Heroines’ Journey—Refugee Women and Music Therapy
CANADIAN FEDERATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN: BRANTFORD – FÉDÉRATION CANADIENNE DES FEMMES DIPLOMÉES DES UNIVERSITÉS
MARCH 27, 2013
“Music can be a powerful, healing force” Heidi Ahonen, PhD.
Music and Women—come to what promises to be a fascinating and informative evening. Ms. Ahonen is a Professor of Music Therapy and director of the Manfred and Penny Conrad Institute for Music Therapy at Wilfrid Laurier University. Ms. Ahonen provides a safe and nurturing environment for community members who participate in her sessions to explore emotions that are sometimes too difficult to express with words.
In her presentation “Heroines’ Journey—Refugee Women and Music Therapy”, Ahonen will be presenting her most recent work with refugee women and their exploration through the music of feelings of loneliness, fear, guilt and loss.
Join Us for Lenten Lunch Conversations
Mondays in Lent 
Noon—1 pm
In the Midst of Life: Pastoral Care, Worship and Music
This year the Kanata Centre for Worship and Global Song will host conversations that explore the relationship between pastoral care and music, and pastoral care and worship. Each Monday of Lent, the presenter will provide a 20 – 30 minute talk and the remainder of the hour will be conversation around the topic of the day. You are welcome to bring your lunch; coffee will be provided.
February 27 ~ Pastoral Care and Worship
Dr. Kristine Lund, Director of Spiritual Care & Counselling, WLS
March 5 ~ Worship planning from the pastoral care perspective
Rev. Nancy Kelly & Lilla Hall, St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
March 12 ~ Music and Spirituality in Palliative Care
Dr Colin Lee, Professor of Music Therapy, WLU
March 19 ~ Heroine’s Journey: Narrative therapy and group analytic
music therapy with refugee women in Canada
Heidi Ahonen, PhD, Professor of Music Therapy, WLU
March 26 ~ Worship and Pastoral Care
Rev. James Brown, Christ Lutheran Church, Waterloo &
Debbie Lou Ludolph, Dean of the Chapel, WLS
Free and open to the public
Keffer Chapel, Waterloo Lutheran Seminary
For more information: contact Dorinda Kruger Allen
dkrugerallen@wlu.ca or 519-884-0710 ext. 3241
Sponsored by the Kanata Centre for Worship and
Global Song, Waterloo Lutheran Seminary
5TH Annual Woman Abuse Awareness Event
“The Healing Power of Music”
Thursday, November 17th, 2011
At Whistle Bear Golf Club
1316 Dickie Settlement Road, Cambridge
Doors Open at 5:15 p.m.
Dinner Served at 5:30 p.m
Featuring One of Canada’s Most Accomplished Singer/Songwriters: Lynn Miles
“Lynn Miles is a musician in the rarest sense of the word,an unmistakable talent, an eye for both the subtle and sweet that can only be unearthed with experience..”
Also: Guest Speaker, Heidi Ahonen, PhD, Director of the Manfred & Penny Conrad Institute for Music Therapy Research
And: The Woman to Woman Choir
-FREE EVENT – Supper Included – Cash Bar – Door Prizes – Tables of 8 available – RSVP by November 9th sherry.macintyre@wcswr.org or to (519) 741-9184,ext 2000
Event Sponsors:
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