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Thank you to the Aspers

Our deepest gratitude to The Gail Asper Family Foundation and The Asper Foundation for their continued support of Artists in Healthcare. While some of our programs are suspended until is it safe to be back inside healthcare, we’re working on virtual music programming and our Art at the Bedside program continues to make art kit

MCO and AIHM to promote quality of life for thousands more Manitoban healthcare patients

“One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain,” sang Bob Marley. Songwriters may take poetic licence, especially where descriptions of their own powers are concerned, but there’s more than a little truth to Marley’s statement. Contemporary studies demonstrate music’s potential to ward off depression and lower stress-related hormones such as

2018 Annual Report

After much work and number crunching, we are proud to release the 2017-2018 Artists in Healthcare Manitoba Annual Report.

Annual Report: April 2016 – March 2017

A message from the Board Chair “On behalf of Artists in Healthcare Manitoba, I am pleased to provide you with our Annual Report for 2016/2017 In the past year, we were delighted to see the work we have done at Selkirk Mental Health Centre culminate in a Sarasvati production held at the Asper Centre for

Art Donation Program

ARTISTS IN HEALTHCARE MANITOBA LAUNCHES ART DONATION PROGRAM Please join us on November 28 at 10:30 am in the Grace Hospital Cafeteria for a launch event and refreshments. Artists in Healthcare Manitoba today announced the launch of a program that will see artwork collected for display in various health care facilities across the province. “The

Canada Summer Jobs 2015

May 20, 2015 Today, Joy Smith, Member of Parliament for Kildonan – St. Paul, announced an investment of $194,032 through the Canada Summer Jobs Program for student jobs in Kildonan – St. Paul. In total, 20 organizations will be able to hire 43 students for the summer. Canada Summer Jobs helps students gain the skills

An Odd Choir

“Yesterday at Boundary Trails Health Center I had an exceptional time singing with 3 people of varying seniority. One was a woman in her late eighties, one in her mid seventies and one was a gentleman who’s age I couldn’t tell in the thin yellow pj’s provided. We sat around in a hall that joins

Mental Health Week May 2015

“I am pleased to attach the Province of Manitoba’s proclamation of Mental Health Week 2015 signed by Minister Crothers. Please post as you see fit. For those of you undertaking specific events in honor of this week, I wish you all the best!” Donna Kadeshuk Mental Health & Spiritual Health Care Manitoba Health, Healthy Living

Bringing Music to Patients at HSC

“Art encompasses the breadth of human experience; it takes our joys and burdens and sorrows and transforms them into something beautiful,” says Dr. Ann Loewen. “Healing, medicine, and the arts all work together to contribute to the wellness of the whole person.”

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