The R2 Resilience Program
BC Council for Families presents The R2 Resilience Program® — developed by Dr. Michael Unger and colleagues at the Resilience Research Centre in Nova Scotia — is a simple research-based framework that helps identify and strengthen protective factors that can build stamina. This lunchtime series will begin with an introduction of the R2 Resilience Program® […]
World Wetland Day Webinar
Cost: Free Location: Online via Zoom Did you know that wetlands are one of Canada's most imperiled and vital ecosystems? It is estimated that nearly 64% of the world’s wetlands have disappeared since 1990. Wetlands provide several vital “ecosystem services'' to humans, including improving water quality (through filtration), reducing the impacts of floods (by storing […]
Moving from Intergenerational Violence to Healthy Indigenous Pathways-Panel
This is a 4-part workshop series culminating in a panel on February 10th designed for CIAFV members and other frontline service providers. This session will be guided through oral teachings on Fri, 10 February 2023, from 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM MST. The teachings will be provided outlining the cultural understanding of natural laws and […]
Reconciliation Hearts (Burnaby, BC, Canada)
This workshop blends fabric art, learning about Indigenous issues, and gift-making. Participants will explore Indigenous truth and reconciliation and make fabric hearts for donating to the Indian Residential School Survivors Society. For more information, visit their website or follow them on Facebook and Instagram @Strideburnabyarts. Sign up HERE
Remembering the MMIWG
On February 14th in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver community gathers to remember and honour the missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. Started 30 years ago as a mother mourned her daughter who was murdered on Powell Street, the annual event winds through the neighbourhood stopping at places where women were last seen or […]
Virtual Indigenous Engagement Circles to Create a Vision for Diabetes
During this one-hour engagement event, the IDEA Diabetes team will share information about Bill C-237, An Act to Establish a National Framework for Diabetes, and the current separate Indigenous engagement process underway to inform this national framework process. The facilitators will provide information about how Indigenous people from coast-to-coast-to-coast can join the conversation and contribute their […]
