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Ishaa Vinod Chopra is the author of ‘Finding Order in Disorder’, a memoir exploring her journey with bipolar disorder, domestic abuse and art therapy while exploring therapeutic coping strategies of Dance, Art, Yoga, and ‘Mad Poetry.’
Ishaa is pursuing a Thesis for a Master of Science in Critical Family & Kinship Studies with an Interdisciplinary focus on Gender, Sexualities and Bodies at the University of Guelph, Canada. Her academic background spans Performing Arts and Early Childhood Education.
As an artist-scholar, her work has been featured in York University’s thesis ‘Unfinished’, Workman Arts Organization programming, Rendezvous with Madness, Stella’s Place film festivals and Academic Conferences e.g Children’s Mental Health Ontario-CMHO, eMHIC & ISPS-US.
Her writing, inspired by her Supervisor, Dr. Adam W.J. Davies, has appeared in AECEO’s eceLINK journal. Founder of the Non-Profit Finding Order in Disorder, her projects include hybrid podcasts, therapeutic dance and community engagement for mental well-being.
Cultural Dance Movement for Latin, Indian Classical and Folk dances
Book readings exploring mental well-being, therapeutic arts, and poetry
Explorations of themes of mental well-being, therapeutic dance, expressive arts, yoga, family relations, mental health , memoir writing and journaling as a means of catharsis.
Explorations of themes of mental well-being, therapeutic dance, expressive arts, yoga, family relations, mental health , memoir writing and journaling as a means of catharsis. This will be approached in a culturally sensitive manner as the author is a Registered Early Childhood Educator who is racialized herself.
There will be a safe space for belonging and expression: part of the workshop will include a Q and A section for open-ended dialouge for community arts engagement.
