Past Sessions

May 4th, 2023 – The Past, Present and Co-Developed Future of Services for Children and Youth with Support Needs with Danielle Smith & Molly Fredeen

This webinar is about supports and services for children and youth with support needs (CYSN). We will share the story of how CYSN services came to be, who accesses them now, and the government’s responsibility to children and youth with support needs and their families. We will discuss what that story tells us about changes […]

April 6th, 2023 – Supporting our Two Spirit Friends and Relatives: The importance of allyship in healing

The Indian Residential School Survivors Society (IRSSS) in collaboration with UBC Learning Circle will be hosting a conversation about the importance of cultivating safe spaces for 2SLGBTQ+ people for healing. We will be centering our shift as a society to consciously make space for our people who are frequently forgotten about in healing spaces. This […]

April 11th, 2023 – Children’s Health and Wellbeing Assessment: A strengths-based app to measure FNIM children’s well-being with Dr. Nancy Young and Emily McDonald

The presentation will focus on the Aaniish Naa Gegii: the Children’s Health and Well-being Measure© (ACHWM), a strengths-based and culturally relevant app developed to measure the health and well-being of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis (FNIM) children. It will delve into the application of the ACHWM as a culturally safe assessment tool to gather local […]

March 14th, 2023 – A Poem is a Possibility: writing toward a healthy outlook With Rena Priest

This offering looks at poetry as a tool for shifting the lens through which we view the world, and writing our way into new patterns of seeing. We’ll do writing exercises and hear poems that move through possibility toward discovery and affirmations of strength. Thank you for your interest and participation! This session’s video is […]

March 6th, 2023 – Dancing Through: An Indigenous Woman’s Journey through Cancer

Join us for a special screening of this documentary following Madelaine McCallum’s journey as an Indigenous woman grappling with a cancer diagnosis, navigating the western medical system, and ultimately using the power of dance to guide her through. Following the film screening, Madelaine and other guests Warren Clarmont from BC Cancer Agency and Dr Unjali […]

February 28th, 2023 – Art makes tangible the pain inside our bodies, revealing and healing oppression with Sharifah Marsden

Trauma survivors are often threatened with their very lives if they say the words that describe the trauma. When words are too painful to find or speak, art softly sits down next to us and whispers “this is the way out,” safely making tangible what we hold inside our bodies. Art turns intense and dense […]

February 7th, 2023 – Unlearning and undoing systemic white supremacy and Indigenous-specific racism within the BC Office of the Provincial Health Officer With Dr. Kate Jongbloed and Dr. Danièle Behn Smith

In this Learning Circle we have Dr. Kate Jongbloed and Dr. Danièle Behn Smith talking about the BC Office of the Provincial Health Officer’s Project presents how to undo and unlearn white supremacy and Indigenous-specific racism. This project has clear instructions from the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the Truth and […]

February 2nd, 2023 – First Peoples’ Cultural Council: Revitalizing First Nations languages, arts and cultural heritage

This webinar will introduce you to the First Peoples’ Cultural Council, a unique organization in Canada and worldwide, that is a recognized leader in the revitalization of First Nations languages, arts and cultural heritage. This webinar will focus on the work of the organization in supporting language revitalization for First Nations in B.C. Thank you […]

February 16th, 2023 – Indigenous Health Administration and Leadership Program (IHALP): 2023 Information Session

Join us for the 2023 Indigenous Health Administration and Leadership Program information session! Learn about the IHALP certificate program that is designed to support Indigenous organizations and communities to build strength-based, holistic programming that promotes health and well being. Learn about Indigenous communities and their own measures for success and unique cultural and geographical […]

January 18th, 2023 – Everything is Health: A Knowledge Translation Podcast with Madeline Elder and Nick Ubels

Join Maddie and Nick in conversation about Everything is Health, a podcast they made to summarize current research being done about health on the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver. This is part of the UBC Learning Exchange’s Making Research Accessible Initiative, seeking to build respectful and reciprocal relationships between the UBC and DTES communities. Maddie and […]