Dr. Elli Weisbaum: Health Professional Cultivating a community, and Caring for Each Other

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

For Health Professionals across BC:
 
For Health Professionals of Psychiatry Department:
  • Psychiatry Academic Rounds / Garland Lecture
    • Date:  Wednesday April 30, 2025, from 12:00 -1:00  PST
    • How you can attend: Hybrid Shaughnessy Auditorium D308 or Zoom

For Health Professionals at BCCH:
  • Deep Dive Workshop
    • Date:  Wednesday April 30, 2025, from 1:30 -2:30 PST
    • How you can attend:  In-person  D 306 Shaughnessy
    • RSVP:  kathleen.jurado@cw.bc.ca
    • Topic:  Mindfulness & Compassion - Pragmatic Hands-on Mindfulness activities and concepts 
For  Health Professionals across PHSA:
  • Special guest host of Thankful Thursdays:
    • Date:  Thursday May 1, 2025, from 12:35 – 12:55pm PST
    • How you can attend:  Virtual (Zoom)
    • To be added to Thankful Thursdays, please connect with:  mindfulness@cw.bc.ca 

Keynote Presentation for All Health Professionals:
  • Inspiring keynote presentation on Mindfulness with Dr. Elli Weisbaum:
    • Date: Thursday, May 1, 2025 from 5:15 – 7:00pm
    • How you can attend:  In-person & Virtual (Zoom)
    • Topic: “Health Professional Cultivating a community, and Caring for Each Other.”
    • Cost:   Free
    • This event is designed specifically for healthcare professionals and trainees and focuses on the theme of Cultivating Community, Caring for Each Other.
    • Register for the event here!

       
For Health Professionals of Pediatric Department:
 

Dr. Ellie Weisbaum has worked internationally facilitating mindfulness workshops and retreats within the sectors of education, healthcare and business. She is based at the University of Toronto as an Assistant Professor (teaching stream) in the Buddhism, Psychology and Mental Health Program (BPMH), with a joint appointment to the Department of Psychiatry, in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine. She is cross-appointment to the Dalla Lana School of Public Health in their Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (IHPME). At the heart of her teaching and research is an interest in cultivating learning and occupational environments where all members of the community can flourish and thrive. Her work draws upon research from the fields of neuroscience, education, healthcare and the workplace to explore how the scientific evidence base for mindfulness is being integrated and operationalized across key sectors of society. Past and ongoing collaborations include working with UofT’s Faculty of Law, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Faculty of Engineering, Rotman School of Management, Physical Therapy Department, the Ontario Hospital Association, The Hospital for Sick Children, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to integrate mindfulness into programming for faculty, staff, clinicians, patients and students. She was recently awarded a grant form the Ontario Medical Foundation (OMF) to continue her innovating research on the Applied Mindfulness Program for Medical Personnel. She attended her first retreat with Zen Master and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Thich Nhat Hanh at the age of eleven and has continued to train with his international Plum Village community. Elli’s novel background in both academic research and traditional mindfulness practice provides a distinct approach to her ongoing work teaching and researching in the field.

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