MINDFULNESS COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE
Meetings are held Mondays from 7:00 - 8:00 pm on the following dates: September 28, October 26, November 30, December 21*, January 25, February 22, March 29, April 26
Download the flyer: Fall/Winter 2020/21**
Facilitator: Shelley Murphy
This monthly Mindfulness Community of Practice meeting is open to teachers, educators, teacher candidates, and teacher educators interested in being a part of an ongoing community of support focused on: (1) cultivating and deepening a personal mindfulness practice; (2) sharing understandings and experiences; (3) engaging in critical inquiry and reflection; (4) exploring pedagogical applications of mindfulness; (5) engaging in opportunities for discussion and ongoing connection.
In each meeting, we will have:
- an opening mindfulness practice
- a brief discussion focused on a different theme each month to help us deepen understanding of a particular aspect of mindfulness practice and teaching
- an opportunity to share and discuss experiences, challenges, questions related to mindfulness practice
- a closing mindfulness practice
Shelley Murphy, PhD, is a former classroom teacher and a lecturer and researcher at OISE, University of Toronto. She has extensive training in the science and practice of trauma-sensitive mindfulness and has been a mindfulness practitioner and educator for over 20 years. Shelley developed and teaches the Mindfulness in Education course at OISE and is the recipient of A Mindful Society’s 2019 Michele Chaban Spirit of Leadership Award for her work and research in the field. Her book on mindfulness for children in classroom settings and beyond, Fostering Mindfulness, was published by Pembroke in 2019.
Monthly Mindfulness Community of Practice Meetings will be held from September until April on the last Monday of each month* from 7 PM-8 PM.
Use the following links to register for each session:
Register for the February 22 session
Register for the March 29 session
Register for the April 26 session
**From the Government of Canada, https://wet-boew.github.io/wet-boew-legacy/v3.0/demos/archived/archived-en.html. Information identified as archived is provided for reference, research or record keeping purposes. It is not subject to the Government of Canada Web Standards and has not been altered or updated since it was archived. Please contact us at oise.wellness@utoronto.ca to request a format other than those available.