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UBC Learning Circle 2014/15 Season Final Report

June 2015

U B C L e a r n i n g C i r c l e 2 0 1 4 / 1 5 S e a s o n R e p o r t

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The UBC Learning Circle (UBCLC) has completed its eighth year as a videoconference and webinar initiative for health education and Indigenous wellness. We now host three types of circles: Learning Circles, Youth Circles, and Research Circles. This year-end report shares some of our successes, challenges, and highlights of an evolving health promotion initiative that happened during 2014/15. This past year saw an increase of the average number of participants per session compared to any of our previous seasons. This increase is attributed to a shift in programming from delivering more ses-sions (i.e. a focus on quantity) to developing the educational content of workshops so they are aligned with Indigenous knowledge and perspectives (i.e. improving quality). Our Coordinator worked closely with presenters to develop new material that was frequently delivered for the first time, here, at the Learning Circle. This approach has enabled a variety of presenters from different fields to deepen their sense of confidence in their ability to teach and to uphold many presenters own traditional Indigenous knowledge. The Learning Circle also partnered with the First Nations Health Authority’s Telehealth Expansion Program to create two training manuals based upon our experience in providing education by tech-nology at a distance. The first was designed to support individuals in First Nations communities to use their new videoconference equipment, while the second is oriented towards health care practi-tioners who provide telehealth in rural and remote locations and provides technical information on using clinical videoconference equipment. We also partnered with Vancouver Coastal Health’s Vancouver Home Hospice Palliative Care Ser-vices to deliver a series of workshops on palliative care that integrated both Indigenous and Western perspectives on health and care at the end of life. With at least 30 videoconference sites participat-ing, it was the largest technological undertaking to date. The experience offered several valuable les-sons on technology management and content development that will serve to strengthen how we work with Elders and knowledge keepers on future sessions that offer cross-cultural perspectives. The future of the UBC Learning Circle will focus upon supporting the health and wellness priorities of the FNHA in addition to taking direction from communities themselves on health issues that are relevant in a local context. We look forward to building upon our current successes with the addi-tion of continuing professional development courses/workshops, hands-on training in telehealth equipment (digital literacy), improving the educational and technical quality of our sessions, and fur-ther enhancing our online library of health resources.


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Executive Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Season Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Sharing Our Successes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Season Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8 Sharing our Challenges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9 Maintaining visitors and Increasing Participation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Technical Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-11 Our Journey Forward and Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Appendix I: Summary of Participation & Themes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-14


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The UBC Learning Circle (UBCLC) is a computer webinar and videoconference health promotion and education initiative delivered in partnership with the First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) that enables First Nations communities across BC to connect virtually, build health care capacity, enhance individual wellness, and share Indigenous knowledge on health and wellness.

Learning Circle Goals The UBC Learning Circle currently has three divisions through which program-ming is delivered: 1. Learning Circles Oriented towards health care workers in First Nations communities, Learning Circles generally focus on enhancing professional skills or sharing community knowledge.

Skills Enhancement: UBCLC utilizes technology to bring ‘expert’ speakers to health care workers, enabling them to stay immersed in their communities and cultures while building their skills and qualifications. Indigenous speakers are invited to present whenever possible.

Community Conversations: UBCLC strives to facilitate the sharing of examples of health-related ‘best practices’ that arise from these knowledges. This enables communities across the province to explore and problem solve with one another on strengths, concerns, and needs. 2. Research Circles Provide the opportunity for health researchers, academics, students, and professionals (Indigenous and non-Indigenous) to engage with communities in an effort to increase the transparency of the research process and enhance the accessibility of academic institutions by Indigenous communities. 3. Youth Circles Encourage (youth aged 12-29) to connect and share their knowledge with each other and with health professionals via technology as a way to lessen the negative health impacts of geographic and cultur-al isolation. Youth participation is strengthened by UBCLC staff outreach activities at youth confer-ences and community events.


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The UBC Learning Circle is part of the Centre for Excellence in Indige-nous Health (CEIH), led by Drs Nadine Caron and Martin Schecht-er. Located within the multi-disciplinary School of Population and Public Health, in the Faculty of Medicine at UBC, key goals of the CEIH are the recruitment and edu-cation of Indigenous health profes-sionals to address persistent health disparities and to promote self-determination by increasing Indige-nous leadership in health and health care, and the provision of the train-ing necessary for all health profes-sionals to work more effectively with Aboriginal people and organizations. The UBC Learning Cir-cle goals are well supported in this infrastructure.

