David Granirer Explained

David Granirer
Medium:Stand-up
Nationality:Canadian
Genre:Satire, Observational comedy

David Granirer is a Canadian counsellor, stand-up comic, public speaker 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] He also teaches stand-up comedy to people with mental illness at Langara College in Vancouver. He is a public speaker who presents Fighting Stigma in the Workplace and Laughter in the Workplace.[2] [3]

His father and grandparents were Romanian Jews who survived concentration camps.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. video: David Granirer's Take on Stigma at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TUCjBWV7IA
  2. David Granirer Mental Health Consulting, http://www.granirer.com/about_david.html
  3. About David Granirer, http://www.standupformentalhealth.com/aboutdavid.shtml
  4. Web site: Depressingly Funny. 21 October 2006.