2020 Researcher of the Year Awards
Join us for our 15th annual Researcher of the Year celebration.
25 events found.
Research and Innovation, Office of the Vice-Principal
Climate change and health: Impacts and responses
School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, UBC Vancouver presents - Voices in Health The SPPH invite you to attend virtually. Schedule: 9:30 – 9:40: Welcome and Introduction 9:40 – 10:30: Lecture 10:30 – 11:00: Questions More information and connection information here.
Student food security at UBCO webinar presentation
Student food security is a priority at UBC. Campus Health VOICE would like to invite you to a lunch hour presentation about two food security projects at UBC Okanagan. Presentation link: ZOOM Webinar Link For more event details, please visit Campus Health Presentation 1: Desiree Amaral, 1st year nursing student, Mariza Micallef, 3rd year psychology student, […]
Researcher Orientation Day 2020
The Office of Research Services is hosting its annual Researcher Orientation Day on Wednesday, August 26 from 10:00 am - 11:30 am via Zoom.
Colour outside the lines: Compassion in the 21st Century
A Research to Practice Webinar
Entrepreneurship@UBCO Leadership Forum: Building Okanagan Flood Resiliency
Online virtual evententrepreneurship@ubco | Virtual Leadership Forum building Okanagan Flood Resiliency Learn about the vulnerability assessment tools, modelling techniques and low-cost natural resiliency strategies being created to protect our region. october 21, 2020 | 5:00-6:00 pm Register now About e@UBCO's Leadership Forums Entrepreneurship@UBCO's Leadership Forums are a series of virtual thought leadership ‘super sessions’ sponsored by Lawson Lundell […]
Being creative for health and wellbeing
A Partnership in Research Webinar
Internet access is not a luxury, it’s a necessity: Rural communities speak about challenges and technology use during COVID-19
A Partnership in Research Webinar
Community Water Forum: The Values and Ethics of Water
Online virtual eventWater connects us all. Human use of water brings nature and people together in a highly-complex socio-ecological way. Join us for our fourth annual Community Water Forum on the Values and Ethics of Water.
Free
Dis(Connecting) through COVID: Experiences of older persons and their volunteer navigators
A Research to Practice Webinar
Starting a Conversation with Norah Bowman: Mapping Whiteness and White Supremacy on Unceded Syilx Territory in the Central Okanagan
Online virtual eventStarting the Conversation is noon-hour discussion series that gives guest speakers the opportunity to briefly share their work with students, staff, faculty and community members in a more informal setting and see where the ideas flow.
Fighting flu: Experts talk about viruses and vaccines
An expert speaker panel webinar
Faculty & Staff Town Hall: Downtown Development
Online virtual eventJoin Prof. Ananya Mukherjee Reed, Provost and Vice-President Academic, Okanagan and Prof. Phil Barker, Vice-Principal and Associate Vice-President, Research and Innovation, for an update on UBC Okanagan’s downtown Kelowna expansion. Details will be shared on the vision for the new purpose-built space being developed at 550 Doyle Avenue and the academic program planning currently underway.
Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation Town Hall
Online virtual eventJoin Prof. Phil Barker, Vice-Principal and Associate Vice-President, Research and Innovation, for a year-end Research and Innovation Town Hall update.
Virtual Postdoc Research Day
Online virtual eventPlease join the first Virtual Postdoc Research Day, an all-day event organized by the postdoctoral associations of UBC Okanagan and UBC Vancouver. This event features talks by UBC postdocs from across faculties and institutes, keynote presentations, and career discussion panels. Everyone can attend and registration is free! Register now
Relational practice and pandemic restrictions: A qualitative study of palliative care nursing
Online virtual eventA Research to Practice Webinar
A conversation with Dr. Mary Stockdale: How can we effectively engage our Okanagan communities in climate action?
Online virtual eventDiscussion question: How can we effectively engage our Okanagan communities in climate action? In order for government at all levels to take the actions needed to address urgent and ambitious climate targets, a broad social mandate is necessary - one that reaches across divides to avoid political polarization. To achieve this mandate, government, civil society, […]
Starting a Conversation with Kelly Panchyshyn: Can food foraging offer avenues for advancing community cohesion?
Online virtual eventPlease join us for our next Starting the Conversation discussion. The question for discussion: Can food foraging offer avenues for advancing community cohesion? This will be an online Zoom event, and registration is required. Please email icer.ok@ubca.ca to receive the registration link. Abstract The practice of harvesting wild plants and fungi is an integral part […]
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Using data to advance human rights (Part 2): A UBC dialogue about the collection and use of disaggregated data
Online virtual eventJoin us for the second part of an ongoing conversation about how the BC Human Rights Commissioner’s report on disaggregated data informs the responsibilities of researchers and UBC as an institution.
When the World is Ending — Strategies and Practices of Care within Indigenous Futurist Research and Pedagogies
Online virtual eventIn this roundtable discussion, panelists will discuss Indigenous futurisms — the projection of Indigenous peoples into imagined futures. Looking specifically toward cultural and political resurgence, invited speakers will discuss representations of the apocalypse — the end of capitalism, the demise of nation-state sovereignty, and the collapse of colonial law — in Indigenous literature, film, and new media while tracing out the practices of care and compassion that will sustain us in the age of the postapocalyptic.
Okanagan Clinical Neurosciences Grand Rounds
Online virtual eventThe UBC Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management (CCDPM) is pleased to present the Okanagan Clinical Neurosciences Grand Rounds in partnership with Interior Health. Join subject experts as they present interesting patient cases and facilitate discussions on a wide range of topics relevant to physicians and researchers from clinical neurosciences, primary care, and related […]
Gut health: A key to unlocking better health and wellbeing
Hear about the latest research on the ways the millions of microbes that live in the digestive tract affect our body and our mind, and how a healthy lifestyle can sustain gut health and prevent chronic disease.
Canada Water Week Event: “Lost Rivers” – Online Film Screening & Panel Discussion
Online virtual eventWith Canada Water Week/UN World Water Day just around the corner, we want to invite you to join us for a special ONLINE screening of “Lost Rivers,” followed by a panel discussion.
Free
Okanagan Clinical Neurosciences Grand Rounds
Online virtual eventIn the April lecture, Drs. Mike Tso and Nevin de Korompay present Endovascular treatment of cerebrovascular diseases: Pushing the envelope with transradial access.
Starting a Conversation with Alanna Coady: How do shame and social support impact depressive symptoms for people living with chronic pain?
Online virtual eventThis discussion series facilitates an informal opportunity for students, staff, faculty and community members to engage on a variety of topics. The presentations are often about works-in-progress and invite feedback and brainstorming. Everyone is welcome!
Free
