Please join us for the Toronto Health\nLibrary Association Annual General Meeting and Dinner!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This year, we will be gathering at the Queen and Beaver<\/a>, on Tuesday April 9th, at 5:30pm<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Here is a Map<\/a> to the venue located at 35 Elm St, Toronto<\/p>\n\n\n\n Why Build A Graphic Medicine Collection?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n We are delighted to have Dr. Shelley Wall as our guest\nspeaker who will introduce the field of graphic medicine (the intersection of\ncomics and healthcare), outline its relevance to narrative medicine and health\nhumanities, and point to some key resources for those interested in learning\nmore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Shelley Wall (MScBMC PhD) is an assistant professor in\nthe Biomedical Communications Graduate Program at the University of Toronto,\nwhere she teaches courses in graphic medicine as well as pathological and\nneuroanatomical illustration. She has been involved in the graphic medicine\ncommunity for many years\u2014as a creator, scholar, conference organizer, and, most\nrecently, a founding member of the Graphic Medicine International Collective.\nAs Illustrator-in-Residence in the UofT Faculty of Medicine, she offers\nworkshops in graphic medicine and other aspects of the visual health humanities\nto medical trainees and healthcare professionals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Please RSVP before Friday April 5th by submitting payment\u00a0and selecting your dinner options below. The cost to attend is $36 (members); $46 (non-members); $26 (student or retired).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Thank you to those who have already renewed their 2019 membership fees<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you still need to renew your fees, please click here<\/a>. If you prefer to pay by cash or cheque at the event, please contact Raluca Serban (treasurer@thla.ca)<\/a> directly before April 5th with your meal choices. <\/p>\n\n\n\n We look\nforward to seeing you on April 9th<\/sup>! <\/p>\n\n\n\n