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Ethan Cabel » [email protected] “My main job is to promote hope,” Ros- newS PrODUcTiOn eDitor sowski said. Matt Preprost » [email protected] Rossowski is the founder of Cinesanity, a project that started in 2008. Cinesanity is a pro- arSTUT anD cUL re eDitor Nicholas Friesen [email protected] gram that screens one film on the fourth Mon- » day of every month at Micah House. Their mis- cOMMents eDitor sion statement is to teach the public about men- Trevor Graumann » [email protected] tal health and addiction issues. Listings cO-OrDinaTOr Kent Davies » [email protected] “Since the late ‘60s, in terms caMPUS BeaT rePOrTer of treatment, we have become Vacant much more humane.” BeaT rePOrTer Chris Hunter [email protected] - STan RossowSKi, founDer, cineSaniTy » BeaT rePOrTer Anne Thomas [email protected] As a volunteer for the past 20 years, Ros- » sowski has seen a lot of change in the mental BeaT rePOrTer wellness community, both in terminology and Vacant in treatment. cULTUre rePOrTer “Since the late ‘60s, in terms of treatment, we Aaron Snider » [email protected] have become much more humane,” he said. However, the mental wellness community is “still dealing with stigma and a lack of under- C roNTrIBUTo S: standing in a big way,” he cautioned. DYLAN HEWLETT “Often people just need a little human con- a s one of winnipeg's biggest mental health advocates, Stan rossowski has founded film festivalc ineSanity, while also tact,” Rossowski said. working for Dual recovery anonymous, and creating other media projects. a randa adams, Kaeleigh ayre, Rossowski practices this philosophy with all Jessica Botelho-Urbanski, the volunteer initiatives he works with - and homeless participants are given cameras to tell Throughout everything he does, Rossowski clara Buelow, Jonas czok, Kelly those extend beyond Cinesanity. their story. said he maintains a positive outlook paired with Rossowski volunteers as a sponsor for Dual Rossowski’s work as a professional photog- a “belief in recovery and that people can change Gorkoff, amy Groening, natasha Recovery Anonymous, an independent 12-step rapher has helped him look at mental wellness and become stronger.” havrilenko, Dunja Kovacevic, support group for people with a dual-diagno- through many different lenses. 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There's a 515 Portage Avenue lot of knowledge that Winnipeg, Manitoba r3b 2E9 midwives have that's different from what doctors have.” Mouseland Press Board of directors: Michael rac (chair), alex Freedman, Ben wickstrom, Kelly ross, Karmen wells, Peter ives, robert Galston and Sara McGregor. For inquiries e-mail: [email protected] News 03 www.UniTer.ca O CtObEr 13, 2011 The UniTer News l ocal CEOs for downtown hypocrisy? News Briefs c ompiled by Jon Sorokowski critics and advocates sound off on the controversial ceO Sleepout amy groeNINg NhL WelcoMe baCk ParTy volUNTeer staff draWs TeNs of ThousaNds The Forks played host to a six-hour party that welcomed back the winni- “The BIZ doesn’t care about homeless peo- peg Jets last Thursday. Tens of thou- ple. They care about shopping.” sands of fans packed the Forks to see So states a pamphlet distributed by pro- bands inward eye, Three Days Grace testers at the Downtown Business Improve- and Bachman & Turner at the national ment Zone’s CEOs for Downtown Sleepout hockey League-organized event. even on Thursday, Sept. 29. Dancing Gabe attended the festivities. The sleepout was part of a campaign to There were activities for all ages, from raise awareness and funds for programs to road hockey and photo opportunities get people off the streets and into perma- to Jets autographs and beer tents. nent jobs. Forty Winnipeg CEOs pledged to Police mingled among the crowd to spend a night sleeping on the streets in a bid “ensure they’re having a good time,” to raise $100,000. police chief Keith Mccaskill told the During the event, protestors swarmed the winnipeg Free Press. CEOs, handing out flyers and briefly gain- ing control of the microphone. Some dressed NeW doWNToWN up as members of the Downtown Watch and Parkades oN The Way told the CEOs to “move along,” to demon- The Longboat Development cor- strate how people who live on the streets are poration has agreed with the city to build a 464-stall downtown parkade. sometimes treated. C WLAYTON INTER Owen Toews, a participant in the inter- a lthough 40 of winnipeg's top-ranked ceOs, including Stefano Grande (above), raised more than $100,000 The city will loan Longboat $5 million ruption of the event, said the government’s during a recent publicity stunt by sleeping outside for a night, critics charge the event does little to address to build the parkade with the under- standing that Longboat will repay as move to cut taxes for CEOs while simultane- corporate tax cuts and social spending funding. ously decreasing investments in social spend- soon as possible, the w innipeg Free ing increases corporate profit while keeping Press reported. The city’s loan comes people on the streets. Downtown BIZ and Downtown Watch are said.