Are you a frontline mental health worker supporting immigrants and refugees in your community? Are you familiar with, or do you wish to learn more about issues related to mental health and the settlement process? If so, you are cordially invited to a virtual screening of the documentary The World is Bright (Ying Wang, 2019) followed by a public panel discussion about the film one week following the screening. This event will be co-hosted by the UBC Centre for Migration Studies (CMS)’ Community University Partnerships working group, and MOSAIC, the BC organization providing inclusive settlement and employment services for newcomers. The event is free and open to the public, and light refreshments will served to those attending the panel discussion in person. Registration is required. Please register below.

A link to film will be sent to registrants on January 25, 2023. They will have 1 week to view at no cost and at their own convenience. Registrants are then invited to attend a public panel discussion of the film at MOSAIC Headquarters on February 1, 2023. Five panelists including the filmmaker, three mental health professionals and educators, and a settlement service professional will be invited as panelists to guide the discussion.

Panelists:

1. Ying Wang, Director of The World is Bright
2. Dr. Jaswant Guzder, Professor (retired), McGill University, Division of Child Psychiatry & Division of Social and Cultural Psychiatry
3. Miriam Jurigová, Manager and Legal Advocate, MOSAIC Family & Settlement Services
4. Michael Lee, Professor of Teaching and Associate Head of Education Affairs, UBC Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
5. Dr. Nancy Clark (moderator), Director of Social Justice Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences & Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Human and Social Development, School of Nursing, University of Victoria & Research Affiliate, UBC Centre for Migration Studies.

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