Between April 1, 2014 and March 31, 2015 we offered 38 sessions (30 Learning Circles, 2 Research Circles and 6 Youth Circles) compared to 68 total during the 2013/14 season. Participation de-creased by 1362 (3282 people in 2013/14 compared to 1920 people in 2014/15). While the total number of participants declined, the average number increased per session. The mean last season was 48 and this fiscal year was 50, with an exact increase of 2.29 participants per session. With respect to the “Skills Enhancement” stream, nine sessions offered advanced training for Health Directors on topics such as labour and human resources. One quarter of our sessions were initiated by the FNHA, nine of which focused on an internal FNHA employee audience, and 12 ses-sions were facilitated/hosted by FNHA employees/staff to a more general audience with outside participation encouraged. There was also a decrease in the number of sessions produced in partner-ship with the FNHDA in 2014/15. In addition, the FNHDA is in the process of developing its own in-house skills development training program for its members and does not require an electronic platform to deliver these workshops. A major change to the Learning Circle this year was decreasing travel to venues outside of UBC to host remote Learning Circles due to financial constraints and technological issues, so the 2014/15 numbers do not include live audience (which accounted for more than half of the participants in 2013/14). Another change that impacted Learning Circle operations was a new policy instituted in 2014 designed to advance the research agenda of the Centre and FNHA. The Associate Director of Research is now overseeing the development of content for Research Circles to ensure that it aligns with the strategies and priorities of the Centre.

Photo credit: Stefan Mladenovic. First Nations House of Learning. June 1, 2015


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Similar to last season, increased attendance at traditional medicine or traditional Indigenous knowledge-based sessions indicated that there is continued interest in these topics. It was noted in the 2013/14 season that attendance trends were higher for sessions that were culturally based com-pared to sessions featuring more ‘conventional’ methods of health promotion (e.g. those which are prevention-oriented and stress the importance of a healthy lifestyle). This finding highlights the con-tinued need for culturally relevant health promotion programming that prioritizes Indigenous knowledge systems and emphasizes the need for more education pertaining to the diverse knowl-edges and values of Indigenous peoples.

Participation. 2014/15 saw a decrease in the number of Circles and the total number of participants but saw an increase in the average number of participants per session due to a conscious shift towards improv-ing the quality of educational content rather than offering a greater number of sessions. Our pro-ducer also focused on collaborating with presenters and partners to develop new content in order to share information and create material to reflect Indigenous knowledge through a wellness-based practice lens. The result was an increase in quality of Circle content that enhanced engagement and interaction with health care workers and communities during the sessions. Communications. We also increased the Learning Circle’s SEO (Search Engine Optimization). This is how search-able website content is and how easy to find our webpages are on the internet. This was accom-plished by adding keywords to every session, which made our pages searchable for the first time. For ease of reference, we also added colour-coded labels to our website event postings to make it eas-ier for users to identify the type of Circle (Learn-ing, Youth, or Research). We greatly increased the number of Indigenous health-related resources on our website by routinely adding related content post-webinar. Materials such as PowerPoint presentations, relevant studies, reports, articles and documentation have now been added to the bottom of each event webpage under the heading “Resource & Links.” This cre-ates a searchable library archive of materials on our website and acts as a database for our pages. Continuing Professional Development. The Learning Circle partnered with Vancouver Coastal Health’s Vancouver Home Hospice Palliative Care Services to offer health professionals a three-part videoconference series in November 2014 that explored Indigenous and Western perspectives on end of life care. It was our largest technological undertaking to date and involved the coordination of more than 30 community and health authority sites. We learned several lessons in the delivery of these sessions that will be applied to strengthen future programming, such as the need to develop content with Indigenous elders throughout the process instead of incorporating their perspectives to existing content.

