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UBC nursing students raise funds for healthcare in Ghana and Zambia

UBC nursing students raise funds for healthcare in Ghana and Zambia

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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UBC nursing students raise funds for healthcare in Ghana and Zambia

UBC nursing students raise funds for healthcare in Ghana and Zambia

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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UBC hosts webinar on physician-assisted death

UBC hosts webinar on physician-assisted death

Questions about assisted death have been a water cooler topic ever since the federal government passed legislation to allow physician-assisted deaths two weeks ago.

Raising research priorities for the benefit of the community, university, and faculty

Raising research priorities for the benefit of the community, university, and faculty

There is a growing awareness that we need to challenge the ways the universities engage with communities and the way that we think about the boundaries between knowledge production and community engagement.

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Aging well: UBC embraces aging month

Aging well: UBC embraces aging month

Aging is inevitable. Yet, taking steps to aging well can make life better now and over the long term.

Fit for Life: Preventing frailty among older adults
Fit for Life: Preventing frailty among older adults
The power to choose: end-of-life care in First Nations communities
The power to choose: end-of-life care in First Nations communities