Are you ready to deepen your understanding of disability awareness and inclusion in the workplace? Join this interactive virtual workshop developed specifically for Faculty of Medicine faculty and staff members by postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Jon Breen.
Join the second REDI Empower Hour session on Thursday, October 13th, from 12:00 to 1:00 PM. How do we move from awareness and self-reflection to actions to eliminate racism in our community? How do we transition from passive “not racist” to “anti-racist”? In this session facilitated by Dr. Neila Miled, we will open the conversation on different strategies to engage deeply with anti-racism and become true allies and anti-racists.
In this second session of the Indigenous Speaker Series, we will have a conversation with Dr. Danièle Behn Smith, Deputy Provincial Health Officer, Indigenous Health and listen to her unique perspective on how health and academic systems can best approach the work in relation to the processes of Truth and Reconciliation.
Please join us on Tuesday, October 25th for It Starts With Us: Rock the Boat. This session will demonstrate a resource using Research-based Theatre (RbT) that will illustrate the challenges that arise from the inherent power dynamics in supervisory relationships and will prompt dialogue about how to foster healthy and respectful supervisory relationships and improve wellbeing for all involved parties.
IBPOC Voices is a new monthly series led by Dr. Neila Miled the anti-racism Advisor. It is an opportunity to meet and have a conversation with guests who identify as Indigenous, Black and people of color. In this first session we will have a conversation with Dr. Adrian Yee, the Director of Curriculum, within the Undergraduate Medical Education (UGME) Program.
In this third session of the Indigenous Speaker Series, we will learn about the work and leadership of GC Doug Kelly in the creation of the First Nations Health Authority, and his experiences and insights as the former Chair of the First Nations Health Council. GC Kelly will reflect on what we can learn about the self-determination of BC First Nations, what’s needed to strengthen the work in relation to Truth and Reconciliation, and how health and academic systems can better plan and respond to the unique needs of First Nations in BC.
In this session we will have an in-depth conversation regarding respectful environments and the different options to report respectful environment concerns.
Join us virtually on Wednesday, December 7th, 2022 from 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm (PST), for “We Are All That Is Possible: Indigenous Principles and Perspectives of Disability & Belonging” with with Joanne Mills, Vice President of Quality Services & Indigenous Relations at Community Living British Columbia. Joanne Mills is a proud Cree woman from Ochekwi-Sipi Fisher River Cree Nation, a signatory to Treaty 5 in Manitoba. She’s been a force of change and purpose for Indigenous peoples who have for too long been marginalized and labeled as living with developmental disabilities. In this fourth session of the Indigenous Speaker Series, we will have an opportunity to better inform our sensibilities and perceptions about Indigenous peoples whom are both challenged with, and gifted with, developmental disabilities.
In this second session of the IBPOC Voices series, we will have a conversation with Dr. Kiran Veerapen, Assistant Dean of Faculty Development, and Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Medicine. She is committed to remaining responsive to emerging needs in undergraduate and postgraduate education in the Faculty of Medicine.
Join us for “IBPOC Voices: A Conversation with Dr. Anita Palepu”. Anita Palepu, MD, MPH, FRCPC, MACP, FCAHS is a Professor and Eric W. Hamber Chair, Department of Medicine at UBC and Providence Health Care.
Diagnosing Truth, Healing and Conciliation Inside BC Health Care Systems with Dr. Danièle Behn Smith