David Granirer
MediumStand-up
NationalityCanadian
GenresSatire, Observational comedy

David Granirer is a counselor, stand-up comic, and the author of The Happy Neurotic: How Fear and Angst can Lead to Happiness and Success. 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 program, Stand Up For Mental Health, Granirer teaches stand-up comedy to people with mental illness. The class is intended to improve self-esteem and participants' perceptions 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 discussion on the subject.

Granirer 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

  1. ↑ video: David Granirer's Take on Stigma at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TUCjBWV7IA
  2. ↑ 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
  3. ↑ David Granirer Mental Health Consulting, http://www.granirer.com/about_david.html Archived 2009-07-03 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ About David Granirer, http://www.standupformentalhealth.com/aboutdavid.shtml
  5. ↑ "Depressingly Funny". 21 October 2006.
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