• CAE Public Seminar | Ethical Third Spaces: A Multi-eyed Seeing Approach to Mental Health and Psychedelic Medicine

    Online/Virtual Event

    Speaker: Jimena Garcia Chalchi, MA Global Leadership Canada is in the throes of a growing mental health crisis, and traditional therapies are failing many of the growing number of First Nations, Métis, Inuit, Canadians and immigrants struggling with post-colonial, post-war, and eco-trauma related mental health challenges. Psychedelic-assisted therapy (PaT) is showing significant promise in the […]

  • CHSPR Seminar | From High Cost to High Value: 25 Years of Pharmaceutical Policy Lessons for Inflammatory Diseases

    Hybrid Online/Virtual and In-Person - See Description Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada +1 more

    Speaker: Nick Bansback, UBC School of Population and Public Health Since the introduction of biologics in the early 2000s, the management of inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis has undergone an enormous shift, impacting both patient outcomes and pharmaceutical budgets. This presentation will describe the 25-year evolution of the market, identifying the policy decisions and […]

  • Michael Smith Distinguished Lecture

    Michael Smith Laboratories 2185 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    The annual Michael Smith Distinguished Lecture is organized in partnership between the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the Michael Smith Laboratories. This event honours Nobel Laureate Dr. Michael Smith, whose academic career was deeply rooted at UBC and where his legacy continues to inspires young generations of scientists. The first Michael Smith Distinguished Lecture was […]

    Free
  • CAE Public Seminar | Equitable and Targeted Pathways towards SDG-3 Acceleration in Low-Resource Settings: Lessons from Ethiopia

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

    Speaker: Fentabil Getnet Yimer, National Data Management and Analytics Center, Ethiopian Public Health Institute Equitable and Targeted Pathways towards SDG-3 Acceleration in Low-Resource Settings: Lessons from Ethiopia Speaker: Fentabil Getnet Yimer, National Data Management and Analytics Center, Ethiopian Public Health Institute Wednesday Apr 22, 2026, 12-1:30 pm PDT | SPPH 219 or via Zoom | Register […]

  • CHSPR Seminar | Solidarity and the Expressive Function of Public Health Insurance: The Case of Medicare in Canada

    Hybrid Online/Virtual and In-Person - See Description Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada +1 more

    Speaker: Ana Komparic, UBC School of Population and Public Health The ethical importance of universal health coverage is widely recognized, but policy debate persists as to how coverage ought to be implemented in practice, including whether and why it is ethically significant that it be financed and administered through a public, single-payer system. Solidarity is […]