Unlearning Scarcity: Building a Culture of Flourishing and Reciprocity at UBC

Event Date & Time

Event Description

This event is part of the CTLT Winter Institute, taking place from December 9—11, 2024.

In-person

The CTLT invites you to join a World Café discussion designed to spark deep reflections and collaborative dialogue around wellbeing at UBC. This year, we are exploring what it means to approach wellbeing as a shared, collective responsibility—one that reaches beyond individual actions and advocates for systemic change across our teaching and learning community.

Through guided, small-group discussions, participants will have the chance to:

• Critically examine how cultural norms within academia—such as beliefs around scarcity, competition, and career progression—affect our ability to foster a supportive and flourishing community for ourselves, our students, and our colleagues, and ask ourselves, what might we need to unlearn or reimagine to prioritize collective wellbeing
• Reimagine a campus culture where wellbeing thrives through collective care and mutual support
• Consider practical, actionable steps to foster an environment of abundance and connection

Facilitators:

• Judy Chan, Faculty Associate, Faculty Liaison (Land and Food Systems)
• Ainsley Camps Educational Developer, CTLT