Webinar

Mindfulness Based Interventions (MBIs) are emerging as promising treatments to reduce physical and emotional distress among adults and childre with chronic pain. This webinar will provide an overview of why mindfulness approaches are thought to help with chronic pain, citing both research and clinical examples, and describe an eight-week mindfulness group program specifically adapted for adolescents with chronic pain.

Get ready for Change Day, coming up on November 17! In this webinar, we’ll be hearing from some more Change Ambassador Network superstars, getting all the details on Change Quest, and talking about Join, Like & Share a Pledge Week. Don’t miss it!

This free symposium will address arthritis-specific issues in the Interior of BC. All patients, caregivers, and healthcare providers are encouraged to come and learn more about arthritis care and pain management.

Chronic pain is very common in older adults and is often under-recognized and under-treated. Treatment of pain in the elderly is complex, as multiple other variables must be considered, including the patient’s cognition, medical issues and medications. This webinar will give practitioners some practical tools to help them in the recognition and treatment of pain in the geriatric population.

Think about a situation you have faced in your caregiving role where you ended up feeling resentful and unhappy about the way it ended. Perhaps you feel like you were taken advantage of, violated, not respected and/or not heard. If this is resonating, sign up for this webinar from The Caregiver Network to hear how to handle it differently and improve your assertiveness next time.

Stemming from a history of colonialism and ongoing racism in Canada, Indigenous people continue to experience many harms when trying to access health care. This presentation will take a closer look at where and how these harms tend to occur in the system, and what we can start doing as individuals and organizations in response. Drawing on lessons learned from the San’yas Indigenous Cultural Safety Training program, this webinar will unpack the ways anti-Indigenous racism and stereotyping show up in health care settings and share insights on responding to racism and discrimination through Indigenous cultural safety approaches.

If you have used health care in BC, and have great ideas on how the system can be improved, join us for a lively discussion with Jami Brown, one of the Patient Voices Network's Engagement Leaders, about possibilities available through the Patient Voices Network and how you can get involved today.