Decolonial and Anti-Racist Approaches to Wellbeing with Larissa Crawford

3-part series on July 20, August 31, and September 21. 

This three-part workshop series will explore wellbeing through a decolonial and anti-racist lens. Participants will collectively work to re-think and re-imagine what wellbeing looks like in our personal and professional lives. These 2.5 hour sessions – held across three months and facilitated by one of Canada’s most influential speakers, Larissa Crawford from Future Ancestors -- will help faculty and staff identify opportunities to advance anti-racism, decolonization, and Indigenization at UBC. 

If you want to help create just, sustainable, and ethical relationships between UBC and the communities they serve, this course is for you.

This series will move through three key themes:  

• Decolonizing Our Relationship to Earth and Wellbeing (Climate Justice) 
• Building Our Capacity to Leverage and Advance Anti-Racism 
• Applying Our Decolonization and Anti-Racism Learnings at UBC 

Participants will: 

• Explore the existence of relationships to Earth and wellbeing in our lives and work, 
• Understand how systemic barriers are created and maintained through individuals, institutions, and ecosystems, 
• Explore anti-racist tools and mechanisms,  
• Deepen understanding of how restorative practice can inform an individual and institutional approach to anti-racist spaces and relationships, 
• Re-think success and use relational success criteria to define success in our personal and professional lives,
• Engage in a dialogue-intent space that seeks to clarify your role in achieving institutional anti-racist and reconciliation goals at UBC. 

Important notes for this three-part series. PLEASE READ:  

• You are required to attend all 3 sessions, 
• Sessions will be recorded and shared with participants who attend the sessions for a set period of time. Breakout room discussions will not be recorded, 
• Each session is 2.5 hours and will include breaks,
• Sessions will require active participation at times, including breakout rooms that will not be recorded,
• All participants will receive access to virtual resources and a certificate of completion, 
• ASL interpretation will be available for all 3 sessions.