The Faculty of Medicine REDI Office Indigenous Speaker Series presents: “We Are All That Is Possible: Indigenous Principles and Perspectives of Disability & Belonging.”

Please join us on Wednesday, December 7, 2022 for “We Are All That Is Possible: Indigenous Principles and Perspectives of Disability & Belonging.”

This virtual event is presented by the Faculty of Medicine’s Respectful Environments, Diversity & Inclusion Indigenous Initiatives Speakers Series.

REDI is honored to welcome Joanne Mills, Vice President, Quality Services & Indigenous Relations, Community Living British Columbia.

Topic: We Are All That Is Possible: Indigenous Principles and Perspectives of Disability & Belonging with Joanne Mills

Date: Wednesday, December 7, 2022

Time: 12:00 – 1:30 pm PDT

This event is intended for: faculty, staff, learners


The Office of Respectful Environments, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (REDI) is hosting their fourth Indigenous Speaker session on Dec 7th entitled “We Are All That Is Possible: Indigenous Principles and Perspectives of Disability & Belonging.” In this session we will have a conversation with Joanne Mills, a proud Cree woman from Ochekwi-Sipi Fisher River Cree Nation, a signatory to Treaty 5 in Manitoba and the Vice President of Quality Services & Indigenous Relations at Community Living British Columbia. She’s been a force of change and purpose for Indigenous peoples who have for too long been marginalized and labeled as living with developmental disabilities. In this session, we will have an opportunity to better inform our sensibilities and perceptions about Indigenous peoples who are both challenged with, and gifted with, developmental disabilities.

For more information and to register, visit the event page ➡️https://redi.med.ubc.ca/we-are-all-that-is-possible-indigenous-principles-and-perspectives-of-disability-belonging-with-joanne-mills/