A milestone worth celebrating: 49 women are set to serve in the #BCLeg 43rd Parliament, marking the first time in BC's history that more women than men will take their seat in the Legislative Chamber (also a first for a Canadian provincial legislature) #WomensHistoryMonth#BCpoli
📢Do you (or someone you know) live in the Vancouver area? Were you impacted by #US-#Canada travel measures during the #COVID19 pandemic? 🚘✈️🚢🇨🇦🇺🇸
Join a @pandemics_brdrs and @BPRI_WWU focus group discussion on May 29, at 7pm in downtown Vancouver! More details👇
🎉👏Two FHS professors are part of @UBC's CIEBH's newest projects:
- Social Sciences & Humanities Consortium, led by Kelley Lee (@profplum8); and,
- PROGENITER, supported by Ralph Pantophlet (team led by @UBCMedicine's Sriram Subramaniam)
Congratulations to all!
#SFUFHS
📢It's not too late - new tickets released for Ed Yong's lecture tomorrow night on #longcovid and #onehealth at @SFU dowtown. Can't think of a better finale for this year's President's Dream Colloquium led by the incredible @kaylee_byers. 👏🎉
Check out (and share!) our new @pandemics_brdrs survey to better understand diverse experiences of #COVID19#travelmeasures applied for travel between 🇨🇦 and 🇺🇸.
Did you live in the US or Canada between March 2020 and May 2023? Consider participating in the @pandemics_brdrs and @WWU_BPRI survey on COVID-19 travel measures applied to travel between the US and Canada for a chance to win one of 100 $25 gift cards. 👇https://t.co/lmhPmyiPPt
📣 Opportunity Alert: We are #HIRING - Spread the Word! 📣
🏫#CeBIL - UCPH
⏳App. Deadline: 31 Jan 2024
Ass Prof or Assoc Prof. in Law focusing on #legal and #regulatorybarriers to #biosolutions and #AMR.
Apply here: https://t.co/vGDLdiL9Eg
Unregulated drug toxicity is now the leading cause of death in B.C. for people aged 10 to 59, with more people dying from drug poisoning than from homicide, suicide, accidents and natural disease combined.
https://t.co/Cg0VZ3gzt8
Hiring a Director of Policy at the @wellcometrust funded #AMRPolicy Accelerator!
👀Are you someone with:
✅Strong policy and communication skills
✅Creativity and enthusiasm
✅Passion to tackle global health challenges
Apply here➡️ https://t.co/yTCJrnvaGQ
Addressing #AMR requires collective, global, & multisectoral action informed by effective, evidence-based research and policy advice at a national and global level. Interested in taking on the challenge? Join our network ➡️ https://t.co/l2yBlEae7W #AMRpolicy
When putting in place COVID19 pandemic-related border policies, countries around the world assessed risk inconsistently
There could be a better, more coordinated approach for future public health crises, as @PIPPSBC researchers write in🆕MPI report
https://t.co/nl012F0G8k
Thrilled to have this out - led by @profplum8 for @pandemics_brdrs - and to continue critical discussions on how to strengthen risk-based approaches to travel measures during public health emergencies ✈️🌎🦠,
@profplum8, @JulianneEPiper & Jennifer Fang from @SFU's @pandemics_brdrs project offer a decision tree to improve responses to future public health crises
TL;DR: The global response doesn't have to be as chaotic as it was in the early days of the COVID19 pandemic
Come work with me! I'm looking for a PostDoc (any discipline) with expertise in health equity and BC context @UNBC @UVicAnthro @UVicGndrStudies@ubcSPPGA@UBCNursing@CHSPR @Uvic_PHSP @UNBCHRI
We're looking for a research assistant for our Long COVID in BC project. Job is based in @SFU_FHS SFU's Faculty of Health Sciences and open to anyone. 15 hours weekly, $27/hour. Please send your cover letter and CV to [email protected].
“[E]videntiary gap on travel measures during initial pandemic wave filled by political & economic influences….These influences then created a degree of path dependency” in Canada. Our new paper with @JulianneEPiper @benoitgomis https://t.co/iAYEH84NSe