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Wellness Wednesday: Everyone has a story

12:00pm-2:30pm, Feb 12, 2020

Room 3402ABC, Third Floor, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health
Presenter: 
BC Brain Wellness Program

Creation of any kind has a meditative quality, and can help you clear your mind, figure out how you feel, or document your history. Whether you create for yourself or for other people, expressing yourself through the visual or literary arts confers benefits to your brain health and emotional wellbeing. Join our experts in journalling, storytelling, art and education as you learn how to document your life or express your thoughts and feelings in a way that leaves you feeling inspired. Everybody has a story: start today by building a toolkit for telling yours!

More info at www.bcbrainwellness.ca/events/wellness-wednesday-everyone-has-a-story

Events

6:00pm-7:30pm, Jan 28, 2020

Leaving no one behind? Global Action on Aging.

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11:30am-1:00pm, Jan 31, 2020

Driving with a Neurological Condition: How do changes in your abilities affect your driving?

Do you want to take the fear out of conversations about driving? Are you curious what your options are if you feel you’re not safe to continue driving?

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6:00pm-7:30pm, Feb 11, 2020

Self-Determination as We Age & Indigenous Ways of Knowing

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12:00pm-2:30pm, Feb 12, 2020

Wellness Wednesday: Everyone has a story

Creation of any kind has a meditative quality, and can help you clear your mind, figure out how you feel, or document your history.

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12:30pm-2:00pm, Feb 12, 2020

Exploring Assistive Technology for Increased Function

Are you interested in learning more about how technology can help in your everyday life?

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6:00pm-7:30pm, Mar 10, 2020

The Environment & Our Health: New Discoveries

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6:00pm-7:30pm, Mar 24, 2020

The Importance of Walking and Walking Well

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Past Events

11:00am-1:00pm, Jan 8, 2020

Exercise for Brain Wellness

Learn more and register to attend at www.eventbrite.ca/e/wellness-wednesday-exercise-for-bra

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6:00pm-7:30pm, Jan 7, 2020

Precision Health: Stanford's Vision for Healthy Aging

Summary: Life expectancy in the U.S. has dropped for three consecutive years, and life expectancy at birth in Canada has stopped rising.

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7:30pm-9:30pm, Dec 12, 2019

Universe of the Brain: Building a Better Brain

Join the HR MacMillan Space Centre and the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health for another lecture in their Universe of the Brain series.Take part in an interactive evening, with leading exp

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11:00am-12:30pm, Dec 3, 2019

Yoga and therapeutic integrative medicine – its role in health and healthcare

Dr HR Nagendra will present research on yoga, its role in health and health care as well as standards and quality issues.

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7:30pm-9:00pm, Oct 19, 2019

How music and other creative arts can benefit individuals and society

This event is free, registration is not required.

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Oct 19, 2019

Heart:BEATS Brain, Exercise, Arts, Trans-disciplinary Synergies

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4:30pm-6:00pm, Jun 13, 2019

The Role of the Microbiome in Healthy Aging and Disease: And what you can do about it

Lecture snapshot

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12:00pm-1:00pm, Apr 25, 2019

Cannabis research 101

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Apr 5-6, 2019

CANOSC - Canadian Advances in Neuro-Orthopedics for Spasticity Congress

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6:30pm-7:30pm, Jan 22, 2019

Social and Emotional Learning in Children

Doors open at 6:00, talks will begin at 6:30. This talk is geared to parents, young people and teachers who are interested in learning how education changes the brain.

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