🎧 Do you want to start a family? - Podcast Discussion event poster.
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🎧 Do you want to start a family? - Podcast Discussion

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The essentials

When
Sunday, November 15, 2026 Β· 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Vancouver timeTimes shown in America/Vancouver.
Location
UBC Learning Exchange612 Main St, Vancouver, BC V6A 2V3, Canada
Listed availability
Open
Listed capacity
40 + waitlist

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About this event

🎧 We're getting together to talk about The Gray Area with Sean Illing: Is starting a family becoming impossible?

You can want children and still struggle to picture the life that would make raising them possible. A spare bedroom, enough time and someone to call when plans fall apart make that decision about more than personal desire. Waiting until everything is secure might be sensible, but it can also mean waiting for conditions that never arrive. What would count as enough support, and how much of that should depend on having the right family, income or luck?

The plan

Please listen to the September 14, 2026 episode, Is starting a family becoming impossible? (58 minutes), beforehand: External resource

  • How can someone distinguish not wanting children from not wanting the life they think parenthood would require?
  • Which responsibilities of raising children should extend beyond the parents themselves?
  • When is waiting to feel ready sensible, and when does it mean waiting for certainty nobody gets?

When and where

πŸ—“οΈ Date: Sunday, November 15, 2026 πŸ•’ Time: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM, Vancouver local time πŸ“ Location: UBC Learning Exchange, 612 Main St, Vancouver, BC V6A 2V3 We will meet at the main entrance. Arrive 10 minutes before the start; doors close 10 minutes after the start. Cap: 40