Healthy Aging Seminar Series

Join monthly seminars on healthy aging. This is a volunteer-led program. Registration is required.

February 12: Eat Well, Age Well! Everyday Nutrition for Healthy Aging Enjoy a lively, bilingual workshop designed for older adults. Learn about healthy eating, practical nutrition tips, and strategies for healthy aging. Bring your questions for our dietitian Raihan Hassen and nutrition student Diana Bratu! Participation in English or Mandarin is welcome, and a translator will be available.

Speaker: Raihan Hassen is a registered dietitian who earned her dietetics degree and her MSc in Human Nutrition at UBC. She is passionate about growing, cooking, and understanding food and how it shapes our health and communities. She joined the BC Brain Wellness Program in 2025 leading the nutrition programs. Raihan has previously worked in research, long-term care, and public health.

Diana is a third-year Dietetics student with a passion for nutrition and wellness education. She’s dedicated to making preventative health interventions accessible to everyone through community-engaged initiatives.

The BC Brain Wellness Program offers evidence-informed lifestyle and wellness programs for individuals living with chronic brain conditions, their care partners, and healthy agers. The program empowers individuals to tailor their participation to physical and cognitive abilities, rather than diagnostic labels. As the main outreach arm of the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health at UBC, the program’s ongoing delivery of classes supplements traditional medical care and can lead participants to a better quality of life.