Minding Our Minds | Cancel Culture and Mental Health

Where: Alumni Hall, Victoria University, 91 Charles Street West

About: Cancel culture and mental health take centre stage at this year’s Minding our Minds Conference.

Now in its 13th year, the conference brings together students, faculty, administrators, health care workers and other stakeholders to explore timely issues in student mental health on campus.

Hosted by the Office of the Dean of Students at Victoria University, the event assembles a diverse group to discuss some of the most pressing challenges facing the university sector.

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Conference Program

9:00 – 9:30 A.M. – Registration and Light Breakfast

9:30 – 10:00 A.M. – Welcome and Land Acknowledgement

10:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. – Morning Panel: Accountability, Social Change, Academic Freedom and Stifled Speech: the Tensions of Cancel Culture

• Alison Thompson, Associate Professor, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto
• Andrew Potter, Associate Professor, Max Bell School of Public Policy, McGill University
• William Paris, Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Toronto

12:00 – 1:00 P.M. – Lunch Break

1:00 - 3:00 P.M.  Afternoon Panel: The Social and Personal Harms of Cancel Culture and Forums for Difficult Conversations

• Andrea Levinson – Assistant Professor, Psychiatrist-in-Chief, Health and Wellness, University of Toronto
• Romin W. Tafarodi – Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto
• John Duncan – Associate Professor and Director, Ethics, Society and Law, University of Toronto

3:00-3:15 P.M. Afternoon Break

3:15 – 4:30 P.M. Students Panel: How Cancel Culture Shapes Students’ Lives and Conversation

• Sean Martin, Associate Dean, Wellness & Community Engagement, Victoria University (moderator)
• Geetanjali Jagadeesh, third-year student in Ethics, Society and Law and Psychology
• Mahta Rastgar, thid-year student in Ethics, Society, and Law + Industrial Relations and Human Resource
• James Francis, fourth-year student in Bioethics

4:30 – 4:40 P.M. – Closing Remarks