L to R: Divinia Ridley, Kathryn Berry, and Leena Minifie. Photo credit: Jennifer Mackie


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Telehealth Training. FNHA asked the Learning Circle to develop training on the use of videoconference units that were deployed as part of the Telehealth Expansion Project. We worked closely with First Nations Heath Authority Telehealth Expansion Project team leads. Please see above page 2 for more information. Events. UBC Learning Circle staff were actively engaged in community events and Indigenous health-related confer-ences as a means of building community relationships, promoting the Learning Circle initiative, in-creasing participation in our sessions, and gathering input for future programming. This year we at-tended several events including:

• UBC First Nations House of Learning BBQ (September 8, 2014) • First Nations Health Managers Association Conference (September 23-25, 2014) • Hoopla: A Women’s Health Carnival - Positive Women’s Network (October 9, 2014) • FNHA Nursing Forum (November 20 & 25, 2014) • Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Heath Speakers Series (March 13, 2015)

The ‘Indigenous Speaker Series’ event featuring Dr. Christopher Horsethief (Ktunaxa) was the se-cond event hosted by the CEIH, which included a panel discussion of language regeneration and revitalization. The Learning Circle supported this event through promotion and advertising of the session.

Healing Touch from an Indigenous Perspective. (2015-01-13) The First Nations Professional Practice Group of the Registered Massage Therapists’ Association of BC hosted a session that was a prime example of how the Learning Circle approaches novel health issues and also how we provide opportunities to present to those Indigenous health workers who may not consider themselves ‘experts’ or teachers. This session started with the history of physical touch. We learned that ‘touch’ was a traditional practice, and ‘touch’ as a modality of healing was affected by the history of Residential School attendance and abuse. Our presenter shared the benefi-cial aspects of massage therapy and how this approach to health can decrease pain and increase pa-tients’ circulation, while positively aiding the management of side affects of chronic health issues.

How to Address Family Violence Using the Medicine Bun-dle (2015-02-17) The UBC Learning Circle hosted a webinar/videoconference presented by Corinne Stone a counselor and trainer who pre-sented on the purpose of the Healing Path Medicine Bundle.

FNHA’s Telehealth Team and UBCLC drew upon eight years of experience deliv-ering health education to First Nations communities to create a user manual (‘Telehealth Training Manual’) that will enhance ability to use videoconference equipment and improve comfort with technology in health care, administration, and education. The UBCLC team also contributed technical writing on vide-oconference use to a policy manual for clinicians who deliver telehealth.

L to R: Leah Walker and Corrine Stone


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This introductory session was for workers and community members who address family violence and its impact on individuals, families, and communities. She spoke to the challenges faced by care workers, counsellors, family members, friends, and especially the victims of abuse. The presenter discussed her understandings of the root causes of violence, including the history of Residential Schools and the impact they have had on First Nations’ communities. Using her medicine bundle, Corrine took participants on a journey highlighting how to deal with trauma, how to help others through trauma, and to assist not only ourselves but also others who are on a healing path. She de-scribed changes that took place during contact, as well as present day factors that may affect vio-lence in families and communities. Corrine also highlighted how important it is for us to know who we are and where we come from in order to begin on a road to healing, not only as individuals, but also as a community. Healing Addictions through Culture and Community. (2015-01-06) This session represents the best of the Learning Circle – Indigenous peoples and communities shar-ing their best practices to benefit everyone’s health. Presenters from Esk’etemc First Nation shared their stories about alcohol addiction and their community’s journey towards healing and wholeness. Drug and Alcohol Counsellor (and Esk’et community member) Ken Johnson shared some of the health centre’s programming in addictions care and the circle of support they provide for their community members. Community Health Nurse Lisa Dyck also spoke about her experience provid-ing nursing services in the community. Survivor Alex Watts discussed his Residential School experi-ence and the point at which he turned towards freedom from alcohol. He also shared advice on what supports he currently has that keep him on his healing pathway. Participants were struck by their Indigenous healing practices that they are sharing with the world through their annual ‘Round-up,’ as well as by the laughter and supportive environment they have created for the team that sup-ports the community.

UBCLC underwent a number of changes during the past season. Two new staff were hired in April 2014 and we were faced with the challenge of ensuring the Learning Circle season was not interrupt-ed while simultaneously booking new sessions, and learning new roles & responsibilities. In April, it became clear that demand to access our programming was increasing. Meeting this demand required purchasing and upgrading existing technology for the evolution of webinars and videoconference sessions. As a result of this improvement, at least six sessions in 2014/15 had in excess of 100 par-ticipants each.

