As individuals and communities face growing complex and interconnected challenges to their physical, social, mental, and emotional well-being, we aim to explore the different approaches to health and well-being that exist within our international communities. Our panelists will offer a variety of perspectives on how well-being and wellness can be understood through cultural practices, traditional medicinal wisdom, and holistic understandings of health. These perspectives will challenge us to unpack our colonial versions of well-being, while embracing diverse viewpoints that exist.

This panel is part of BCCIC’s IDW 2021 series on well-being. This year’s theme emerged during a global pandemic and in the midst of calls for social change, when individual and collective well-being have been matters of deep concern and necessity. Well-being has provided moments of reflection, challenge, and inspiration. As we have struggled to cope with challenge, change and uncertainty, we have also aspired to a more holistic, healthy future. Join us for daily event that speak to and nurture well-being.