<div dir="ltr"><h2 style="box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:500;font-stretch:normal;font-size:20px;line-height:32px;font-family:Cairo,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 16px;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgba(244,243,239,0.8)"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word">We Are Better Together: Two-Part Series for Tourism & Hospitality</strong></h2><p style="box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Cairo,sans-serif;font-size:20px;background-color:rgba(244,243,239,0.8)">The interactive design offers opportunities to reflect, share your perspective and engage in self-awareness practices together. To get the most out of these sessions, please register and attend both dates.</p><h3 style="box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:400;font-stretch:normal;font-size:16px;line-height:28px;font-family:Cairo,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 16px;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgba(244,243,239,0.8)">Webinar Facilitator: <a href="https://yukon.cmha.ca/home/about-cmha/#:~:text=Bonnie%20MacDonald%20%E2%80%93%20Workplace,hearts%20well%2Dtended." style="box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;border:none">Bonnie MacDonald</a> from CMHA Yukon</h3><p style="box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Cairo,sans-serif;font-size:20px;background-color:rgba(244,243,239,0.8)"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word">PART 1</strong><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word"> - November 10th 2022 at 10:00am till 11:00am</strong></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Cairo,sans-serif;font-size:20px;background-color:rgba(244,243,239,0.8)">Register: <a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/we-are-better-together-part-1-tourism-and-hospitality-tickets-416823198407" style="box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;border:none">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/we-are-better-together-part-1-tourism-and-hospitality-tickets-416823198407</a> </p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Cairo,sans-serif;font-size:20px;background-color:rgba(244,243,239,0.8)">In our 1st hour, we will open the discussion with a few perspectives on mental health and look at the mental health landscape in Canada; highlighting the importance of emotional health.  We will explore the experiences of depression and anxiety as they are the most common mental health challenges in the Canadian workforce.  We will wrap up our time together in part 1 with looking at how befriending our nervous system supports everyone.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Cairo,sans-serif;font-size:20px;background-color:rgba(244,243,239,0.8)"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word">PART 2 </strong><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word">- November 17th 2022 at 10:00am till 11:00am</strong></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Cairo,sans-serif;font-size:20px;background-color:rgba(244,243,239,0.8)">Register: <a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/we-are-better-together-part-2-tourism-and-hospitality-tickets-416880720457" style="box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;border:none">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/we-are-better-together-part-2-tourism-and-hospitality-tickets-416880720457</a></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Cairo,sans-serif;font-size:20px;background-color:rgba(244,243,239,0.8)">In our 2<sup style="box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word">nd</sup> hour together, we will take a deeper dive into what mental health means for us as individuals; what is our context, what are the factors that have shaped our mental health and how do we notice ourselves and others at work.  This noticing builds our capacity to recognize and respond to the collective mental health at work.  Social support is not merely being in the presence of others; the critical element is to be heard and seen by the people around us.  We will wrap up session #2 with a discussion about the importance of connection in the workplace as our mental health is very much interrelated to our social, physical, and emotional health.</p><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)">Lorenda Calvert<br>Programs Coordinator</span><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><font size="1">Pronouns: she/her. To learn why pronouns are important, click <a href="https://equity.ubc.ca/resources/gender-diversity/pronouns/" target="_blank">here</a></font></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">The BC Museums Association office is located on the traditional, unceded lands of the </span><a href="https://vimeo.com/275788251" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Lekwungen</a><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"> peoples (Songhees and Xwsepsum Nations). We respect past, present, and future Indigenous stewards and recognize that we are uninvited guests on this territory.</span><br></p><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/675+Belleville+Street+%7C%7C+Victoria,+BC+%7C%7C+V8W+9W2+%0D%0A+%0D%0A+Office:+250?entry=gmail&source=g" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"></a></div><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/675+Belleville+Street+%7C%7C+Victoria,+BC+%7C%7C+V8W+9W2+%0D%0A+%0D%0A+Office:+250?entry=gmail&source=g" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"></a><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:1pt;margin-left:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(237,125,49)">BC Museums Association || 675 Belleville Street  || Victoria, BC || V8W 9W2</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="color:rgb(136,136,136);margin:0in 0in 1pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span style="color:rgb(237,125,49);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.66px"><a href="http://www.museum.bc.ca/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">museum.bc.ca</a></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 1pt"><font><font><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-size:11pt"><font color="#ed7d31" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.66px"><br></span></font></span></font></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 1pt"><font><font><br></font></font></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>