Limitations of technology. The steady increase in average number of participants has posed a unique challenge. Our current webinar platform (Adobe Connect) is currently licensed through the UBC Faculty of Medicine and can only accommodate up to 100 participants at any given time. This limit has resulted in people being unable to access our programming and the issue was most pronounced during the Dr. Gabor Maté workshop where 457 people registered. Following this particular session we received numerous complaints, which prompted an investigation into the cost associated with increasing webinar capac-ity up to 500 individuals at a time. The Centre is currently making a decision as to whether or not to spend approximately $5,000 annually to ensure everyone who wishes to participate is able to join.


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Registration. Another challenge related to the increase in participation is the growth in numbers of peo-ple who are registering for Learning Circle ses-sions (Figure 1). Since September 2012, indi-viduals have been signing up on the Learning Circle website and participant’s names and email addresses are copied and pasted on Excel spreadsheets. An email is manually generated by staff and then sent to each registrant that gives details and connection information for com-puter webinar participation. An increase in data has sometimes resulted in human error when transferring information, and people have been unable to join our sessions due to occasional mistakes by staff. In addition, it takes a fair amount of staff time to copy and paste email addresses up to 3 – 4 hours per week and for major audience double this amount. This dedicated time could be allocated to more productive areas of Learning Circle operation. A solution to this problem has been identified that involves automating the regis-tration system so that webinar connection information is automatically sent to participants, and au-tomated reminder emails can also be generated for videoconference participants. We are currently looking for cost-effective software that can be integrated into our website and existing registration system to perform these functions.

Maintaining our website visitors Looking over the last year of analytics we have the numbers to show that the number of re-turning visitors to our website and registration page has greatly increased (Figure 2). We are developing a core group of attendees who regularly check in to see what sessions we are holding as opposed to new visitors casually viewing our web pages. As we move into being a library archive and resource on Indigenous perspectives on health and wellness, it is im-portant we not only increase numbers to our Learning Circle sessions, but also to the refer-ence materials on the website for those that cannot attend the sessions. Our last Summer Survey found that over 60% of people regis-tered but could not participate due to time con-straints on the day of the session). With an enhanced resource library, all of our audience can access videos and resource materials to review and learn from on their own time.

Figure 1: # of participants who register with the UBC Learning Circle per year

Figure 2: % increase of New Visitors and Returning Visitors to the UBC Learning Circle website, 2014/15


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Increasing Overall Participation While increasing participation overall has been one of our major successes in the past, we still face several challenges in this area. We have found that approxi-mately 50% of people who register do not actually at-tend the Learning Circle (Figure 3). This finding is con-sistent across session topics (i.e. the topic of the session is not related to whether or not people participate in the session). While we would like to increase our numbers, we also realize that the industry standard for webinars is between 30-40 % (36% as average) of all registered par-ticipants. While we are happy to be higher than industry standard, we would like to increase participation num-bers, particularly for the Youth Circle. In order to ad-dress this challenge, we have included questions in our surveys that attempt to discover why this is happening and how we can better support people to attend our sessions. We have discovered that the main rea-son for failure to attend a session after registration is a “lack of time.” Therefore, it is important that future sessions offer a quality experience (in terms of both educational content and technology) which participants will make it a priority to attend given their personal and professional time con-straints.

Youth Circles It has been a challenge to maintain a consistent offering of programming for Indigenous youth at the Learning Circle. Barriers remain, such as the ability to design health promotion sessions that are culturally relevant and appealing to the 12-29 demographic. Even with exciting sessions planned, it is difficult to reach a youth audience directly. Communication with youth often happens through youth themselves. There are unique places on the web that youth go to and different social media tools that youth use in order to have autonomy from adults. While caregivers, youth workers, teach-ers, Aboriginal school liaisons and principals often attend Youth Circles, it is not likely that youth feel encouraged to participate alongside these adults, particularly if they are trying to avoid adults on Facebook, Twitter, and the social media sites that UBCLC uses to engage “older” demographic us-ers. To connect with Indigenous youth, we are currently considering hiring a student to coordinate, facil-itate, and evaluate Youth Circles as part of a practicum position. A job description has been created and is currently awaiting approval by Centre directors. This position would be appropriate for an Indigenous youth who has both community-based outreach experience and program coordination experience.

