International team to provide at-home training for patients with diabetes
A UBC Okanagan professor is the Canadian lead for a 13-person team that recently won an internationally-competitive one million dollar award to accelerate diabetes research.
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UBC Okanagan collaboration supports seniors nationally
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted all Canadians, but isolated older persons have been especially hard hit over the past year.
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UBCO researcher launches evidence-based guiding principles for partnered research
For many scientists, seeing their discoveries make the leap from the lab into the hands of the public can be a major challenge.
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UBCO’s children’s social work mental health clinic goes virtual
UBC Okanagan’s Social Work Mental Health Clinic is offering virtual counselling and mental health services to support children and youth during COVID-19.
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Street homeless people learn to ‘perform’ to obtain life-sustaining resources
New UBC Okanagan research has identified that street homeless people must learn to ‘perform’ in particular ways through their interactions with service providers to receive the help they need.
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Reflecting on what really was the Year of the Nurse
Even before the term COVID-19 was a household name, the World Health Organization had designated 2020 as the International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife. It was to be a year of celebration, milestones and recruitment opportunities to encourage more people to think about nursing as a career.
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UBCO experts offer tips to help make this Christmas worth remembering
While it’s true that Christmas 2020 will be unusual for most, a team of UBC Okanagan experts suggest it doesn’t have to be a holiday season to regret. The experts’ advice includes everything from online shopping tips and getting some exercise to curling up with a good book.
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As COVID-19 vaccines roll out, UBCO researcher calls for a level playing field globally
As the Canadian government plans for a mass inoculation campaign with the soon-to-be available COVID-19 vaccines, a UBC Okanagan researcher, together with more than 100 health researchers across the country, is asking the government to think globally, not locally.
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Standardized measures needed to screen kinship foster placements
New research is proposing a novel screening tool to assess the quality of care in kinship foster care placement settings.
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UBCO experts share sweet advice about sugar and artificial sweeteners
Like so many other areas of life, Halloween festivities may look a little different this year in the midst of COVID-19. As health authorities ask people to take precautions and parents grapple with what is safe for their children, one thing remains constant: Kids love candy.
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