IBPOC Voices is an opportunity to meet and have a conversation with guests who identify as Indigenous, Black and people of color. This series centers IBPOC experiences and knowledge, and highlights how they navigate the different challenges and how they engage with equity, diversity and inclusion. It is also a space where guests talk about […]
This event is part of the CTLT Winter Institute, taking place from December 12-15, 2022. UBC defines “sustainability” as simultaneous improvements in human and environmental wellbeing. In this panel session, we will hear from faculty members from various disciplines who are currently working on curriculum projects that explore the intersection of climate change, sustainability and healthy […]
To imagine and reimagine a more just global health, Dr. Amaya Perez-Brumer asks you to join her in sitting with the discomfort of the following question, “Does global health make data or does global health make health?” To begin to think through this question, she will discuss three ongoing paradoxes rooted in the extractive logics at the […]
We can’t wait to have you join us in Whistler for the IN-PERSON 2023 Canadian Paediatric Trauma Course (CPOT) in January. We’ll have current and practical updates in all aspects of paediatric trauma surgery provided by experts who will share insights, tips, and up-to-date surgically relevant content. Learn, network, and play all in beautiful Whistler, BC. […]
Join us for our first in-person Precision Health (PH) Symposium. About: The PH Symposium will bring together UBC faculty, clinicians, post-doctoral fellows, graduate students, and staff to learn about PH-related research activities happening at UBC and across the globe. The PH Symposium will also highlight the previous PH Catalyst Grant award recipients’ research projects and […]
The movement to increase value from health care is gaining momentum and related initiatives are flourishing. For many, value from health care means measuring patients’ health relative to the costs incurred to achieve their outcomes. However, this concept over-simplifies the complex processes of generating or maintaining health. Focusing on patients’ health and health care outcomes […]
Registration is now open for What’s New in Toxicology? What Every Acute Care Practitioner Needs to Know. A joint conference with UBC Department of Emergency Medicine and the BC Drug and Poison Information Centre, BC Centre for Disease Control, medical toxicologists will discuss recent changes in the management of drug overdose. Program highlights include presentation […]