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PRESENTATIONS AND ARTICLES BY SUSAN INMAN

 2003 to present

numerous presentations for staff education events sponsored by Vancouver Coastal Mental Health Services

2006 to present

numerous presentations about the experiences of families coping with mental illnesses for college, undergraduate and graduate students at Douglas College and the University of British Columbia, in courses on genetic counselling, school psychology, counselling psychology, disabilities education, and nursing

March 6, 2010

Book Launch and Reading from After Her Brain Broke, Helping my Daughter Recover Her Sanity at Vancouver General Hospital's Paetzhold Education Centre

April 28, 2010

featured speaker for North Shore Schizophrenia Society at Lions Gate Hospital in North Vancouver

May 1, 2010

speaker on family experiences for panel “Improving Communication Between Families and Mental Health Staff” at 5th annual Family Conference -Vancouver General Hospital

May 27, 2010

featured speaker at Vancouver Public Library

June 12, 2010

featured speaker at the BCSS - Victoria Transitions conference  on "How Families Can Help"

July 3, 2010

book signing at Washington DC conference of National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)

July 8, 2010 

featured speaker, "Empowering Parents: How We Can Help the Parents of Children with Serious Mental Illnesses" sponsored by the Schizophrenia Society of Ontario - Ottawa Region

Oct. 26, 2010 

presentation for Vancouver Police Dept. (with BCSS)

Nov. 25, 2010 

featured speaker at Jewish Book Festival at Jewish Community Centre

Vancouver

January 18, 2011

"Supporting Families of People with Serious Mental Illnesses" sponsored by CMHA - BC, BCSS – Vancouver/Richmond, and Richmond Public Library

April 8, 2011 

opening speaker, "Ten Ways You Can Support the Parents of People with Schizophrenia" for the University of British Columbia's annual Clinical Neuroscience Conference on Schizophrenia

April 30, 2011

speaker on family perspectives for panel on "Responding to Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder - Past, Present, Future" at 6th annual Family Conference at Vancouver General Hospital

May 5, 2011

keynote speaker, “Supporting the Families of People with Serious Mental Illnesses," at Nanaimo Journey of Hope, The Winding Road conference sponsored by Vancouver Island Health Authority and BCSS Nanaimo

July 9, 2011

signed books at “Meet the Author” at NAMI conference in Chicago Hilton

August 16, 2011

keynote speaker, “Supporting Families of People Living with Mental Illnesses,” an event sponsored by BCSS Vernon

Sept. 25, 2011

keynote speaker, “Parenting Someone with Schizophrenia – Why It’s So Hard and How We Can Make It Better” BC Schizophrenia Society, Radisson Hotel - Richmond

Sept. 29, 2011

keynote speaker, “How You Can Support the Parents of People with Schizophrenia”19th Annual Schizophrenia Conference - Edmonton, Alberta - Chateau Lacombe

Oct. 21, 2011

workshop, “How Counsellors Can Support Students with Psychotic Disorders and Their Families” annual conference of the BS School Counsellors Association, Coast Plaza, Vancouver

Oct. 28, 2011

keynote speaker, “What Parents of People with Psychotic Disorders Need from Nurses” biannual conference of the Canadian Federation of Mental Health Nurses, Sheraton Centre, Toronto

Articles

"So, Where's the Gift" in Facts and Arguments,  Globe and Mail,  Oct. 9, 2002

"Learning to Be a Different Kind of Parent" VISIONS magazine, CMHA-BC, Summer 2004

"Time for Hollywood to Ground Freud" The Tyee, Feb. 24, 2005

"Screening Mental Illness" The Tyee, May 11, 2005

"The Power of Motherhood" The Province, May 14, 2006

"Recovery for Families" On Our Way: Recovery News, Spring 2009

"Help Us Help Our Children" The Tyee, Sept. 3, 2010

"Acknowledging Serious Mental Illnesses" BC Teacher Newsmagazine, May/June 2010

"Mark Vonnegut's Sane Response to Psychosis" The Tyee, Oct. 6, 2010

“The Right to Be Sane” The National Post, July 29, 2011

“Suppressing Schizophrenia – schizophrenia is invisible in Canada's new mental health strategy”

The Tyee, August 29, 2011

Article about Susan Inman:

“Susan Inman – Mother, Caregiver, Advocate” feature article by Patricia Teskey in SZ Magazine

 Winter, 2011