The events listed on this page are relevant to individuals who have a personal or professional interest in eating disorders, body image, self-esteem, and related subjects. As we are a Canadian organization, most of these events are in Canada.
If you are hosting an event, such as an education session, workshop, or conference, we invite you to let us know about it. We are happy to promote the following on this page:
To request an event listing, please complete this form.
Date: Saturday February 1, 2025
Time: 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. PT
Learn from our panel of youth with lived experiences and our moderator, Carmen Kaufmann, an eating disorder specialist. This free event is open to parents, caregivers, youth, professionals, family, and friends.
Through this event you will:
For more information, contact our Embody team directly at embody@familyservices.bc.ca, or go to embodybc.com.
Join VIVED for its third Virtual Town Hall meeting to kick off Eating Disorder Awareness Week.
We can’t afford to wait any longer for the government to fix our broken healthcare system. We have to conserve our energy for what we can change. For this year’s panel discussion, we want to inspire you to help us Build a Community of Care on Vancouver Island and across the province of British Columbia.
“The struggle for freedom and transformation is not a dream. It’s a fire that’s burning in real time. And the blaze is spreading.” – Kelly Hayes
This is your invitation to join a counterculture of reciprocal care that celebrates our common humanity and creates a system of collaboration, mutual aid, and empathy. For the peer community. By the peer community.
Date: Saturday, February 1, 2025
Time: 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. PST
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85750037861?pwd=PEUG1WlIG8R2a28HF2IQu6iHSwb1yg.1
Meeting ID: 857 5003 7861
Passcode: 328053
This event is facilitated by VIVED members, including our moderator and peer support volunteers. Our panel of speakers includes persons with lived and living experience of an eating disorder, their loved ones, and professional allies. We will discuss:
Date: Thursday February 6th, 2025
Time: 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. (CST)
This panel discussion entitled "Eating Disorders Don't Discriminate" will be hosted by a group of nutrition students at the University of Saskatchewan in partnership with Student Wellness. It will feature three guests: Sydney Wright, RD, Lauralyn Blackburn MSW, RSW, CEDS-C, and Megan Favel, BSW, who will share their experiences, expertise, and advice. The discussion will center around the concept that eating disorders do not discriminate, regardless of sex, gender, body shape and weight, race, age etc.
Whether you're a health care provider, student, curious about eating disorders, or anyone else, this event is a great chance to unpack some of the misunderstandings and biases that exist in the realm of eating disorders and disordered eating!
If you have questions about this event, please contact:
Thera Kusch at xar465@usask.ca
Fighting Eating Disorders in Underrepresented Populations (FEDUP) is collective of Trans+, Gender Diverse, and/or Intersex (TGDI) people who believe eating disorders in marginalized communities are social justice issues.
FEDUP runs the following peer support groups on Zoom:
These support groups are free of charge and open to TGDI individuals ages 18 and older, living in any geographic location.
Free (for Saskatchewan residents) full-day online workshop
Facilitated by Lauralyn Blackburn, MSW, RSW, CEDS-S
This online workshop is designed to equip carers with practical skills derived from Emotion-Focused Family Therapy that will help them strengthen their relationships, with their loved one and respond effectively to strong emotional reactions.
Dates:
Thursday March 24, 2025
Friday May 23, 2025
Friday July 18, 2025
Time:
9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CT on all dates