Contact! Unload is a project combined of scholars (including ECPS faculty), veterans, and community artists to illuminate the unique experiences of veterans transitioning back into civilian life.
Thursday, June 16, 2016 | 5:30 – 8:00 PM
The Foster Eastman Gallery
1445 West Georgia St., Vancouver
This special night offers an intimate experience highlighting reflections from project leads, a reading of the Contact! Unload performance, panel discussions with veterans, followed by a reception.
Friday, June 17, 2016 | 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
UBC Point Grey Campus, Ponderosa Commons – Room 1009
6445 University Boulevard, Vancouver
Panels with Counselling Psychology scholars, community artists, audience members, and men’s health experts.
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FREE ADMISSION – please RSVP with intended number of guests.
Contact! Unload is part of the Man/Art/Action project, which aims to extend our knowledge of working with Canadian veterans by pursuing a non-traditional approach of drama and visual art as an innovative intervention for male veterans.
Through the process of combining narratives of the veteran’s lived experiences within the context of a carefully scaffolded action-based arts process, veterans are able to engage with the emotional, physical and cognitive.
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The project debuted at Studio 1398 on Vancouver’s Granville Island in the spring of 2015 to three sold-out performances. The impact of Contact! Unload generated international interest whereby the company was invited to perform at Canada House in London, England in November 2016 and included multiple performances to audiences, including: international scholars, dignitaries, international military leaders and, HRH Prince Harry. Contact! Unload will also be performing this September in Ottawa on Parliament Hill.
This project is funded by the Movember Foundation through the Men’s Depression and Suicide Network.
