Voices in Health: “Climate Change Events, COVID, and Mental Health” Citizens in British Columbia (BC) are being impacted by multiple intersecting crises: the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, opioid crisis, and racism. Rural communities in BC are inequitably impacted by the same. The goal of this research is to better understand the mental health impacts […]
UBC Events presents: Black Underrepresentation in Leadership Administration This webinar is part of the UBC Events series “Where are all the Black People?: Underrepresentation in the Academy“. The presence of Blackness in Canadian academia exists on a continuum of underrepresented, significantly underrepresented, to negligible. In light of ‘race and ethnicity’ studies existing in Humanities and Social […]
“Being Muslim in Higher Education” This workshop is part of the UBC Equity & Inclusion Office’s Through the Lens series. What does it mean to be Muslim in higher education? Drawing from personal experience, storytelling, and research, this workshop explores how religious identity impacts the experience of students, staff and faculty, the interventions that […]
Session description: Brian Barth, Manager, Student Support Services from the VP Students Office presents on Early Alert (EA). The Early Alert Program allows student advising, faculty and support staff to clearly understand a student concern, and organize the most effective reach-out. Some of the resources include The Green Folder (students), The Orange Folder (staff) and […]
It is imperative to consider sex and gender when conducting inclusive research, building unbiased technology and facilitating equitable healthcare. Research that implements sex- and gender-based analysis plus (SGBA+) has found important differences in many areas that pertain to neuroscience, including disease risk and effective treatments. Implementation of SGBA+ into your research is often required by […]
Uncomfortable truths and inclusive excellence in academic science: Building the toolkit for change Talk summary: This talk will address issues of privilege, racism, sexism, ableism and homophobia that exist in academic science in Canada today and describe why we must have uncomfortable and sometimes difficult conversations in order to get us to the real […]
UBC Events presents: Black Women in STEM This webinar is part of the UBC Events series “Where are all the Black People?: Underrepresentation in the Academy“. The presence of Blackness in Canadian academia exists on a continuum of underrepresented, significantly underrepresented, to negligible. In light of ‘race and ethnicity’ studies existing in Humanities and Social Sciences, […]
This webinar is a part of UQ-UBC’s Global Impact Series The panel will be moderated by UBC’s Associate Dean, Research and Industrial Partnerships, Faculty of Applied Science, Professor Walter Mérida and will bring together experts in their respective fields to identify positive action and sustainable practices applicable within and across Australia, Canada, and the Globe. For more […]
UBC Events presents: Black Underrepresentation in Medicine and Community Health This webinar is part of the UBC Events series “Where are all the Black People?: Underrepresentation in the Academy“. The presence of Blackness in Canadian academia exists on a continuum of underrepresented, significantly underrepresented, to negligible. In light of ‘race and ethnicity’ studies existing in Humanities […]