Thank you for joining us for The Deeper Implications of a Wellbeing Society — the first session of Wellbeing Society Webinar Series, featuring Dr. Trevor Hancock and Dr. Lindsay McLaren.
We hope you found the discussion insightful and inspiring as we continue exploring how to place the wellbeing of people and the planet at the heart of governance.
Attached: Dr. Trevor Hancock’s presentation slides
Recording: Webinar Recording October 17 2025
The next webinar in this series will take place in mid-November. A follow-up email will be sent soon to confirm the exact date, topic, and registration details.
Thank you again for your participation and support — we look forward to seeing you at our next session!
Stay tuned for the next session in November 2025, more updates to come!
Preliminary webinar schedule:
PLEASE NOTE: The dates and speakers are still to be confirmed, some topics may change date or focus, so continue to check this page for more details!
- October 17th 2025 – The Deeper Implications of a Wellbeing Society
- Trevor Hancock and Professor Lindsay McLaren
- November 2025 – An Indigenous framing for the Wellbeing Society
- December 2025 – The Chief Public Health Officer of Canada’s Report
- January 2026 – Governance for Wellbeing – what does that really mean and look like?
- February 2026 – Towards a Wellbeing Economy
- March 2026 – Making peace with nature
- April 2026 – A Wellbeing of Future Generations Act for BC and Canada
- May 2026 – Social and environmental injustice
- Later in 2026 – What is wellbeing and how do we measure it?
Join us on Friday, October 17, 10:30 AM–12:00 PM (PST) for the launch of PHABC’s Wellbeing Society Webinar Series, building on #PHSI25: Building Wellbeing Societies and Communities.
A Wellbeing society is “committed to achieving equitable health now and for future generations without breaching ecological limits.”
Geneva Charter for Well-Being, World Health Organization, 2022
PHABC is developing a Wellbeing Society initiative, inspired by the WHO’s Geneva Charter for Well-Being and “Working Together to Thrive: Well-Being and Public Health,” the 2025 report of the Chief Public Health Officer of Canada. The initiative began with a 2025 Summer Institute (Think Piece HERE and video available here ).
The next step is a series of monthly webinars to explore what it really means, and what it will take, to become a society that places the equitable wellbeing of people and the health of the planet at the centre of societal governance.
This exciting online event will introduce a new platform dedicated to understanding the challenges and opportunities in creating a Wellbeing society, and the actions needed to get us there. The opening session will feature reflections on some of the profound societal transformations required to place the wellbeing of people and the planet at the heart of governance.
Preliminary webinar schedule:
PLEASE NOTE: The dates and speakers are still to be confirmed, some topics may change date or focus, so continue to check this page for more details!
- October 17th 2025 – The Deeper Implications of a Wellbeing Society
- Trevor Hancock and Professor Lindsay McLaren
- November 2025 – An Indigenous framing for the Wellbeing Society
- December 2025 – The Chief Public Health Officer of Canada’s Report
- January 2026 – Governance for Wellbeing – what does that really mean and look like?
- February 2026 – Towards a Wellbeing Economy
- March 2026 – Making peace with nature
- April 2026 – A Wellbeing of Future Generations Act for BC and Canada
- May 2026 – Social and environmental injustice
- Later in 2026 – What is wellbeing and how do we measure it?