At the start of the fiscal year, Learning Circle video recordings were of poor quality, meaning that viewers were not able to clearly see speakers and their PowerPoint presentations. This is because recordings were done by FNHA’s eHealth recording software (which is only capable of recording low quality video) and then handed over to and edited by Learning Circle staff. After recognizing that better quality videos would encourage more people to view our online resources and thus in-

Figure 3: Why registrants do not attend Learning Circles


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crease exposure to our programming, we made a gradual transition to recording the live sessions in higher quality (or high definition) video. This format has sharper pictures and improved sound quali-ty. Unfortunately, we experienced some issues that slowed the change to higher quality video recording. The Samsung camera (HMX-QF30) that we had been using during the previous fiscal year stopped recording in the middle of sessions. After this happened several times it was brought in for repair but ceased to function within a couple of weeks after it was fixed. The Centre then purchased a slightly used Canon video camera (HD CMOS Vixia HF200), which allows for high quality live streaming and recording at the same time. It has several professional-level functions including the ability to zoom in and make objects up to 15 times larger, an improved ability to record colour, and has more user control over outputs (i.e. connections that allow the camera to work easily with our webinar software). The addition of lighting has enhanced the quality of the recording and made it a more professional production overall. This year the Centre purchased two new MacBook computers for video editing and other Learning Circle-related work. The Program Coordinator received the latest version of a MacBook Pro. The Program Assistant received a new MacBook with extra processors and an external hard drive fast enough for editing videos. The computers are built with extra processing capabilities (making the computer work faster) in order to do the editing work required to make videos that are between one to two hours in length. Previously the video editing computer would need to be on overnight so that the video could be processed. Our current priority is to focus on consistent, quality sound at each session. This requires pre-testing the equipment to make sure it is correctly connected and functioning properly prior to every session. Due to a variety of factors, there were more sessions that had sound problems than those that did not. We will keep working to improve quality of sessions, as the Learning Circle now has all the technical updates and equipment it requires for in-house production (although not for broadcasting from external locations). Going forward, staff will receive the proper training, skills, and knowledge required to operate the equipment effectively, including testing and monitoring sound in order to maintain consistent quality control.


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UBCLC Proven to Increase Comfort with Technology (ie Digital Literacy). As mentioned previously, regular use of the videoconference in educational sessions such as the Learning Circle has increased communities’ ability and confidence to use the equipment. Compared to when they first began participating in the Learning Circle, 78% of respondents indicated that they are “Somewhat Com-fortable” or “Very Comfortable” using the equipment now (Figure 4). This increased comfort with technology also extends to computer webinar. When webinar was first introduced, we received numerous calls about com-puter requirements and how to use the program. We now receive very few questions about the technology and participation remains high, which indicates that peo-ple have learned how to access and navigate the webinar platform. In fact, 26% of people participate in our webi-nars exclusively, which speaks to both the ability to use the technology and an interest in the issues we present. These survey findings indicate that we could focus on supporting digital literacy in First Nations communities as a part of the FNHA Telehealth Expan-sion Project as there are approximately 140 communities now using videoconference units. Digital literacy is the “awareness, attitude, and ability of individuals to appropriately use digital tools and facilities to identify, access, manage, integrate, evaluate, analyze and synthesize digital resources, con-struct new knowledge, and create media” (1). The roll out of both training manuals that we worked on is set for 2015 and 2016. We have had increasing number of test calls through these new com-munities in order to introduce them to our team and what we do at the Learning Circle. We have had a few requests to do specific sessions on how to use the videoconference equipment from the new locations. As evidenced in the chart (above/below), we have had a significant role in increasing comfort in videoconference technology use with the wide audience we have across Nations. We will continue to assist and develop digital literacy among remote populations while offering Indigenous health and wellness education.

