Homecare, Rural Service and Hemodialysis

Thu, May 21, 2015 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM See description. FREE. FNHA is seeing more First Nations clients opting for home hemodialysis and this session is designed to teach community members and health practitioners more about the treatment. The Home...

The resilience of family farms – A post-structuralist view

Wed, May 20, 2015 12:00 PM - 12:00 PM AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH LABORATORY (AERL). Visiting Professor Ika Darnhofer (University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna) will give a talk exploring how family farms are able to adapt and...

Clean Energy Research Centre (CERC) Research Seminar

Tue, May 19, 2015 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CHEMICAL & BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING BUILDING. Title: All-Oxide Quantum-confined Heteronanostructures& Devices Speaker: Dr. Lionel Vayssieres, Co-founder and Co-director of International Research Center for...

Policy Entrepreneurship Workshop #3: Build Your Strategy

Thu, May 14, 2015 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM MICHAEL SMITH LABORATORIES. No Charge. Description Now that you’ve diagnosed your policy problem and mapped your stakeholder landscape, what is your strategy for influencing change? How will you communicate and...

Policy Entrepreneurship Speaker Series: Measuring Change

Tue, May 12, 2015 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM MICHAEL SMITH LABORATORIES. Free. How do you capture the long term impact your work will create? Meaningful grant writing and reporting begins with keeping your outcomes in mind. Please join us on Tuesday, May 12...

6th Annual Interdisciplinary Graduate Students’ Conference on Science, Culture, and Society

Fri, May 1, 2015 12:00 AM - Sat, May 2, 2015, 12:00 AM UBC Okanagan campus. Graduate students, faculty, staff and alumni are invited to experience the 6th Annual Interdisciplinary Graduate Students’ Conference on Science, Culture, and Society. The...

Equity, Opportunity and Good Health: How Transportation Affects the Essential Qualities of Life In Metro Vancouver

Thu, April 30, 2015 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM See description. FREE. Speaker: Dr. Jat Sandhu , Regional Director of the Public Health Surveillance Unit, Vancouver Coastal Health Authority, and Clinical Associate Professor with UBC's School of Population and...

Responding To Elder Abuse in First Nations Communities

Thu, April 30, 2015 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM See description. FREE. In this session we will cover: - Identify the signs and indicators of abuse - Discuss roles and responsibilities of various agencies and services in preventing and responding to the...

Using Somatic Experiencing® to Understand & Treat the Symptoms of Trauma

Thu, April 23, 2015 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM See description. FREE. In this 90 min. Introductory Workshop you will learn: - What is Somatic Experiencing® and how does it differ from other methods? - What are trauma symptoms from a biological perspective...

FIREtalk: Sustainable Planet

Wed, April 22, 2015 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM WALTER C. KOERNER LIBRARY. Free. WHAT: Sustainability is one of the pillars of UBC's strategic plan. How does that commitment play out in your academic life? How has concern for a healthy environment directed...

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