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Yoga in Community

Jubilee United Church  6000 Sussex Ave, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Instructor Sue McIntyre is a newly accredited RYT200 teacher, with certification in Hatha & Chair Yoga. She has been practicing yoga for 11 years, and teaching for 6 months, and has found calm, resilience, and courage through her own practice. Sue guides, in her classes, in a way that makes yoga accessible for every body. Bring your yoga mat, and other supports that you like to use. We’ll put the coffee on for a chat after class. Location: Jubilee United…

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Everything Relationships!

A monthly (4th Tuesday of the month) online drop-in to ask and discuss any questions that you have about building and keeping relationships. These monthly sessions will be hosted alternately by Certified Sexual Health Educators Darren Frisk and Sherry Nassrin, and are for individuals who want to build relationships, both professionally & personally. Developing the relationships we want takes time & effort, but we do get better at it. We can learn to be our most mature selves, and to…

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Yoga in Community

Jubilee United Church  6000 Sussex Ave, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Bring your yoga mat, and join us & Registered Hatha yoga instructor, Kiran Rampuri, for an early morning yoga class in this lovely space! Kiran is a Level 2 Registered Yoga Instructor, and a Certified Yoga Therapist. We’ll put the coffee on for a chat after class. Location: Jubilee United Church, 6000 Sussex Ave, Burnaby Parking is underground beside 4717 Hazel St. United Church parking spaces are 1-29, or walk from Metrotown Skytrain Station. Please register for this event. Payment is by…

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UBC Anxiety Stress and Autism Program

The Anxiety, Stress and Autism Program Lab conducts clinical and community-based research to estimate the frequency of anxiety and stress-related disorders among people on the autism spectrum. Principal investigator, Dr. Connor Kerns, PhD, Associate Professor,  and her research assistant, Kate Rho, will bring us up-to-date with their current research projects, aimed at better understanding the relationship between social and emotional processing and well-being in young adulthood. The goals of their research are: To better identify factors which might cause individuals to…

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Male Loneliness

Male Loneliness: Is it significant, and what is it’s Impact? Registered Psychologist, Dr. David Worling will present his research and thoughts on this topic. Center for Disease Control, and the World Health organization are increasingly identifying Loneliness as a health hazard, as dangerous as smoking or alcoholism, according to some research. In contrast, having a strong social circle is associated with a longer life and fewer illnesses. "People with strong social networks are less stressed, more resilient and more optimistic." They…

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Neuro-Diverse Affirming Travel

Did you have a good travel experience this summer? Are there things that you would like to know or do differently in preparing for your next trip? Are there ways that you would like to be treated differently, or services that you would like to be offered to you that weren’t, on your future trips? If you have specific issues that you would like Ange to address, email her in advance of the meeting at: [email protected] Our guest speaker, Angela…

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Neurodiversity And Trauma

1:00pm PT Friday Feb 24 Neurodiversity &      Join us for a presentation that was recorded at the Stanford Neurodiversity Summit Oct, 2022 with speakers Dr. Heather Brown, and Dr. Mona Delahooke. We are pleased to have Dr. Brown join us for a Q&A after. Dr. Heather M. Brown is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education and the Director of the Autism, Neurodiversity and Academic Achievement (AIDAN) Lab in the Dept of Educational Psychology, at the University of Alberta.  She is…

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Motivation: Fueling the Invisible Fire

Shane Lynch, PhD, Special Education & Registered Psychologist is the Director of Innovation and Evaluation at the Sinneave Family Foundation in Calgary, Alberta This meeting will be a deep dive into Motivation: What is it? How does “having it” (or not!) impact our ability to determine or achieve our goals? Is it enhanced or inhibited by factors within ourselves (sleep, diet, or exercise), or by factors in our environments (season, weather, time of day, distractions around us)? We will look…

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AutismBC Talks The Mental Health Literacy Guide for Autism with Jonathan Weiss

Join us as we sit down with Dr. Jonathan Weiss. The Mental Health Literacy Guide for Autism is meant for Autistic adults, family members, professionals, policy-makers & leaders. The goal of the guide is to provide knowledge about the factors that can impact Autistic mental health. It highlights how context & individual experiences play roles one’s mental health, and how societal acceptance and appreciation of autism is critical for the better support and well-being of Autistic adults. Twenty-nine Autistic adults…

 

Adult Diagnosis

Growing adult populations in BC are being excluded from accessing supports and the understanding and acceptance that a formal autism diagnosis provides. Over the last two years, AutismBC has seen a 70% increase in the inquires about adult assessment and a 190% increase in inquires on the provision of other adult services. Currently, in BC, There is no publicly funded system for adult autism assessments. To see a psychiatrist a referral from a family doctor is required. However, waitlists to…

 

Leisure & Recreational Issues and Opportunities

We welcomed two speakers, Jad Brake & Shadi Hortamani. Our first speaker, Jad Brake, PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology, UBC, described his research on the communicative and sensory challenges that some ASD individuals experience that impede them in forming relationships. Our second speaker, Shadi Hortamani, Board-certified Assistant Behaviour Analyst, Canucks Autism Network. Shadi has 10 years of experience serving the autistic community, 3 at CAN, working on the Youth and Young Adult programs. She spoke on the benefits of participating…

 

Adult Sibling Relationships

Our speaker was Dania Jekel of the Asperger/Autism Network (AANE) in Boston, Mass. https://www.aane.org/  Relationships between ASD family members and their siblings are often complicated and stressful for all family members. Dania Jekel, is the Founder & retiring Executive Director of AANE. Dania shared with us her insights into the dynamics of these relationships. Dania has been at the helm of AANE since its inception 25 years ago. Since its humble beginnings, Dania & her team have developed AANE into an…

 

SPS Building A Mental Tool Kit: March 2021

Zoom meeting with Amanda Zhou & Sam McCorriston, Registered Clinical Counsellors,AsUR Counselling & Consulting Services Four sessions for adults,19+ years old, who are motivated to examine barriers in their lives and who want to explore some tools that will enable them to become the person that they want to be. 8 participants, each session 1.5 hours. Specific workshop objectives will be examined in relation to strategic tools for coping with stress, for increasing success in relationships, and for building resiliency…

 

Mindfulness Workshop: February 2021

Over the course of eight 1/2hour Zoom sessions, Certified Workplace Mindfulness Facilitator, Kulli Yee, will be our guide to the evidence-based practice of mindfulness. We will learn: What Is Mindfullness? How Mindfulness can support emotional & physical well-being. How Mindfulness can break the cycle of stress in our Everyday practices for beginning your own Mindfulness The intention of this Workshop is to help you to make meditation part of your daily life. We will be charging an $80 registration fee,…

 

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