Eric Weissman

Please join us on Monday, November 25, 2024, from 10:00-11:00 for our next Experiential Science Talks, sponsored by the Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health.

Speaker

Eric Weissman, PhD
University of New Brunswick

Title

Constellations of Possibility – converting substance use disorder into lived experience scholarship

Speaker Biography

Dr. Eric Weissman, PhD, has been developing and applying a lived-experience form of scholarship to the study of homelessness, housing, and mental health since he recovered from episodic homelessness and a substance use disorder in 1996. He lived for a short time at Dignity Village, Oregon, the first legal emergency transitional campground in U.S. history, and the main site for his award-winning dissertation fieldwork completed at Concordia University in Montreal in 2013. His work is a form of community-based critical and pragmatic ethnography that asks stakeholders in housing, homelessness, mental health, and addictions, “How do you see the world, and how might you change it?”

Dr. Weissman has led community-based research on housing policies for vulnerable populations, published two books, and frequently presents internationally. Recently, he collaborated on a CIHR-funded study on COVID-19’s impact on homelessness-sector frontline workers, resulting in several publications. He is the Principal Investigator for a Canada-wide study on post-secondary student homelessness, funded by the Making the Shift Social Innovation Lab, and serves on committees focused on affordable housing and harm reduction.

*Please note this seminar will take place in English. Questions may be asked in both official languages – the moderator will translate accordingly.

How to participate

The event is virtual.

Zoom meeting ID: 898 2766 1352
Passcode: 330901