Abstracts: Communicating Research Findings With Brevity and Concision

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Abstracts play a vital role in the communication of research. Studies show that abstracts are the most frequently read part of a research article: abstracts help researchers determine whether or not to read the entire study. But how do writers communicate the relevance and legitimacy of their research to members of the discipline, and beyond? […]

Celebrating International Women’s Day with Dr. Shohini Ghose

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Every year, the world comes together for International Women’s Day (IWD) in March to celebrate women’s achievements. The theme of this year’s IWD is Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress. We’re honoured to welcome Dr. Shohini Ghose, Professor of Physics & Computer Science at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, to UBC Vancouver on March 22 as part […]

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Citation Practices in Academic and Professional Writing

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All too often, citation is approached by students as a frustrating obstacle on the path to completing a writing assignment, rather than as an intellectual pursuit in its own right. Academic writing involves a complicated process of text integration, rather than mechanically following the rules of a particular style guide. No matter the citation style […]

Informing ethical lung cancer screening policies through inquiries of key informant perspectives and public values

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

Speaker: Manisha Pahwa, McGill University Lung cancer screening policies and programs are evolving in Canadian jurisdictions with the goal of reducing lung cancer mortality. Potential ethical issues range from promoting autonomy and minimizing harm, to group-level justice considerations related screening access and the use of lung cancer risk factor information to determine individual screening eligibility. […]

Writing a Literature Review: Mapping the Scholarly Conversation

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Literature reviews accomplish several purposes for scholars writing up their research study, or research story, in order to summarize the scholarly conversation. In the introduction to a research article, research paper, or thesis chapter, for example, writers review research in order to provide readers with relevant background context to situate the current study. But how […]

Lay Summaries: Going Public With Your Research

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Lay summaries offer researchers opportunities to increase the visibility and accessibility of their research and thus invite public dialogue. As a way to promote science communication, many open access journals, public policy institutes, and granting agencies require researchers to provide summaries of their studies for non-specialists. But how do scholars communicate specialized research to non-specialist […]

Open Education 101

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Would you like to learn more about open education and open educational resources but don’t know where to start? This introductory workshop is for you. This session will provide an overview of the open education movement including what it is and why it matters. This session will cover: Definition and examples of open educational resources […]

Contract Faculty CoP: Teaching Community Engagement Using the Social Impact Lab Toolkit

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Multi-access This CoP session will describe how the Social Impacts Lab Toolkit developed by the Centre for Community Engaged Learning was applied to a 4th year engineering design course to support student engagement with their community-based project partners.  The session will include examples of lessons and assignments developed using the toolkit, as well as an […]

In Their Own Words: Plaintiffs & Their Lawyers Speak About Youth Climate Cases, Part 4 – Juliana v US

Allard Hall 1822 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada +1 more

The Centre for Law and the Environment’s four-part series, In Their Own Words: Plaintiffs and Their Lawyers Speak About Leading Youth Climate Cases, covers four leading cases from Canada and the US in which youth are demanding climate accountability and action from their government. Each session in the series will delve into a particular case […]

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Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Uses in Health Care Services

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Speaker: Sian Tsuei The health care industry has seen increasing use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies over the last several years. The dizzying pace of development is generating a vast range of implications for health care service providers and policymakers. To facilitate productive dialogue and research on AI-related health services and policies implementation and research, […]

Women in Science

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Join us as we celebrate International Day of Women and Girls in Science on Thursday, February 8, 2024. Hear from inspiring female leaders who are paving the way for research in health sciences. Presented by BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, Women's Health Research Institute and BC Mental Health & Substance Use Services Research Institute. Registration for this free […]

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Evaluating the implementation of programs to improve emergency department care for people who use opioids in B.C.

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Andrew Kestler, MD, MBA, MSCPH, DTMH Scientist, Advancing Health Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, UBC Physician Lead, Emergency Department Opioid Crisis Response, St. Paul’s Hospital Emergency Physician, St. Paul’s, Vancouver General, and BC Children’s Hospitals Evaluating the implementation of programs to improve emergency department care for people who use opioids in B.C. In […]

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