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The next time you’re in a coffee shop, a library, or a park, and you see a nursing student with a laptop watching a video, he or she may be using flexible learning to prepare for their next lab or class. Flexible learning strategies are designed to encourage more effective improvements in learning and allow for students to have more choice in when, and how they learn. UBC has made a significant commitment to flexible learning, and, thanks to a recent grant from the Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund, the…read more

What do we know about the health needs of young people in Canada? Are programs and services available to youth meeting their needs? These are some of the questions driving the research of the Stigma and Resilience Among Vulnerable Youth Centre, lead under the direction of Dr. Elizabeth Saewyc, Professor in the UBC School of Nursing. Over the last year, researchers with SARAVYC published studies in various journals using data from the BC Adolescent Health Survey (BCAHS). This survey of British Columbia youth is done every five years by the…read more

UBC Nursing professor and founder of the UBC Men’s Health Research program, Dr. John Oliffe, received almost $3.0 million from Movember Canada. His research is one of several projects to share in $12 million in funding from Movember Canada with guidance from the Canadian Men’s Health Network (CMHN) to support men’s mental health initiatives. Dr. Oliffe came to research this area while writing for grant funding back in 1997. Looking at published literature on the topic, he noted, “depression was underreported in men, men were diagnosed with depression at half…read more

Vivian Lucas Scholarship in Acute Care Nursing “When it comes to taxes and the government, you can give voluntarily or involuntarily,” states UBC alumna Vivian Lucas. Born in Winnipeg, Vivian moved to British Columbia with her family when she was three years old. “I was raised in Burnaby. My father was an engineer, but my mother only had a grade eight education, so she was really interested in anything I wanted to do academically. I always appreciated my parents for letting me do what I wanted by way of education.”…read more

May 7, 2015 The School of Nursing was part of an historic, auspicious occasion when it was the first group ever to hold an event in the brand new Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre in May 2015. Nearly 150 guests attended the School of Nursing’s fourth annual Alumni and Partnership Awards Gala celebration at the brand new, 3,870 square meter venue located in heart of the Point Grey Campus. More photographs of our event can be seen on our Flickr page. Award Recipients for 2015 Young Alumni Award | Gillian…read more

Nurses’ Roles in Health Information Technology: A Canadian Perspective Some proponents of tech solutions can be accused of wideeyed boosterism, but not Dr. Robyn Tamblyn, a nurse and McGill University professor. She is the first to point out that digital healthcare technologies can be a quick way to blow a lot of cash, which is all the more reason for a focused, evidence-based approach to specific problems facing 21st century healthcare. On October 15, Dr. Tamblyn, the 2015 Marion Woodward Lecture speaker, shared a thoughtful survey of the multiple points…read more