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B.C.'s Registered Nurses recognize Robinson with Award of Distinction
Carole Robinson's remarkable career in nursing has earned her the Award of Distinction from the College of Registered Nurses of British Columbia (CRNBC). Robinson is the acting Director of the School of Nursing, acting Associate Dean of the Faculty of Health and Social Development, and coordinator of the Master of Science in Nursing program at […]
UBC and hospice societies working on improving end-of-life care in rural and remote communities
A research team at UBC's Okanagan campus is working with hospice palliative care societies from throughout the B.C. Interior to help improve end-of-life care for people in rural and remote communities. Executive directors from 24 of the region's volunteer hospice societies were invited to meet at UBC's Okanagan campus on April 22 to share their […]
Universities and Interior Health collaborating on $1M elderly care study
A research program with nearly $1-million in funding is underway in B.C.'s Okanagan region and Alberta to look at ways to improve the care of seniors when sudden health issues force them into a hospital. The "Older Persons' Transitions in Care (OPTIC)" research team includes Colin Reid, assistant professor of human kinetics at UBC's Okanagan […]
UBC Okanagan nursing students recognized with national awards
Two graduate nursing students at UBC Okanagan have received national awards recognizing and supporting their research contributions to the nursing profession. Kaley York, a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) student, has received a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarships - Master's Award for her thesis "Parents' […]
Family remembers Bryce Carnine with UBC Okanagan endowment
Kelowna residents Grant and Beryl Carnine have established a new $50,000 endowment for cancer research at UBC Okanagan, in memory of their late son Bryce. Bryce was born and raised in southern Alberta, attending the University of Calgary and graduating from the Western School of Veterinary Medicine in Saskatchewan in 1974. He moved to the […]
Academic Collaboration Lighting Up UBC Okanagan
Interdisciplinary programs put health, fine arts and more in the mix Painting, sculpture and other fine arts may seem an unlikely match with health education, but that unusual combination is happening at UBC Okanagan. It’s part of a vision shared by Joan Bottorff, Dean of Faculty of Health and Social Development, and Robert Belton, Dean […]
Okanagan fire response: study reveals untold story from Health Care Organizers' Perspectives
Hurricanes across U.S. Gulf Coast states and earthquakes in Asia have put an international spotlight on the plight of victims and rescuers coping with natural disasters. Closer to home, Canadians recall images of tired firefighters battling flames across the Okanagan Valley in B.C.'s interior during the summer of 2003 in a heroic effort to save […]
New Dean of Health and Social Development appointed to UBC Okanagan
The University of British Columbia Board of Governors has approved the appointment of Joan Bottorff as Dean of the UBC Okanagan Faculty of Health and Social Development, effective September 1. Dr. Bottorff has been a faculty member in the School of Nursing at UBC's Vancouver campus since 1992. In addition, she has served as an […]