Colleen Varcoe has teamed up with researchers at Western and the University of New Brunswick to create an app that could help women find their way through violent relationships. Read the feature story on the Applied Science website.
As the media spotlight hit long term-care (LTC) settings in the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Farinaz Havaei, an assistant professor in the UBC School of Nursing, and her team swung into action.
Men who regularly used a free web resource made significantly more health changes than men who did not, finds a new study from the University of British Columbia and Intensions Consulting.
This story was written by UBC Media Relations as part of the “Making a difference” series, which shines a spotlight on the many ways—both big and small—that UBC community members are helping with the response to COVID-19. Share your story with us at media.relations@ubc.ca.
As nurses, as a School of Nursing, we cannot and should not remain silent when acts of racist violence and hatred affect the health and lives of people in our communities. We stand together in condemning all acts of racism, including anti-Black, anti-Asian, and anti-Indigenous racism.
People in prisons are at high risk of infection from COVID-19, as well as profoundly affected by the response to the pandemic, leading the World Health Organization to call for public health act
Women have been particularly affected by this pandemic and are grappling daily with challenges to their safety and security. These challenges are made worse by poverty, limited housing options, and the tremendous food insecurity that exists.
Helen Brown is a principal investigator for "Developing a Peer Mentorship Program to Foster Health and Social Equity for Indigenous Peoples in Criminal Justice Contexts", which is in receipt of an award of $248,034 from the federal government's New Frontiers in Research Fund.
Nominated by her students and colleagues in recognition of her outstanding achievement as a teacher, Cheryl Segaric is the recipient of a 2019-2020 UBC Killam Teaching Prize.
