Karen Chan

Graffiti girl & nurse. Founder of Healthy Art Project- Kenya/Canada. Community arts NPO. #artivist. art is my weapon. upcoming author of #boyzdocry Kid Kibera.

[Karen Chan @HARTproject]

🎈👩🏿‍⚕️ #Rape is a medical emergency. @UHN #me5.
I know. Do u?! ♣️
Dear @KTNNewsKE @UN @germandoctors.
#freekaren
@UN I need asylum 🇨🇦abuse, confinement, lack of duty to care, neglect, assault causing bodily harm. @JustinTrudeau @TOPublicHealth @VCHClinicalEd killed this CEO.

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It has been so wonderful to act again.
Thank you Pachinko for your beautiful awe inspiring set.

Instead of always pursuing caring or acting for change or social impact.

Lately, it has been mostly about joy and also a lot of grief.

Dr. Barry Mitchell f…https://t.co/tH7038dOf0

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☄️I am a big fan of remote medicine! https://t.co/g17p2d2TYf

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It has been fragile and fierce.
This song by Eva Cassidy brings up so many memories of beautiful wide open fields in Malawi and Tanzania.

Often we would share a shy smile.

They would say, “mzungu hi!”

https://t.co/5IIOFzCVxC

It has been really wonder…https://t.co/BeZ8XGrnLU

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#lucky8
For the last almost seven months, I have been covering my own story of occasionally thriving and deep diving into 10 years of vicarious trauma and preventing violence….

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through behind the scenes photos.

It’s incredibly apparent that this ye…https://t.co/l4AHnPOWzs

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I have decided to file a human rights complaint against University Health Network instead of seeking care there.

And just learn how to play this song on drums.

Sandi Thom #humanrights https://t.co/Hvjeo3ys0B

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Check this out! Hooray for content that encouraged love and acceptance to kids!

#madeinthesix

Lopii Productions Inc. https://t.co/DfmeXOWR8l

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How do we increase funding for women of colour to teach young shy nurses with an innovative heart to speak?

In nursing school, I was bullied and almost failed my medical surgical placement. After nursing school, I founded Healthy Art Project, and began…https://t.co/7vY65x0MzS

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I have been researching the impacts of psychedelics and dance on healing humanitarian trauma.

One of my favourite activities when I lived in the Beaches area of #thesix Toronto was to slowly dance in a cemetery.

#somatictherapy…https://t.co/90U9YY4ZWk https://t.co/GIyCWaW1Ev

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Let’s buffer that super intense post I wrote with this fun video vixen pipe dream I realized with Ottawa’s filmmaking best 💋💋.

Acie Tran: cinematographer
Karen Chan🌚 a boyfriend stealing wrangler
Candy Casey: songstress covering Billie Eilish!!

#f…https://t.co/szlg3jnvGN

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Now this: Beauty in Pain is a short documentary about the power of graffiti to #healthehoods and PTSD through play that a tiny film crew created for/with me for the The University of British Columbia Nursing EDGE Film Festival.

Miguel Angel Helu "Chiyu"…https://t.co/7W7xekzJtL

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Check out this wonderful TV show I spent some time on as a COVID PA (Production Assistant)! It’s all about teaching kids and everyone who never grew up about inclusivity! https://t.co/KzxxlUnHPP

[Karen Chan @HARTproject]

Check out this child friendly resource for mental health first aid!

🌈#circleofcare https://t.co/NtfVa0StWV

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When things get hard, remember that most people in this global diaspora dance around the dark demons of loneliness, shame, depression and perhaps post pandemic economic losses.

This week for some reason, the heartbreaking suicide by self inflicted gunsho…https://t.co/okoeB5BPHj

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Hey friends!

I would love if you went and checked out the premiere of Hoarders Canada. I am so proud of the crew and grateful for the opportunity to be part of the Ottawa episode of this docuseries.

It broadcasts for free on Mak…https://t.co/JA3akxxAnR https://t.co/RbdUzMfO0p

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My paintings often mark a place or a passage in my life. Here are a series of paintings that were mostly created during the pandemic. They also bore witness translating pain into beauty.

I have been trying to find the courage to share their story and sh…https://t.co/6ATaLmKF6F

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What if I could change the law, so that police and social workers could section people to a community (sub-acute) crisis mental health clinic....instead of the emergency room?

What if we could choose to use music to silence intrusive thoughts of suicide…https://t.co/4tS8Ynt7qn

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Check out this job with Médecins du Monde ! https://t.co/DB3W2ekzLt

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Today, I remember how fortunate it is to have grown up playing sports and to have been educated to be always curious about the global diaspora. #righttoplay

Lately, I have been imagining a career shift to working in media and simply having as much fun a…https://t.co/hkaeSvUdrj

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I am revisiting this concept to amplify how we might use #thepowerof somatic dance to combat police violence and sexual violence through playing with "the enemy."

#Dancersinthepark (13' Continents Apart)....

This was part of an…https://t.co/4eUdxWCyGW https://t.co/ImXn98WQmg

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Neat! https://t.co/ulu0rxy10r