BC Brain Wellness Program

December 19, 2023

Upcoming Events

Winter Program Registration Opens
January 8, 2024 at 12:00pm

Mark your calendars for Monday, January 8th at noon to register for the Winter Program. Review all the Exercise, Creative and Care Partner Classes, including a new class, Writing to Discharge the Tough Stuff and Boost Creativity (Mondays at 12:30).

Reminder: Past participants are also welcome to join the Living Histories classes.

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Wellness Wednesday: Mindful Canvases - A Virtual Art Exhibition
January 10, 2024 at 12:00 - 1:00pm on Zoom

Join us for a Virtual Art Exhibition as we celebrate a year since the launch of our Creative Collective. Hosted by the Creative Collective planning team, we will share information about the Creative Collective, showcase the art of those who participated in the project and meet some of the artists, hearing their stories of how art impacts wellbeing.

Research Seminar Series: Standing Up to Our Fear - Understanding the links between emotion, balance and falls.
February 7, 2024 at 12:00 - 1:00pm on Zoom

Emotions such as fear and anxiety have been strongly linked to balance instability, dizziness and falls. While traditionally, fear and anxiety were only considered to be the negative outcomes of a prior fall, more recent evidence suggests these factors can directly influence balance performance and future fall risk. In this presentation, we will discuss new evidence supporting emotion-balance interactions and the implications for the assessment, prevention and treatment of balance deficits and falls.

Program Highlights

An end of year message from our co-founder, Dr. Silke Appel-Cresswell.

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A message from our Participant Advisory Committee.

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Creative Collective: Featured Creator of the Month - Victoria Marie

“Just start! Don’t listen to the critiques of others and your own inner critics because these can be the most harmful.”

A native of Brooklyn, New York, Victoria Marie has and continues to embark on a life journey one can call a rich tapestry of interwoven threads within and beyond the arts.

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Community Events & Resources

Healthy Aging in a Changing Climate

An article in UBC's Faculty of Medicine digital magazine - Pathways - features an interview with Dr. Michael Kobor and Dr. Kim Schmidt on how the environment affects the way we age, and what we can do to protect our health.

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Canadian Mental Health Association - Living Life to the Full

Want to know how to feel happier, more confident and worry less right now? Would you like to learn new ways of dealing with what life throws at you? Living Life to the Full is a fun and interactive course that will help you understand your feelings, thoughts and behaviours, and what to do about them!

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BCBWP Blog

Do you know that the BCBWP has a blog? Explore posts on a variety of subjects, including our recent one: "Creative ways to manage loneliness during the holiday season".

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Research Opportunities

Review current research opportunities with the BC Brain Wellness Program.

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The BC Brain Wellness Program is an entirely donor funded program and would not be possible without donors like you. A gift today will ensure the ongoing development and delivery of classes. Thank you for your support.

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