David Granirer
 | This article contains promotional content. (July 2010) |
| David Granirer | |
|---|---|
| Medium | Stand-up |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Genres | Satire, Observational comedy |
David Granirer is a counselor, stand-up comic and the author. He is the founder of Stand Up For Mental Health.
Granirer advocates for the de-stigmatization of mental illness and speaks openly about his experience with depression.[1] In his programs, Stand Up For Mental Health, he teaches stand-up comedy to people with mental illness as a way of increasing their self-esteem and allowing them to change their perception of their mental health journeys.[2] At the end of each class, the groups perform a graduation show that aims to reduce stigma, discrimination, and prejudice surrounding mental illness, while encouraging people to talk about it.
He is also teaches stand-up comedy classes at Langara College in Vancouver and is a public speaker who presents Fighting Stigma in the Workplace and Laughter in the Workplace.[3][4]
His father and grandparents were Romanian Jews who survived concentration camps.[5]
References
- ^ video: David Granirer's Take on Stigma at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TUCjBWV7IA
- ^ Cuddington, A., (2009). Cracking Up, Mental illness and stand up comedy: a social representations approach to anti-stigma resistance. Retrieved from http://www.standupformentalhealth.com/documents/Cracking-Up-Mental-Illness-and-Stand-Up-Comedy-A-Social-Representations-Approach-to-Anti-Stigma-Resistance.pdf on May 17, 2010
- ^ David Granirer Mental Health Consulting, http://www.granirer.com/about_david.html Archived 2009-07-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ About David Granirer, http://www.standupformentalhealth.com/aboutdavid.shtml
- ^ "Depressingly Funny". 21 October 2006.