HART Project

HART Project Karen Chan, artist/nurse, founded Human Art Randomized Trial 🎥 to tell stories often left untold! as an outsider. In 2012, I became a registered nurse.

In 2009, I started drawing random people (of all sorts) from Hastings Street in an effort to change perceptions of the infamous Downtown Eastside (DTES) in inner city Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. My sense of fear quickly jumped out the window, and I began to try to see the community through its own eyes vs. My desire to advocate for understanding of a thriving community and not judgment or

fear grows each day. Featured in the Vancouver Observer: http://www.vancouverobserver.com/blogs/thescene/2011/09/01/six-drawings-capture-complexity-and-humanity-vancouvers-downtown-eastside

05/30/2026

A test!! How do I become an influencer and score authentic brand deals!? 🙃 💰

. Mural by me, using
05/17/2026

. Mural by me, using

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05/17/2026

Art by .

05/16/2026

Shannon’s Law loading

05/15/2026

A press release *trigger warning for violence against humanitarians seeking care in ERs.
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It is simply unacceptable that hospitals keep issuing me, the founder of HART Project disabling and nursing career endin...
05/14/2026

It is simply unacceptable that hospitals keep issuing me, the founder of HART Project disabling and nursing career ending violence for r**e flashbacks and endometriosis.

Please kindly expect litigation for each and every act of violence. Thank you Artists Health Centre at UHN for your care. In Toronto, so much funding is wasted on harm reduction on people that definitely need dignity/love.

What about the former street RN’s like me now living with complex PTSD?

Is it acceptable to keep facing petrifying acts of violence while recovering from the aftershocks of gender violence.

Humanitarians should never experience abuse back on home soil!

At Matartu Media Malawi, the new for profit subsidiary of Healthy Art Project -Kenya. Design & Illustration. by Karen Chan

We intend to litigate and speak out against UHN’s complete disregard for women’s health in the ER.

Please get in touch.

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Meet Murder Bear and I named him this for his frightful demeanour. At Matartu Media, we are writing a story about a nic...
05/14/2026

Meet Murder Bear and I named him this for his frightful demeanour. At Matartu Media, we are writing a story about a nicer 🐻: his name is Temoin and it stands for . He is a doctor that went a bit mad due to too much violence. What’s a bear 🐻 to do? Pick up a camera and simply 🫰 🫰 🫰 to document his recovery.

05/14/2026

Don’t have fu***ng time to deal with this / Fiorella, supervisor of “supportive housing” at the Spadina site. Fortunately for me it’s single party consent in Canada and I intend to document each incident of lack of response to violence against me by other tenants.

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