March is Embrace Aging Month
March is Embrace Aging month at UBC’s Okanagan campus and for this 5th Annual event a whole series of workshops and seminars are planned.
Healthy Beverages
Campus Health and UBC Okanagan Wellbeing are collaborating with colleagues to explore a healthy beverage initiative
Building Intersections Conference
Building Intersections for Vibrant Rural Health, the 2018 Rural Health Services Research Conference will be held May 31 – June 1, 2018 in Nelson BC.
Smoking on Campus
Launching the first One Day Stand against tobacco at UBC to raise awareness
UBC researcher prescribes specific exercise dosage for those with spinal cord injury
An international committee, led by Martin Ginis, has come up with exercise recommendations for the SCI population …
UBC launches program to advance chronic disease research
The UBC Faculty of Medicine Southern Medical Program is launching a new research program aimed at progressing the research front …
Big and Strong May Not Last as Long
In the battle of the sexes, new UBC research suggests that men may be stronger physically but women have much greater muscle endurance than their male counterparts.
Health 100
Dr. Sally Willis-Stewart will launch HEALTH 100 in the fall semester, a course open to all UBC Okanagan students that focuses on student wellbeing.
Regional Alliance Organizational Meetings
The Regional Alliance for Rural Health is a collaboration of academics from post-secondary institutions, health service providers, elected officials and rural community representatives from the Interior region of south central BC. The Alliance has 10 core partners and is guided by a Steering Committee. The overall goal of the Alliance is to improve rural health and wellbeing through applied and academic student and academic rural health research partnerships.
Interprofessional Student Engagement
The founding meeting of the Interprofessional Student Engagement in Rural Communities (IPSER) project was held on November 27th, 2017 in Castlegar.