
Keynote: ‘When Relationship is the Prescription’ for UBC School of Biomedical Engineering
Denise Findlay’s keynote explores how connection, belonging, and meaningful relationships are foundational to youth well-being, learning, and development.
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Denise Findlay’s keynote explores how connection, belonging, and meaningful relationships are foundational to youth well-being, learning, and development.

This UBC AAPS webinar invites participants to move beyond burnout prevention as an individual strategy and toward a more relational and collective approach to workplace well-being.

When harmful gossip comes back to us, it can feel deeply personal and unsettling — but it can also become an invitation to pause, reflect, and strengthen our relationship with ourselves and others.

Rooted in Indigenous ways of knowing, relational practice recognizes that healing, wellness, and growth happen through connection — with family, community, culture, land, and one another.

Are you a post-secondary educator? We invite you to join other educators over the course of the seasons to explore land-based seasonal and cultural activities with our upcoming program, Moving in the Ways of the People. Begins this September.

At the Foundry BC Network Gathering in Richmond this May, Dr. Denise Findlay will deliver a powerful keynote, “When Relationship is the Prescription,” inviting participants to rethink how we support youth across the province.

In this third session of a four-part series at UBC April 13, Dr. Denise Findlay invites UBC (closed group) participants into a thoughtful critique of the growing number of cultural safety and humility initiatives that, despite good intentions, often fail to create meaningful and sustained change.

Register for the UCC Lunch & Learn: Reconciliation and Becoming the Imperfect Friend: Moving Beyond Shame, Blame, and Guilt online April 15.

Denise Findlay will be a featured speaker for the Neufeld Institute’s 20th anniversary celebration September 20, 2026. Representing the Canadian West Coast and Indigenous communities, Denise will share insights on attachment, connection, and the enduring wisdom that has long supported healthy child development.

Join the Canadian Education Network for Contemplative Education (CENCE) for a virtual dialogue exploring the growing role of contemplative practices in post-secondary education amid rising student mental health concerns.

Read our Winter newsletter to hear about all Denise Findlay and the Gathering Our Medicine team in communities across BC.

Join the UBC Learning Circle for an exciting dialogue with Denise on what has happened over the past 10 years and what new and exciting developments are unfolding. What does post-contact “Lateral Kindness” rooted and cultivated in each Indigenous Community look like?