The BC Children’s Hospital (BCCH) Centre for Mindfulness is bringing Dr. Chris Willard to Vancouver for multiple upcoming events!

For Health Professionals at BCCH:

• Special guest host of Thankful Thursdays: 
  • Date:  June 20, 2024, from 12:35 – 12:55pm PST
  • How you can attend:  Virtual (Zoom)
  • Topic: “What Went Well” or “WWW”
  • Practice to explore gratitude and positivity with ourselves, teams, families and larger communities, with a few brief practices and explorations of gratitude and appreciation.
  • To be added to Thankful Thursdays, please connect with:  mindfulness@cw.bc.ca 

• UBC Pediatric Grand Rounds: 
  • Date:  Friday June 21, 2024 from 12:00 – 1:00pm PST
  • How you can attend:  In-person & Virtual (Zoom)
  • Topic: “Mindfulness for Parents and Caregivers: What Should Health Professionals Know?”
  • Sharing fun practices that can be used for ways to teach mindfulness through awareness, movement, games, play, and creative activities for all ages. Learning differences, cultural differences, developmental differences, and more all affect how children learn best, and this workshop explores ways to adapt mindfulness, rather than approach with a one-size fits all approach.  

For BC Families:

• Public Event in partnership with the Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre: 
  • Date: Friday June 21, 2024 from 5:00 – 7:00pm
  • How you can attend:  In-person & Virtual (Zoom)
  • Topic: “Cultivating Care for the Caregiver”
  • Cost:   Free
  • In trying times, as caregivers, how can we not just survive but thrive in the face of challenge, burnout and imbalance? Discover the foundations of resilience and performance. Looking at mindfulness, positive psychology, anthropology, neuroscience, emotional intelligence and more to explore tools that have boosted human resilience in the face of adversity for generations.
  • Register for the event here!

• Release of Where You Are (part 1) podcast episode partnered with Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre:
  • Release date: Wednesday June 5, 2024 
  • Topic: “Mindfulness for all Kinds of Minds”
  • Learning differences, cultural differences, developmental differences, and more all affect how children learn best, and this conversation explores ways to adapt mindfulness, rather than approach with a one-size fits all approach. We will discuss tailoring techniques to a range of issues, including depression, anxiety, executive function challenges, trauma and stress. 

Dr. Chris Willard is a Harvard Medical School Faculty, Author, Psychologist and Consultant. Dr. Willard has extensive experience working with individuals and families and specializes in the treatment of anxiety, depression and stress-related disorders. He has written several books on mindfulness and meditation including “Child’s Mind: Mindfulness Practices to Help Our Children Be More Focused, Calm, and Relaxed” and “Growing Up Mindful: Essential Practices to Help Children, Teens, and Families Find Balance, Clam, and Resilience.”