The Story That Your Illness Tells (Vancouver - Public Talk Only)

With Gabor Maté, M.D. and Lewis Mehl-Madrona, MD

March 24, 2023

Date and Time Details:
Public Talk
Friday, March 24, 2023 at 7-9pm

Location: Public Talk
The Cultch (York Theatre), 639 Commercial Drive, Vancouver

Address: TBD

Tuition: $50 CAD

Campus Rates: Campus rates include accommodations, meals, Hollyhock activities, use of hot tubs and campus facilities (does not include tuition). Click here for details.

Scholarships: Program experiences are enriched by having a multitude of voices and experiences that reflect global plurality. Our scholarship program is one of our key strategies to expand program access to underrepresented and marginalized communities. While we strive to be accessible and inclusive to all, a limited number of scholarships are available ranging from 25%-90% of costs.

A limited number of scholarships are available per program with awards ranging from partial to full tuition. We encourage applicants from those whose identities intersect with, but are not limited to: Black, Indigenous, People of Colour, 2SLGBTQIA+, people with disabilities, newcomers, youth, and elders.

Please apply for a scholarship within your program registration form. We ask for a 5% refundable deposit to apply. Please contact us directly if you are unable to pay this deposit.

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  • CAD $50.00 – FRIDAY MARCH 24 Public Event
Program is fully booked
Program is fully booked

Illness of mind or body can be seen as random misfortune or a genetically decreed calamity. While the latter does occur, it is rare. In most cases there is nothing pre-ordained about a disease, nor is it a stroke of bad luck. One way to see illness is as dynamic process, a manifestation of a life lived in a certain family and a certain culture.

In other words, there is a story behind it which, if understood and expressed, can help move the process towards healing. In this interactive workshop, two veteran medical doctors, both trained in modern Western medicine but who have both studied alternative ways of understanding how we become ill or healthy, will lead participants to gain active agency over their health through the power of narrative

This registration is for the Public Event Only. For tickets to the full workshop, Friday March 24 – Sunday March 26, click here!

Schedule

A detailed schedule will be available 1-2 weeks in advance of the program.

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About the Presenters

Gabor Maté, M.D.

Dr. Gabor Maté (pronounced GAH-bor MAH-tay) is a retired physician who, after 20 years of family practice and palliative care experience, worked for over a decade in Vancouver’s Downtown East Side with patients challenged by drug addiction and mental illness. The bestselling author of four books published in thirty languages, Gabor is an internationally renowned […]

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Lewis Mehl-Madrona, MD

Lewis Mehl-Madrona, MD graduated from Stanford University School of Medicine and trained in family medicine, psychiatry, and clinical psychology. He completed his residencies in family medicine and in psychiatry at the University of Vermont College of Medicine. He has been on the faculties of several medical schools, most recently as associate professor of family medicine […]

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