{"id":6975,"date":"2026-09-04T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/?p=6975"},"modified":"2026-08-25T17:26:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T00:26:44","slug":"register-now-for-big-difference-bc-2026-nov-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/2026\/09\/04\/register-now-for-big-difference-bc-2026-nov-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Register Now for BIG Difference BC 2026 (Nov 6)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/files\/2026\/09\/BDBC-2026-banner-1024x250.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6978\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/files\/2026\/09\/BDBC-2026-banner-1024x250.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/files\/2026\/09\/BDBC-2026-banner-300x73.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/files\/2026\/09\/BDBC-2026-banner-50x12.png 50w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/files\/2026\/09\/BDBC-2026-banner-768x187.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/files\/2026\/09\/BDBC-2026-banner-1200x293.png 1200w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/files\/2026\/09\/BDBC-2026-banner.png 1509w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Free registration is now open!<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BIG Difference BC 2026 is on Friday, November 6. Join us for any and all sessions!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>When: <\/strong>Fri., Nov. 6, 9am-4pm Pacific<br><strong>Where:<\/strong> Zoom<br><strong>Cost:<\/strong> Free!<br><strong>Register: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/BDBC2026register\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/BDBC2026register<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Building Resilient Futures with Behavioural Insights<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bigdifferencebc.ca\/conference-overview\">Throughout the day<\/a>, we&#8217;ll be exploring how behavioural science is being used in British Columbia, across Canada, and around the world to build resilient futures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Program highlights:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Keynote address by Harvard\u2019s Julia Minson: <\/strong>Disagreement can be a source of insight and a driver of innovation, or a source of stress and a catalyst for drama. Drawing on decades of cutting-edge research, Julia will explain why and how engaging with contradictory perspectives without turning to arguing leads to better results and better relationships. She will offer concrete strategies for improving conversations across disagreement in the workplace, among family members, and in civic life.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Special session: <\/strong>Trust is a pre-condition for a resilient future, but research shows that trust in institutions and each other is declining. Our panelists, Edelman\u2019s Megan Spoore, OECD\u2019s Haris Khan, and Impact Canada\u2019s Nicholas Diamond, will join moderator Kirstin Appelt (UBC) to discuss the current trust landscape and how behavioural insights can help.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lightning talks and BI bites<\/strong> will provide snapshots of how practitioners and researchers in B.C., across Canada, and around the world are using BI toward resilient futures.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"761\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/files\/2026\/09\/BDBC-reg-761x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6979\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/files\/2026\/09\/BDBC-reg-761x1024.png 761w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/files\/2026\/09\/BDBC-reg-223x300.png 223w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/files\/2026\/09\/BDBC-reg-50x67.png 50w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/files\/2026\/09\/BDBC-reg-768x1033.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/files\/2026\/09\/BDBC-reg-1142x1536.png 1142w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/files\/2026\/09\/BDBC-reg-1523x2048.png 1523w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/files\/2026\/09\/BDBC-reg-1200x1614.png 1200w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/files\/2026\/09\/BDBC-reg-1980x2663.png 1980w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/files\/2026\/09\/BDBC-reg-scaled.png 1903w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 761px) 100vw, 761px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Free registration is now open to join any and all sessions of BIG Difference BC 2026, which will be exploring using BI toward resilient futures [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28042,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"templates\/template-full-width.php","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,13,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-at-ubc","category-events","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28042"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6975"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6975\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6981,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6975\/revisions\/6981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}