Speaker: Jason Sutherland, UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research Jason Sutherland will examine the Canadian health system’s experience with long-stay hospital patients and how these cases reflect system pressures and affect funding and patient outcomes. Hospitals have faced challenges with Alternative Level of Care patients for decades, and the problems are largely unaddressed. […]
In this Indigenous Speakers Series session, we will have a conversation with James Andrew, Aisha Sallad, Meghan MacGillivray, Nadine Duke, Shannon Field, Ainsley Light and Rachel De Cicco. They will reflect on the 25-year journey of the Indigenous Doctor of Medicine (MD) pathway, as well as recruiting and supporting Indigenous students to the Faculty of Dentistry […]
Four early-career UBC researchers were given two years to focus on a challenge that could advance their vastly different fields of study. Hear what they discovered and sample the incredible breadth of research and scholarly activity across our two campuses. The questions they tackled may be ones you have pondered already—or things you never thought […]
Health Policy Foundations in Canada The UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research Fall Health Policy Workshop will provide an introduction to how health policy is conceived, made, implemented, and evaluated in Canada. The workshop will describe how health policy decisions are shaped by internal and external forces – explicit and implicit values, public opinion, interest […]
Health Policy Foundations in Canada The UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research Fall Health Policy Workshop will provide an introduction to how health policy is conceived, made, implemented, and evaluated in Canada. The workshop will describe how health policy decisions are shaped by internal and external forces – explicit and implicit values, public opinion, interest […]
How are our relationships with land and water linked to our personal well-being? This discussion delves into eco-anxiety, environmental change, and how our connections to place and community can enhance mental health and well-being. By drawing on Indigenous Knowledge and storytelling, we will examine how our relationships with water, the environment, and each other can […]
Curiosity moves us. Determination gets us there—because progress doesn’t happen on its own. See how we push forward.
