CHSPR Seminar | Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury in BC: Exploring 20 Years of Data

School of Population and Public Health (SPPH) 2206 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada +1 more

Speaker: Michael Bond, UBC School of Population and Public Health Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury (TSCI) is a debilitating condition that can have significant effects on physical function and overall quality of life. Treatment and management are challenging and costly to health care systems, society, and the individual as they absorb privately borne costs that are […]

BIG25 Research Day

Life Sciences Centre 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

The BIG Research day is an annual tradition of Bioinformatics, Interdisciplinary Oncology and Genome Science + Technology graduate programs at the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University. Over 100 graduate students from all three programs gather to present their research projects and attend seminars and workshops by academic and industry professionals. Undergraduate students interested […]

10 Years After the Mount Polley Mine Disaster: Root Causes and Reparative Futures

Allard Hall 1822 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

This year marks a decade since the Mount Polley mine disaster, that released 25-million-cubic-metres of heavy metal-laden waste into Te T7iweltk (Quesnel Lake). While the disaster was unprecedented in its scale and speed of contamination—recognized as largest mining disaster of its kind in Canadian history—this catastrophe is tied to longer pattern of social and ecological devastation […]

Free

Women’s Health Seminar: Sex differences in obesity, eating behaviors, and diet patterns: Insights from the brain-gut microbiome system

Online/Virtual Event

The Women’s Health Seminar Series features multidisciplinary research on women’s health. The goal of the series is to provide multidisciplinary training for attendees, including students across a broad range of women’s health research topics. Speakers will present their research regarding the biological, psychological, behavioural, economic and social factors in women’s health and their effects on […]

SBME Building Official Opening – Public Open House

Biomedical Research Centre 2222 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada +1 more

Monday, April 7 from 12 to 3 pm 6088 University Blvd We are thrilled to welcome you to our purpose designed new building, which serves as the heart of BC’s thriving life sciences ecosystem, generating the ground-breaking research, next-generation talent, and innovative spin-offs and ideas that will fuel the life sciences sector growth. Join us […]

Free