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The Park Bench Players

Telling Stories of Living with Mental Illness with Sincerity, Humour, and Respect

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Working the Margins of Community-Based Adult Learning

Part of the book series: International Issues in Adult Education ((ADUL))

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The Park Bench Players (PBP) is a collaborative community-building project involving healthcare professionals, community volunteers, university students and individuals living with mental illness who created a play about what it is like to live with a mental illness.

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Macdonald, V. (2016). The Park Bench Players. In: Butterwick, S., Roy, C. (eds) Working the Margins of Community-Based Adult Learning. International Issues in Adult Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-483-1_12

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