Tag: peer support
-
Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice
A Book Review by The PeerWorks Peer Book Club For our second book, the Peer Book Club read Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice (2018), a powerful collection of essays by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha that delves into the lived realities and political vision of the Disability Justice movement. Within this book, focused on documenting “a movement…
-
Peer Book Club: Mutual Aid
I’m excited to share that the PeerWorks Peer Book Club is back for 2026 — with our first meeting taking place on March 4! This time we will be reading the book Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next), by Dean Spade (2020). We will meet every two weeks over Zoom, on Wednesdays from 6:00-8:00pm (Eastern…
-
Peer Support Futures
My essay, “Peer Support Futures” has been published in The Perch, an open-access (free to read) creative arts mental health journal, published by the Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health. Read “Peer Support Futures” online This paper is based on my previous major research paper “Dreaming Peer Support Futures“, and is an exploration of…
-
Peer Book Club – Fall 2025
I’m excited to share that the PeerWorks Peer Book Club is back for the Fall — with our first meeting taking place on October 7! The Peer Book Club will meet every two weeks over Zoom, on Tuesdays from 6:00-7:30pm (Eastern Time). Instead of reading a full book, this round of the book club will…
-
Trends & Emerging Issues in Peer Support
Following the 2025 PeerWorks and Peer Support Canada conference in May, I have been reflecting on what I understand to be some key emerging issues and trends for the peer support sector in Ontario and beyond — early indicators of change with the potential to dramatically shape what the sector will look like in the…
-
Peer Book Club
I’m excited to share the next book we will be reading for the Peer Book Club I co-facilitate with PeerWorks — Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice (2018) by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha! The Peer Book Club will meet every two weeks over Zoom, on Mondays from 6:00-7:30pm (Eastern Time). Our first meeting will be on March…
-
Claiming “Peer”: What’s in a Word?
On Tuesday February 4, I will be presenting at the annual Peer Support Strong conference, hosted by PeerWorks and the Lived Experience & Recovery Network (LERN). This conference is fully virtual and free to attend. Watch the Recording My presentation will explore the various ways “peerness” has been conceptualized in peer support literature and practice,…
-
Peer Futures Reading List
In celebration of the new year, I thought I would share a list of 10 books I am looking forward to reading (or re-reading) in 2025, related to peerness / community care, futurity, and peer futures. Care Work:Dreaming Disability Justice Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha2018 Inara:Light of Utopia Mx. Yaffa AS (Editor)2024 Living Disability:Building Accessible Futures for…
-
Mapping Peer Support Futures
On February 27, I facilitated a workshop for PeerWorks members with the goal of mapping the future of mental health peer support and outlining possible scenarios. This workshop was attended by 6 peer workers, primarily from Ontario. Below is a summary of some of our discussions. [A short summary of the results from this workshop…
-
Peer Support Futures: Conference Presentation
On February 6, I will be doing a presentation on my research on peer support futures as a part of the 4th annual virtual Peer Support Strong conference, hosted by PeerWorks and the Lived Experience & Recovery Network. Introducing Peer Support Futures: On Hope, Dream, and Building Utopia Tuesday, February 62:00 – 2:45 Eastern Time…
calvin prowse 