Health, Wellness, and Society’s Updates
Plenary Discussion with Lori Thicke: Tenth International Conference on Health, Wellness & Society
Lori Thicke (Founder and President, Translators without Borders, United States) will be holding a Zoom Plenary Discussion on September 4th. Please see below for the prompt questions and talking points. Please sign up for the plenary discussion here.
- What’s Language Got to Do with It?
- Why do you say that language is the most important thing in health and well-being that no one is talking about?
- What was your ambition when setting up Translators without Borders to address this issue?
- Can you tell us about the work that Translators without Borders is doing and why it is important?
- In these days of Covid-19, how can language play a role in an effective pandemic response?
- Is language just a developing world issue?
- What were or are your challenges and what lessons have you learned?
- What implications from these experiences can you see for people in the field of health and well-being?
Please return to the conference overview page here.
As a medical librarian who studied Spanish and community development as an undergraduate many years ago, I am really looking forward to this discussion.