Bracing for the Winter blahs? Dreading the dumps? There's hope!

Come to a free seasonal "Food n' Mood" workshop with Pauline Sok Yin Hwang. Chinese medicine offers time-tested wisdom for rolling with the punches, going with the flow, and balancing yourself through the different seasons. Winter is the season of the kidney-adrenal system, a critically important foundation for the whole body, how we flourish, and how we cope with stress. Learn to use Winter to nourish and rejuvenate your kidney-adrenals, and yourself.

Bring: your dinner - take-out, store-bought, home-cooked, whatever. (Don't worry, you won't have to share it with anyone!)

You'll leave with: helpful recipes, tips, meditations, and a newfound appreciation (or at least tolerance!) of Winter.

Radical menstruation is another awesome workshop from the Vancouver Womens Health Collective. The workshop is discussion based to acknowledge lived experiences of women that are often silenced by society. 

It covers:

The historical shame associated with periods

The myths that persist today

Alternative options for care

Talking about women's experiences

Have you ever worried that someone you know - a friend, neighbour, co-worker or relative is experiencing abuse or violence? Neighbours, Friends and Families is a public awareness campaign to help people recognize the warning signs of abuse so they can help someone close to them.

This will be a discussion based workshop where we will learn about how to recognize abuse, what resources are available in our community, and how to have the courage to support someone close to you who may be experiencing violence. Violence against women is a tough topic but is one that we need to tackle together. Working together we can end violence in our community.