Specific Goals for the Next Season: 1) More sessions. UBCLC will also be setting a target goal to increase the amount of sessions by 44% going from 38 sessions to 55 sessions per year. 2) Increase the technical quality of our sessions. Over the next few months we will be moving to the School of Population and Public Health Build-ing and re-installing our infrastructure. The Circle will have physical access to information technolo-gy support at SPPH and via FNHA through Information Innovations Management Services. This department has already upgraded our Polycom unit to the latest Cisco unit and now offering to pro-vide us two high definition monitors. This is a good opportunity to see if we can deal with quality of

Figure 4: Participants’ responses to level of familiarity with using the UBC Learn-ing Circle


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session including audio and visual aspects of the sessions that will not only assess outcomes for the program but increase technical quality of each session.

3) Initiate a new series. We see an opportunity to introduce Indigenous academics to communities and also examine new studies and issues pertinent to communities in BC. The impact of the Learning Circle Research Cir-cles will be addressed with an official committee in order to expand and disseminate Indigenous community studies and results as well.

The UBC Learning Circle continues to grow, develop, and improve its health and wellness promo-tion programming according to the needs expressed by First Nations people and communities. Feedback from participants indicates that our programming makes a difference in increasing well-ness in work places and in personal lives. Our partnership with the FNHA is critical to our success. This year we continued our collaboration on circle content, speakers, technical support, as well as the creation of educational telehealth materials. The Centre and the UBCLC renew our commit-ment to ensuring this program is relevant, responsive, sustainable, and we respectfully request your continued support and partnership.


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Date Title Presenter(s) Summary Total

Partic-ipants*

2014-04-01 Music and Mental Wellness Gerry Oleman Explored the relationship between mu-sic and mental health

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2014-04-10 Healthy Eating for Chronic Disease Management

Rebecca Sovdi Healthy eating to support living well with chronic conditions

40

2014-04-14 Occupational Health & Safety Chuck Wilmik & Sandor Maradit

FNHDA internal session 27

2014-04-15 Roots of Bullying Denise Findlay Understanding why people engage in bullying

48

2014-05-06 Aboriginal Midwifery: A Call to Action

Evelyn Harney, National Aboriginal Council of Midwives (NACM)

Traditional and contemporary birth practices in Aboriginal communities

41

2014-05-07 Myths and Truths about Dia-betes: Coyote’s Lies or Eagle’s Wisdom?

Rebecca Sovdi (FNHA) Debunking myths about diabetes 42

2014-05-08

Panorama Project Joseph Mendez, David Huh, Christine Stahler, Jacki McPherson, Jean Allenbury, Jeffrey Yu

Overview of surveillance system for chronic and infectious disease

23

2014-05-20 Dancing Your Way to Health (YLC)

Michele Olson, Raven Spirit Dance Company

The role of dancing and movement in healthy living

18

2014-05-27 Traditional Foods: Part II Suzanne Johnson, FNHA Information on traditional foods and healthy eating

49

2014-05-28 Eating Healthy on a Budget: Probabilities and Possibilities

Gerry Kasten, FNHA Eating well with limited financial re-sources

50

2014-06-03 FNHDA: Violence and Ag-gression in the Workplace

Dailaan Shaffer & Sandor Maradi & Karen Duncan

How to recognize and deal with vio-lence and aggression at work

46

2014-06-11

Aboriginal Women and Breast Cancer

Tracey Mager, Carolyn Gotay, Michelle Reid, Can-cer Prevention Centre

Breast cancer prevention and treatment for Aboriginal women

21

2014-06-12 Healthy Eating Will Take You Places (YLC)

Suzanne Johnson Eating healthy for teens 21

2014-06-12 Making Healthcare Decisions: Aboriginal Experiences in Healthcare (RC)

Jenny Morgan, Anita Ho, Kim Taylor - UBC Applied Ethics, Providence Health

Research project on how Aboriginal peoples and other populations experi-ence health care system

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2014-07-10 Human Resources Series: Labour & Employee Relations

Susan Timmerman, Geof-frey Crampton, Peter Bur-ton, Karen Duncan

Internal session for FNHA employees 25

2014-08-08 Strategic Planning I FNHDA

Jacki McPherson, Keith Marshall, Teresa Johnni, Devon Rowcliffe

First Nations Health Directors Associa-tion

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2014-08-18 Strategic Planning II FNHDA

