness Webinar: Mindful Practices to Combat Daily Stressors
Please join us for a special presentation with our guests Dr. Michele Foster and Dr. Michele Chaban, as they share some of the tools necessary to identify, accept, and cope with our day-to-day stressors. Come prepared to ask questions during the interactive Q&A discussion, moderated by Miya Adout.
Please register for this webinar by 6:00 PM on July 6th.
Zoom details will be sent upon registration.
Moderator:
Miya Adout, MTA; Founder & Director of Miya Music Therapy
Special Guests:
Dr. Michele Chaban, MSW, RSW (Toronto), PhD (Wales)
Dr. Michele Foster, PhD, C.Psych
If you do NOT receive a registration confirmation email with the zoom link, or for more information, please contact Rachel Wolfson at [email protected]
More webinars to come – stay tuned!
Chairs
Women's Philanthropy Chair: Melissa Muskat
Women's Philanthropy Vice-Chair: Perri Kirshenblatt
Ora Talks Co-Chairs: Monique Isaacson and Joy Sterling
Ora Committee: Cheryl Newburgh, Shawna Orzech, Sheila Rother, and Devra Wasser
MODERATOR
Miya Adout, MTA; Founder & Director of Miya Music Therapy
Miya Adout founded Miya Music Therapy in 2015 based on her vision to improve patient quality-of-life in healthcare settings throughout Ontario. Miya is a graduate of Concordia University, where she received a Master of Arts in Creative Arts Therapies (Music Therapy) after completing a BA in Cultural Studies. Miya works with individuals of all ages and abilities. The primary populations she serves are at the beginning and end of their lives: working in maternal mental health and in long-term care with seniors living with dementia. Miya is passionate about educating the public on the impact of music therapy through engaging presentations and workshops. Miya also sits on the board of the Music Therapy Association of Ontario, provides business coaching to healthcare entrepreneurs, and has created Connect 2 Music Therapy, an online global magazine for music therapists.
SPECIAL GUESTS
Dr. Michele Chaban, MSW, RSW (Toronto), PhD (Wales)
Michele Chaban is a Master’s-trained social worker (UofT) and a PhD-trained clinical thanatologist (UofWales). She has been at the University of Toronto for some 35 years. In that time, she was one of the founders of The Temmy Latner Centre for Palliative Care, where she was the director of the counselling program. More recently, Michele founded and is the former director of the Applied Mindfulness Meditation Program, which is one of three centres of excellence in mindfulness and mindfulness meditation in the world. Michele continues to teach in this program, which has trained thousands of students and has produced hundreds of instructors. Rooted in this 15-year-old program, the University of Toronto is now looking to develop a Master’s in Public Health and a PhD in Mindfulness and Mindfulness Meditation through the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, which will encourage leadership in the field of mind training. Michele continues to fail at retiring, living both in the city and forest with her husband and their golden retriever.
Dr. Michele Foster, PhD, C.Psych
Dr. Michele Foster is a clinical psychologist and the co-director of Toronto Psychology & Wellness Group (TPWG), a multi-disciplinary clinic in mid-town Toronto that provides evidence-based mental health treatment to adolescents, families, and adults. Dr. Foster’s area of expertise is in the treatment of disordered eating and associated emotion dysregulation difficulties, specifically self-harm, suicidality, and treatment-resistant anxiety and depression.
Dr. Foster received her Doctoral degree from the University of Toronto. Her research focused on the representation of gender and embodiment in children’s media, exploring the messages youth receive from an early age regarding the expectations of how they ought to look, think, and live in their bodies across their lifespan. Dr. Foster completed clinical training at the Hospital for Sick Children, as well as in Toronto General Hospital’s Outpatient Eating Disorder Program. Her psychological residency was at Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences in the outpatient Mood and Anxiety Program, the Borderline Personality Self-Regulation Clinic, and the inpatient units assessing and treating young adults experiencing first-episode psychosis.
Dr. Foster regularly provides consultation to schools and colleges throughout Toronto, offering workshops for parents and teachers on how to best support adolescents and young adults. She possesses a love of the arts and frequently liaises with institutions in this domain to facilitate the prevention and treatment of disordered eating and mental health challenges among athletes, dancers, and entertainers.
Dr. Foster is passionate about teaching concrete skills to empower individuals to improve their lives, and does so in a manner that is validating, approachable, and collaborative. In her spare time, she enjoys watching movies, arranging flowers, spending time with family and friends, and consuming too much coffee.