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Nurses sign open letter in support of Drug User Liberation Front
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Trevor Goodyear speaks out via radio, television and an open letter, supporting the efforts of the Drug User Liberation Front to counter unsafe drug supplies.
Texting Intervention for lesbian and bisexual girls prevents teen pregnancy
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For more than 30 years, research has shown lesbian and bisexual girls have higher risk for teen pregnancy than their heterosexual peers. Girl2Girl was designed to share the knowledge they need to make safe and healthy decisions.
Older adults with cancer need coordinated and specialized health services
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In this Q&A, Dr. Haase talks about challenges to older adults in accessing and navigating health care in B.C. and lays out a potential path forward for health care providers, educators and researchers.
2022 NNPBC Awardees
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We are incredibly proud of these three Nurse and Nurse Practitioners of BC (NNPBC) awardees for 2022. As a colleague recently noted, "each has changed the face of nursing in this province through their commitment to the profession and major…
Bonnie Leung - CIHR HSI PhD Fellow
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The School of Nursing congratulates doctoral trainee Bonnie Leung on her Health System Impact (HSI) PhD Fellowship. The Canadian Institutes of Health Research HSI program provides highly qualified PhD trainees (and postdoctoral fellows, and…
Dr. Jenkins - Canada Research Chair
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Congratulations to Dr. Emily Jenkins, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research's Canada Research Chair (CRC) for Socioecological Approaches to Mental Health and Substance Use.
Opportunity for Indigenous RNs in BC - Gradual Entry to Grad School
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UBC-Vancouver School of Nursing is piloting a project to support up to five Indigenous RNs in BC who want to experience a graduate course in nursing as a step to applying to a graduate program.Indigenous RNs who participate in the pilot will take…
Dr. Hirani - Outstanding Woman Researcher 2023 VIWA awards
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Congratulations to Dr. Saima Hirani, Assistant Professor at UBC Nursing and 2023 winner of the Outstanding Woman Researcher in Mental Health Promotion from Venus International Women Awards.Each year since 2020, this award is conferred to a…
Donelda Parker - In Memoriam
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August 16th 1936 - October 20th 2022The faculty and staff of the School of Nursing celebrate the life of Donelda Ellis Parker, alumna and Associate Professor Emerita, who died in Vancouver on October 20th at the age of 86. Donelda began her…
Canadian Academy of Nursing Fellows Drs Baumbusch and Hall
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Congratulations! On October 14, 2022, Dr. Jennifer Baumbusch and Dr. Wendy Hall were named among the third class of Fellows of the Canadian Academy of Nursing, joining the ranks of other faculty who have been inducted into the Academy.