The events listed on this page are relevant to individuals who have a personal or professional interest in eating disorders, body image, self-esteem, and related subjects. As we are a Canadian organization, most of these events are in Canada.
If you are hosting an event, such as an education session, workshop, or conference, we invite you to let us know about it. We are happy to promote the following on this page:
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For over 10 years, Guelph’s downtown businesses have participated in celebrating International No Diet Day on May 6.
From May 3-10, numerous stores and restaurants in the downtown core are posting window posters that promote healthy body image and the acceptance of our natural body shapes and sizes.
We are typically inundated by everyday media messages promoting dieting and general body dissatisfaction— most of which feeds the banks of multi-billion dollar beauty, fitness and diet industries. Unrealistic (and often unhealthy) standards of beauty and attractiveness comprise the societal norm and contribute to low self-esteem, depression and anxiety, all degrees of food and weight obsessions, in addition to distorted and often dangerous relationships with food and one’s body.
The goal of the International No Diet Day campaign is to both challenge the societal norm of appearance dissatisfaction and to encourage body acceptance and maybe even a healthy dose of self love!
The Waterloo-Wellington Eating Disorders Coalition, sponsor of this initiative, encourages you to trash the diet and take a stroll in downtown Guelph to see the window posters that are guaranteed to raise your body esteem!
For more information about the work of the Coalition, please visit www.eatingdisorderscoalition.ca. They can also be found on Facebook and Instagram.
ONLINE PEER SUPPORT
Founded by Nalgona Positivity Pride, Sage and Spoon is a support program established to meet a need for more closed spaces designated for members of Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC) communities struggling with body image issues and/or disordered eating. Sage and Spoon support groups are free to attend and open to folks 18+ of all gender identities, expressions, and sizes.
Meetings take place via Zoom every last Wednesday of the month.
Join the National Initiative for Eating Disorders (NIED) for a discussion about how eating disorders (EDs) affect athletes and artists.
Participants will learn:
Date: Wednesday May 8, 2024
Time: 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. EDT
Free (for Saskatchewan residents) full-day workshop
Facilitated by Lauralyn Blackburn, MSW, RSW, CEDS-S
This online workshop is designed to equip carers with practical skills derived from Emotion-Focused Family Therapy that will help them strengthen their relationships, with their loved one and respond effectively to strong emotional reactions.
Date: Friday May 17, 2024
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m CT
TO BE SEEN is a thought-provoking group exhibition where art becomes the mirror reflecting our collective experience of living within a body.
Opening event: Thursday, May 23, 2024, 5:30 – 8:00 p.m.
Location: The Combine (225 Wellington St W)
Sheena's Place is seeking artists to support its cause by donating original art pieces to be auctioned off during the exhibit. Each donated piece will
also be included in our fundraising auction, with 70% of the sale going to support Sheena’s Place, and the remaining 30% going to
the artist. Applications to submit artwork will be accepted from April 1 to April 25, 2024.