Please be reminded that you are invited to a free public screening tonight
(Jan.21-7:00PM) of the film Away From Her, starring Julie Christie and
Gordon Pinsent. Complimentary refreshments will be available at the break,
followed by a panel discussion led by patient representatives and experts
in public and mental health, bioethics, psychiatry and psychology. The
event will be held at the Halifax Infirmary, 1796 Summer Street, inside
the Royal Bank Theatre. This is the first of a four-part film series
hosted by Novel Tech Ethics (Dept. of Bioethics, Dalhousie University)
that also includes:

Date: Jan.21, 2008 (7:00PM)
Movie: Away From Her
Topics: Alzheimer’s disease, Memory, Nursing home care
Facilitators: Keri-Leigh Cassidy, Barbara Mulrooney, Lynette Reid
Location: QEII Royal Bank Theatre, main floor of the Halifax
Infirmary, 1796 Summer St.

Date: Jan.28, 2008 (7:00PM)
Movie: Awakenings
Topics: Catatonia, Dementia, Medical research, Institutional care
Facilitators: Lara Hazelton, Lynette Reid, Donald Sullivan
Location: QEII Royal Bank Theatre, main floor of the Halifax
Infirmary, 1796 Summer St.

Date: Feb.4, 2008 (7:00PM)
Movie: What’s Eating Gilbert Grape
Topics: Developmental disability, Suicide, Eating disorder,
Family care
Facilitators: Alice Evans, Lynette Reid, Suzanne Zinck
Location: QEII Royal Bank Theatre, main floor of the Halifax
Infirmary, 1796 Summer St.

Date: Feb.11, 2008 (7:00PM)
Movie: Thumbsucker
Topic: ADHD/ADD, Drug abuse, Family relationships
Facilitators: Erica Baker, Richard MacNeil, Lynette Reid
Location: QEII Royal Bank Theatre, Halifax Infirmary, 1796 Summer St.

For more information, check the website:
http://www.noveltechethics.ca