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UBC Knowledge ExchangeKx Spotlight - Co-creating community tailored intervention programs through collaboration and trust
Dr. Vicky Bungay aims to create outreach models that foster women’s rights and capacities to identify their priorities in navigating health services. Her partnerships have allowed her to develop innovative research that responds to community-identified needs. Through central tenets of critical theories, Scaling Up is community-embedded and community-led with every community site tailored to the community's needs.
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Time.com
Teen Marijuana Poisonings Are On the Rise in the US
TIME magazine's online article on marijuana use among children referenced some of Dr. Emily Jenkins' research findings.
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Business Wire
New Vancouver Integrated Health Unit to Be Named After Prominent Vancouver Philanthropist Lily Lee
Lily Lee was born and raised at Alert Bay at the north end of Vancouver Island. When she was 16 she left Alert Bay and attended UBC. At 18 she attended nursing school at Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) and obtained her registered nursing degree at the age of 21. Then she continued on to UBC where she obtained a bachelor's of science in nursing. After graduating, she became a public health nurse in the Downtown East Side. She met her husband, Robert H. Lee at UBC, and all four of their children are UBC graduates.
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Vancouver Sun
Ranjit Dhari Comments on Healthcare for People who are homeless
Image Surrey mobile unit brings health care to 'unseen' homeless people affected by overdose crisis
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Vancouver Sun
Expert Comment from Dr Baumbusch - heat dome
More access to cooling rooms is reason for optimism, seniors say, but experts caution more needs to be done for extreme heat events.
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CTV News Vancouver
Media Interview Dr Naz Havaei on LTC Emergency Planning
New report highlights pandemic mistakes in B.C. long-term care homes
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Global News
Global's Inside Pride Interviews Dr. Elizabeth Saewyc
Not ‘rigidly defined’: Bisexual people still fight to overcome stereotypes, stigma
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The Abbotsford News
Flooding, wildfire emergency plans need to better consider seniors, disabled people: Dr. Jennifer Baumbusch
Protecting elderly and disabled individuals during flood evacuations, expert preparedness tips
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UBC Applied Science
How to Build Better Health Care Technology: Dr. Lillian Hung
UBC researchers share lessons learned from innovative origami-inspired ventilator project