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UBC Okanagan Partners for Life Program Champions Natalie Murdoch (School of Nursing) and Warren Brock (Southern Medical Program) with their Honouring Our Lifeblood national award from Canadian Blood Services.

UBC team recognized for increasing blood donations on campus

By Patty Wellborn on September 27, 2017

Team-based approach to saving lives recognized nationally by Canadian Blood Services.

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A group of women celebrate community and connectedness through dance and music at the annual ladies party hosted in Oliver, BC. (photo contributed)

Small towns need to do more to help immigrants feel they belong

By Patty Wellborn on September 19, 2017

UBC researchers have determined that efforts to make immigrants feel welcome in small, rural towns often miss the mark—despite the good intentions.

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UBC Assoc. Prof Barb Pesut is a Canada Research Chair in Health, Ethics and Diversity.

Community health-based volunteer program spreads across Canada

By Patty Wellborn on June 15, 2017

A UBC Okanagan professor’s idea to improve quality of life for seriously ill adults is spreading across the country.

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More than 1,650 students will receive their degrees at UBC’s Okanagan campus this week.

More than 1,650 students graduate from UBC Okanagan this week

By Nathan Skolski on June 5, 2017

For many, it’s one of the biggest milestones of their lives—graduating from university. At UBC’s Okanagan campus, nearly 1,650 students will reach that milestone this week as the university gears up for six convocation ceremonies.

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The Enactus UBC Okanagan team competing at the national exposition included, from left, Kim Duong, Erkki Annala, Nicole Michalewicz, Ishita Ashraf, Tristan Ramsay and Puru Pradhan.

Awards for Enactus UBC Okanagan in their first-ever national competition

By Bud Mortenson on May 26, 2017

Members of a newly formed Enactus UBC Okanagan team received national recognition competing in their first Enactus Canada National Exposition earlier this month.

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Carole Robinson

Lack of adequate support a barrier for those wishing to die at home

By Patty Wellborn on March 8, 2017

With a growing trend of people choosing to die at home, UBC researchers have determined that those caring for palliative loved-ones need more support from health care professionals than they are currently getting.

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Assoc. Prof. of Nursing Kathy Rush

Digital photography could be a key factor in rural health care

By Patty Wellborn on February 9, 2017

Photographs may lead to better treatment and care for patients in rural communities, a UBC Okanagan study shows.

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UBC Professor Marie Tarrant

New moms moving toward the bottle

By Patty Wellborn on December 7, 2016

New moms are increasingly using expressed breast milk (either pumped or expressed by hand) instead of directly breastfeeding their babies, according to a UBC study.

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Marie Tarrant, director of nursing at UBC's Okanagan campus.

Pregnant women at risk of getting the flu are not getting vaccinated

By Matthew Grant on November 22, 2016

Health-care professionals are hesitant to administer the flu vaccine to pregnant women, despite the potential life-saving benefits, according to a UBC study.

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While working in a rural clinic in Zambia, UBC nursing students work and learn alongside fellow nurses from the host country.

UBC nursing students raise funds for healthcare in Ghana and Zambia

By Patty Wellborn on November 3, 2016

Each spring, students in UBC Okanagan’s School of Nursing travel to Zambia or Ghana to complete a global health practicum. To help fund this project, the students host the Global Gala, a formal dinner and silent auction open to the community.

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