Events
questions about any of our events? Email csm.c4m@ucalgary.ca
Mindfulness Retreat for Medical Students
Rediscover your appreciation for exploration and discovery through mindfulness practice.
This popular retreat format is well established in the medical community and associated with reductions in burnout and increased sense of well-being and meaning.
Date: Friday October 30 – Sunday Nov 1, 2026
Price: $75 (Accommodations and meals included)
Location Barrier Lake Field Station (Kananaskis Hwy – 50 mins from Calgary)
The registration is full - to be added to waitlist please email csm.c4m@ucalgary.ca
Navigating Turbulent Times
This course will serve as an introduction to mindfulness for participants, covering topics such as: what is mindfulness? mindfulness of the breath and body, mindfulness of thoughts, mindfulness of beliefs and emotions, wise heart, and everyday mindfulness.
There will be opportunities each of the six weeks to practice mindfulness meditation skills to help participants develop or enhance their own mindfulness practice.
AUDIENCE: any member of the UCalgary community
Where: TUESDAYS 6:30 to 8 pm (Oct 27 to Dec 1, 2026)
Location: W21C (CWPH Bldg, Foothills Campus, U of C) and ONLINE
Cost: By donation (to the Centre for Mindfulness)
Suggested donation: Sliding Scale ($20 to $100)
https://cumming.ucalgary.ca/centres/centre-mindfulness/donate
Facilitators: Ward Flemons MD and Simon Colgan MD
To register please email csm.c4m@uclagry.ca
Reclaiming Our Wellbeing
Through Mindfulness, Compassion, and Empathic Dialogue.
Where: Sanctum Retreat (175 km NW of Calgary; 240 km SW of Edmonton)
When: February 16 - 19, 2027
Cost: $1500 - includes accommodation, food, meeting space, accredited CME, and GST
This three-day workshop for physicians in practice uses tools like appreciative inquiry, narrative medicine, and empathic dialogue to address common clinical challenges we face daily. Participants will share experiences through facilitated story-telling and learn mindfulness-based strategies for managing stress. They will discover that caring for patients and caring for themselves can (and need to) go hand in hand.
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