Events
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April 2026 Research Rounds | With a Human Touch: Unpacking AI’s Expanding Role in Family Medicine
Date: 1 April 2026Time: 12:00 – 1:00 PM Pacific Time
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November 2025 Research Rounds | Beyond Translation: Transcreation of the Rahi Care Program into Panjabi with the Rahi Research Team
Date: 20 November 2025Time: 12:00 – 1:00 PM Pacific Time
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October 2025 Research Rounds | Integrating Genetics into Routine Family Medicine Practice with Dr. Daniel Evans
Date: 15 October 2025Time: 12:00 – 1:00 PM Pacific Time
News and Announcements
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Clinical Faculty Feature: Dr. Carole Williams (Island Medial Program)
Dr. Carole Williams is a celebrated family physician with extensive experience in diverse areas, including full-service care, surgical assists, hospice care, and aesthetics. With a keen interest in medical governance at all levels, Dr. Williams is a current co-chair of the Cowichan Valley Division of Family Practice. In this Q&A feature, Dr. Williams reminds preceptors…
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Breaking silos in primary care: Putting rural, remote and Indigenous communities first
Rural, remote and Indigenous communities often face barriers in accessing health care. Researchers can help reduce challenges with innovative, interdisciplinary solutions that centre the needs of the communities, every step of the way. Learn about the Hybrid Care Research Collaborative, a rural health research incubator spearheaded by Department of Family Practice’s Dr. John Pawlovich and…
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Clinical Faculty Feature: Dr. Lindsey Forest (Quw’utsun)
Dr. Forest serves as the PGME Co-Site Director for the Quw’utsun Family Practice Residency in Duncan, B.C. She is also the UGME Discipline Specific Site Lead for Emergency Medicine, ICC. She has been a Preceptor with the Department of Family Practice since 2014. Read this Q&A to learn why Dr. Forest is an advocate for…
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In Memoriam: Dr. Peter R. Grantham (1932 – 2026)
The Department of Family Practice is saddened by the passing of Emeritus Professor Dr. Peter R. Grantham on 20 March, 2026. Dr. Grantham was the inaugural Department Head of Family Practice, and the first Royal Canadian Legion Professor.
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Celebrating 2206 BCCFP Award Recipients
Congratulations to DFP Clinical Faculty members Drs. Winnie Su, Stephan Ferreira, Miranda du Preez, Sharmila Yang, Mannan Wang, Anita Ka-Fai Wong. Congratulations also to DFP Residents Drs. Ricky Tsang, Yonabeth Nava de Escalante, Joban Bal, Jeffrey Ding, and Daniel Budgell.
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Clinical Faculty Feature: Dr. Fernando Polanco (Cowichan District Hospital and on Penelakut Island)
Dr. Fernando Polanco is a Family Physician and Clinical Preceptor working with medical students and residents at Cowichan District Hospital and on Penelakut Island. In this Q&A, learn why Dr. Polanco is an advocate for safe environments for uncertainty for learners, and why he welcomes discomfort as an essential part of growth.
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Enhancing Resident Training Opportunities in Team-based Settings through Team Learning: A TPCLC Story
For the past four years, the UBC Department of Family Practice has been conducting a project on Team-based Primary Care Learning Centres (TPCLC) with funding support from the British Columbia Ministry of Health. In July 2025, the project funding was renewed, in recognition of the importance of team-based care to the future of family medicine…
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One in 20 babies experiences physical abuse, global review finds
“About four to five per cent of parents are behaving in physically aggressive ways toward their babies,” said Dr. Nichole Fairbrother, Clinical Associate Professor in UBC’s Department of Family Practice and head of the Perinatal Anxiety Research Lab. “This should give us all pause and make us think about interventions that could shift behaviour.”
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Clinical Faculty Feature: Dr. Shaun van Zyl (UGME Year-3 Rural Family Medicine Program Director)
Get ready to meet some of the dedicated clinical faculty in our diverse and distributed community in this short Q&A series. In this editorial, meet Dr. Charmaine Ma (Vancouver Fraser)!
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BEACON Program Awarded Funding to Integrate Cancer Prevention into Precision Contraception
The BEACON program (Biologic basis of contracEptive choice Associated ovarian Cancer risk: from populations through cells to actiON), led by GCI Members Drs. David Huntsman, Gillian Hanley, and Wendy Norman, has been awarded $2M from CIHR’s Bringing Biology to Cancer Prevention Team Grants to integrate cancer prevention into precision contraception.