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UBC Pharmacists in PCN Program publishes Year One Highlights for 2020-2021
The first year of the UBC Pharmacists in Primary Care Network (PCN) Program was marked with major accomplishments. The Program has recently published their Year One Highlights: 2020-2021, a report that lists current milestones, accomplishments, and potential areas of progress. In their inaugural year, the Program has engaged with 273 community pharmacies and addressed 1,089 […]
Tackling historical, systemic and intersectional anti-racism with a new local open online course
The UBC Faculty of Education has launched a new Local Open Online Course (LOOC) titled ‘Historical, Systemic and Intersectional Anti-racism: From Awareness to Action’. The course aims to provide participants with a thorough understanding of racism’s deep-rooted presence across different spheres of society. Participants will gain a deep understanding of the hegemony of racism through […]
UBC Library launches Open Publishing Program
The UBC Library has lately added a number of additional services to its newest portfolio, the Open Publishing Program. Assessment of Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs), ORCID ID integration, and digital preservation services are among these services, which are meant to make it easier for UBC academics, students, and staff to publish scholarly journals on digital […]
Equity Enhancement Fund – call for proposals
As part of UBC’s commitment to advancing equity and inclusion across its campuses, faculty and staff are invited to submit a proposal to the Equity Enhancement Fund for projects that are responsive to community needs and advance one or more of the actions outlined in UBC’s Inclusion Action Plan. Faculty and staff are encouraged to […]
Meet Peek-a-Moo, a Data Visualization Tool for Dairy Cattle
The Dairy Education and Research Centre (DERC) at the UBC Faculty of Land and Food Systems has developed an exciting data visualization tool which enables researchers to analyze comprehensive data on cattle herds. The tool, named ‘Peek-a-Moo’ can show statistical data on an individual cow’s eating and sleeping patterns and even their interactions with other […]
Helping patients manage their health at home: UBC Pharmacists Clinic tops 20,000 patient care visits
The Pharmacists Clinic at UBC’s Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences has seen more than 20,000 patients as of September 2021. This achievement highlights the Clinic’s specialist pharmacists and administrative staff’s devotion to British Columbians with complicated health and medication therapy requirements. Given that all patient treatment at the clinic has been offered virtually since March 2020, […]
Clearing the Air
A team of researchers from the Airborne Disease Transmission (ADT) Cluster of Research Excellence at UBC Okanagan are investigating the role of airflow, droplets and aerosols in the transmission of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases. The research involves carrying out various experiments in simulated real-world scenarios, such as classrooms, hospital rooms and dentist offices in […]
Local solutions for boosting COVID-19 vaccine uptake
The UBC Innovation Support Unit (UBC ISU) at the Faculty of Medicine’s Department of Family Practice, has recently initiated the Immunization Primary and Community Care Mapping (immPACC) workshop in order to boost COVID-19 vaccination rates in local communities across western Canada. As part of the initiative, an interprovincial network of trained facilitators conducts evidence-based investigations, […]
Help shape the culture and community of scholarly integrity at UBC
The Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation and the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies have launched a new Canvas course to support researchers and scholars in the responsible conduct of research, also known as scholarly integrity. The Canvas course invites members of the UBC research community and beyond to learn about and reflect upon the […]
OER Fund(ed): Bringing culture and community to online language learning
The UBC Himalaya Program has launched its newest Open Educational Resources (OER) courses on the Nepali and Tibetan language, titled ‘Introduction to the Nepali Language’ and ‘Introduction to the Tibetan Language’. Instructors Binod Shrestha and Sonam Chusang have designed the introductory courses with assistance from the OER Fund in form of a Rapid Innovation Grant, […]