On June 7, Grammar Connect hosted the Riding the Wave webinar with Grammar Parent Dr. Maria Patriquin. The webinar was focused on having an interactive conversation on cultivating resilience, health, humour and well-being while riding the waves of the pandemic. For those who didn't attend and are interested in watching later, watch the full webinar on Grammar's YouTube Channel below.
More on Dr. Maria Patriquin:
Dr. Maria Patriquin has worked as a family physician for 23 years and is the founder of Living Well Integrative Health Center in Halifax http://www.livingwellihc.ca. She is recognized for her work on collaborative models of primary care with special expertise in prevention and management of stress, burnout, mental health, PTSD, RN and physician health. She is the physician lead for family medicine-based innovative group medical visits, psycho-education and group psychotherapy in Nova Scotia. She represents the CFPC on several national mental health working groups, committees and the Canadian Pediatric Strategic Mental Health Task Force. She is the 2021 co-chair of the Canadian Collaborative Mental Health Care Conference. Dr. Patriquin sits on the Editorial Board of the CFP and is currently an assistant professor in the department of family medicine at Dalhousie University. Maria is passionate and committed to promoting positive change within her profession and society by promoting compassion, communication and collaboration. "My mission is for people's experiences of health care, both as providers and patients, to become positive and humanizing."