The intersection of science and spirit in psychedelics research
Event date: -
Event type: Single day (a day or less)
On Earth Day 2021, this webinar will feature a conversation among key scholars and practitioners in the psychedelics field, discussing their viewpoints on the relationship between Western scientific concepts and traditional/metaphysical concepts of spirituality in psychedelics research.
Speakers:
- Dawn Davis, PhD Candidate - Law, Management, and Policy, University of Idaho
- Joe Tafur, MD - Integrative Medicine activist and author
- Keith McCoy, MD - Psychiatrist and public behavioral health policy expert
Moderator: Anne Vallely, PhD - Associate Professor, Classics and Religious Studies, University of Ottawa
This is the first webinar in a series leading up to From Research to Reality, a global summit on psychedelic-assisted therapies and medicine being planned by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) in collaboration with the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) and the Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC). For more information see: https://www.eenet.ca/initiativ...webinar-series#about
A recording of the webinar "The intersection of science and spirit in psychedelics research" is now available here:
https://www.eenet.ca/resource/...sychedelics-research
Panelists explore themes including the chemical vs. sacred properties of plants, Indigenous religious rights and cultural appropriation of psychedelic healing rituals, the psychedelics decriminalization movement, and the conservation of plants with psychedelic/healing properties.