Charting a new course for MS treatment
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Using drone deliveries to enhance health care in rural, remote and Indigenous communities
A UBC partnership that uses drones to deliver medical supplies could make health care more accessible to isolated communities across Canada Imagine you’re in a life-threatening car accident in a rural community. You need blood, but the community has none. It’s cut off from additional medical help by a mountain range, forest or body of […]
Older adults with cancer need coordinated and specialized health services
Older adults with cancer face significant challenges in accessing and navigating health care in B.C. due to limited language skills, financial capacity and health conditions, as well as systemic discrimination related to age, ethnicity or language. That’s the key finding from a new project led by UBC nursing assistant professor Dr. Kristen Haase, in collaboration […]
Technology may help eliminate health inequities for people in rural communities
As the new year arrives, many people resolve to take better care of their health. But, as UBCO researchers have determined, the road to improved health isn’t always smooth for people who live in small and rural communities. “Diabetes, cardiovascular disease, asthma, poor mental health and obesity are higher in rural and remote areas than […]
UBC Library digitizes William Shakespeare’s First Folio
UBC Library has made its first edition of William Shakespeare’s Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies openly accessible to the public by publishing a digitized version of the volume online through Open Collections. The process to digitize the First Folio took more than a year to facilitate due to the Folio’s age and fragility. The First Folio […]
Experts gather at UBC Sauder conference to showcase how Behavioural Insights can spur long-term change in behaviour
BIG Difference BC convened in November 2022 for a milestone fifth conference, continuing its legacy of bringing together scholars and business leaders to explore how human psychology, cognitive science and interventions driven by Behavioural Insights (BI) can inform better policy decisions. It put a spotlight on how BI can drive positive change—from addressing large systemic […]
Bringing Indigenous ways of knowing into mental health supports
Dr. Johanna Sam’s team at UBC is listening to the experiences of diverse youth to help them develop coping strategies for cyberbullying While young people may not use the term “cyberbullying”, they sure know when somebody is mean to them online. That can take different forms, from having an unwanted photo of them shared on […]
Master of International Forestry field school returns to Quesnel
In partnership with the City of Quesnel and their Forestry Initiatives Program, UBC Forestry hosted its third Master of International Forestry Field School. This year, 16 students and their professors spent two days in Quesnel speaking to land managers, small businesses, government reps from the local First Nations, the municipality, the provincial government, and industry […]
Public Scholars Initiative welcomes 45 scholars for the 2022/23 Academic Year
Now entering its eighth year, UBC’s Public Scholars Initiative (PSI) has announced 45 new doctoral students for the 2022/23 academic year. In addition to interdisciplinary and collaborative research, the PSI also introduced two new elements for the 2022/23 cohort. For the first time since its inception, seven PhD students from the Okanagan campus were added to the […]
New tools from UBC Nursing aim to improve care for people experiencing substance use stigma
Stigma and discrimination associated with substance use, known as substance use stigma, contribute directly to significant harms and barriers to care. Due to widespread negative attitudes towards substance use issues, people are often treated in disrespectful or discriminatory ways in health care settings. Now a team of researchers at UBC Faculty of Applied Science and […]