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UBC NewsNew Action Guide Empowers People with Dementia
"Research shows being engaged in community is one of the biggest factors in slowing the condition’s progression." UBC News sat down with one of the principal investigators on the study, Dr. Alison Phinney and Mr. Jim Mann, an action group member, to talk about how the action guide can empower people with dementia to reclaim their lives as full social citizens.
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Canada India Education Society
Meet Pushpinder Kaur: trained in rural Punjab, now nursing in Canada
Pushpindar was a student of the Guru Nanak College of Nursing, a collaboration with Canada India Education Society (CIES), a team of nursing professors at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and Guru Nanak Dev University in Amritsar. The collaboration, spearheaded by Barj (Barjinder) S. Dhahan, son of Mr. Budh Singh Dhahan, established a four-year Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BScN) degree at the school – the first of its kind in rural Punjab.
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UBC News
Exercise apps a good prescription to boost healthcare workers’ mental health
Adjunct professor Agnes Black releases new research to improve mental health in healthcare workers. The article also appears in ANI
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UBC G+PS Website
Erin Anker, Grad Student
NP student Erin Anker provides insight into her nursing education with the Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Q&A
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Research Currents: Your Fraser Health Research News
Sarah Crowe: First nurse practitioner clinician scientist in BC
Alumnus Sarah Crowe takes on a new designation as nurse practitioner clinician-scientist for Fraser Health.
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The Globe and Mail
Men don’t talk about health.
My hernia showed me that needs to change. In this opinion piece by Richard Littlemore of the Globe and Mail, Dr. John Oliffe assists in explaining why it's hard for men to talk about hernias and other problems "below the belt."
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CBC Radio On The Coast
Overwhelmed by climate change
Raluca Radu spoke on CBC Radio Vancouver, Victoria and Kelowna about disaster fatigue & psychic numbing.
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iHeart RADIO
National standards for substance use education
Adam Stirling of CFAX 1070 speaks with Dr. Emily Jenkins, UBC associate professor of nursing and founder of Wellstream: The Canadian Centre for Innovation in Child and Youth Mental Health and Substance Use. They discuss a collaboration to build Canadian standards for substance use education and intervention in schools.
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Apple Podcasts
Why strategies to cope with higher temperatures aren’t keeping pace with global warming
Listen to Dr. Jennifer Baumbusch (at 00:06:24) discussing how strategies to cope with higher temperatures aren't keeping pace with global warming.
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St Paul's Foundation Promise Magazine
Bridging the Gap Between Curing and Caring
UBC Nursing associate professor Dr. Sandra Lauck discusses Providence Health Care's CREST initiative for nurses and allied health professionals. It provides supports to graduate-trained clinicians interested in careers as research-intensive clinicians, which Dr. Lauck refers to as the “missing middle."With mentorship, collaboration, and support, CREST aims to keep talented professionals engaged and anchored not just at Providence, but within the health care system.