Jacki McPherson, Keith Marshall, Teresa Johnni, Devon Rowcliffe

First Nations Health Directors Associa-tion

10

014-09-10 Eating Healthy From Tod-dlers to Teens

Gerry Kasten (FNHA) Healthy eating in the early years 56

2014-09-15 Indian Residential School Survivors: Personal Credit Notice

Sharon Slippery, IRSS Update Personal Education Credits 54

2014-09-19 Culturally Safe Dementia Care (RC)

Wendy Hulko, Danielle Wilson, Celia & Jean (El-ders)

Building capacity for nurses working in dementia care

42

2014-09-23 ABC's of Growing Up Denise Findlay Explored growing up through stages of life in our society

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Date Title Presenter(s) Summary Total

Partic-ipants*

2014-09-30 FNHA Annual Report FNHA Directors Delivery of FNHA Annual Report to its members and employees

26

2014-10-07 Myths & Truths About Diabe-tes: Coyote Lies, Eagle Wis-dom

Rebecca Sovdi Repeat of popular session on under-standing diabetes

103

2014-10-15 Resolving Conflict with An-cestral Tools

Patricia Vickers, School of Theology

Use of traditional law and ancestral teaching to resolve conflict

82

2014-10-23 Cultural Approaches to Heal-ing Trauma and Crisis

Dea Parsanishi, Anita Charleson-Touchie

Nuu-chah-nulth teachings on healing from trauma

80

2014-10-29 Contraception: Everything You Wanted To Know But Were Too Afraid To Ask (YLC)

Jessica St. Jean, YouthCO Youth sexual health 24

2014-11-21 Healthy Eating Will Take You Places (YLC)

Suzanne Johnson Repeat of healthy eating for teens 18

2014-11-27 “Psychiatrist to Podiatrist: Head to Toe Opportunities in Aboriginal Health Careers” (YLC)

Melanie Rivers, Steve Sxwithul’txw, Ellie Parton, Joanne Nelson & Andrea Medley (FNHA & VIHA)

Highlights of health careers available to First Nations youth

14

2014-12-02 Interactive Medicine Walk with Cease Wyss

Cease Wyss Introduction to medicines and plants 50

2014-12-09 Laughter As Medicine (YLC) Ryan McMahon An inside look at comedian Ryan McMahon’s career

47

2015-01-06 Part I: Healing Addictions Through Culture and Com-munity

Alex Watts (Nisga'a) and Ken Johnson (Esk’etemc)

Exploring the role of culture and com-munity in healing from addictions

64

2015-01-13 Registered Massage Therapy & Healing Touch Through Indigenous Perspective

Damian John, RMTBC and First Nations Group

How touch was used prior to contact and how it is currently used to restore and maintain health

62

2015-01-20 Part II: Harm Reduction 101- Meeting People Where They Are At

Gerry Oleman & Pamela Robertson (RN) InSite Supervised Injection Site

Introduction to harm reduction for health care providers

104

2015-02-05 Part III: Taming The Hungry Ghosts

Dr. Gabor Maté Expert speaker on addictions 276

2015-02-17 How to Address Family Vio-lence Using the Medicine Bundle

Corinne Stone Ways to address family violence in First Nations communities

151

2015-03-11 Part IV: Addictions Toolkits Mike Martin & Raymond Deleary - National Native Addictions Partnership Foundation

Tools used to further capacity of com-munities to address substance use and addiction

57

15-03-24 Part V: Decolonizing Tobacco and Smoking Cessation

Gerry Oleman & Pamela Robertson (RN)

Health effects of smoking and discus-sion on cessation

84

15-03-26 Container Gardening Prepara-tion & Recipes for Spring Foods

Gerry Kasten, FNHA Growing food in small spaces 51

TOTAL PARTICIPANTS* 1920

*Total number of participants includes in-person attendees (for live sessions) in addition to video conference and webinar attendance. Where there is more than one session in a day, the total participants number reflects attendees from all sources for the entire day. Number reported is either registration number or the number of participants, whichever was higher.

6=Youth Circles 38 = Total 9= Advanced HD Skills Enhancement 50.55 average per session 2= Research Circles 1 inter-community conversation

Documents

UBC Learning Circle 2014/15 Season Final Report June 2015med-fom-learningcircle.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2015/06/... · 2015-08-19 · Circles, Youth Circles, and Research Circles