Students Fiona Sauder and Megan Carty create and perform a play about healthy eating, body image
Two students from Ottawa’s Canterbury High School have created a theatre production based on overcoming unhealthy body image. The play, called “Enough: A Whimsical and Political Statement About Beauty and Self-Image,” was recently presented on the Fourth Stage of the National Arts Centre in Ottawa.
The high school seniors won a $1,500 Ontario provincial SpeakUp grant, awarded for student-led projects, and then brainstormed ideas with therapist Heidi Mack. Megan Carty was herself previously treated for eating disorders at Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario. (more…)
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