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Posted by: Miranda Massie | April 3, 2012
Thank you for visiting the Healthy UBC Blog. In January of 2012 we merged our blog with our monthly newsletter. Click here to be taken to the current Healthy UBC Newsletter and Blog. You can also follow us on Twitter @healthyUBC.
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Posted by: Miranda Massie | November 30, 2011
Too often the holiday season becomes a time of stress and worry with heavy emphasis on spending. This annual tradition leaves me feeling exhausted after a whirlwind of buying, wrapping and giving that seems to be over before I am mentally ready for it to start. Last year I decided that things needed to change. […]
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Posted by: Miranda Massie | November 18, 2011
I have noticed something going around lately. It is that invisible wonder that inevitably creeps up as the days grow colder and the hours of darkness stretch longer. It travels on the bus with us, through handshakes and has the capability to wipe out entire departments and classrooms at the same time. It has kept […]
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Posted by: Miranda Massie | October 24, 2011
On a daily basis we are bombarded by research in the media with respect to practically every aspect of our mental and physical wellbeing. With each passing day there is something else out there that will kill us, give us cancer or leach radiation into our brains. While I am not dismissing these claims as […]
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Posted by: Miranda Massie | October 4, 2011
What is your passion? According the Oxford English Dictionary, a passion is an intense desire or enthusiasm for something. I would like to take that definition a bit further and say that it is an intense desire or enthusiasm for something and the opportunity to share that something with others. My passion is dancing, Polynesian […]
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Posted by: Miranda Massie | September 21, 2011
This past spring marked the first year that I have lived in a house with a garden of my own. I was inspired, along with my housemates, to plant a conservative and fairly beginner vegetable garden. For those of you with green thumbs out there, you know that gardening involves patience and the ability to […]
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Posted by: Miranda Massie | August 23, 2011
Are you aware of what your prejudices are? If given the chance, would you admit or challenge these beliefs in order to create a healthier society? This is precisely the opportunity being given to hundreds of people all over the world through the Human Library. Started in Denmark, in 2000 the Human Library began with […]
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Posted by: Miranda Massie | August 5, 2011
Though I would love to take all of the glory for my latest article topic, I have to give credit to my dear friend Megan for suggesting I do a little detective work for my next blog post. We were in her kitchen, waiting to dive into a tub of Haagen-Dazs cookie dough ice cream, […]
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Posted by: Miranda Massie | July 22, 2011
This week I participated in the Positive Space Campaign training coordinated by UBC’s Equity Office. The goal of the program is to promote increased visibility and support for lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, transgender, transsexual, two-spirit, intersex (LGBQTTI), gender queer and questioning people. In addition, the program provides training for UBC staff, faculty and students to […]
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Posted by: Miranda Massie | June 30, 2011
Summer is finally here and despite the questionable conditions outside at the moment, along with summer comes sun and with sun comes UVA and UVB exposure. I will admit that I have been, and will always be, a dedicated sun worshipper. Nothing warms this Leo’s heart more than stretching out under the sun’s rays and […]
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