Every Monday, we send subscribers and gift recipients of immigrant mental health and storytelling newsletter Foreign Bodies stories we recently inhaled and adored. This is also a chance to do some housekeeping and give shout-outs and all that jazz. Roundups are usually written by Fiza and edited by Farah.
First things first
A little housekeeping
On the hunt for 2022 book giveaway recommendations 📚
Good morning, Foreign Bodies readers! Hope you all had a safe and cozy weekend wherever you are. I’m amping up the list of book giveaways for 2022 and excited to hear about the novels and collections you’re itching to read! Send in your recs—especially if they’re your own works! 😉
A musical start to your Mondays 🎧
One song to groove to, cry to, drive to and share
This week’s pick, recommended by reader Jaylyn R., is the Jamaican music group, The Skatalites. According to last.fm, the group, which was founded in 1964 in Kingston, Jamaica, is best known for popularizing ska, “the first truly Jamaican music created by fusing boogie-woogie blues, rhythm and blues, jazz, mento, calypso, and African rhythms.”
Resource(s) of the week
Something helpful and interesting and cool (*storytelling opportunity)
The Immigrant and Refugee Mental Health online course: A set of free six-week virtual courses for providers across Canada with two separate course streams, one of which is designed for settlement workers and social service providers and another for health care providers. Enrollment for the fall is closed, but you can add your name to the email list to be notified when registration opens for the next course! More about the offering here.
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