Events
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May 2025 Rounds | Dr. Jude Kornelsen and Asmaa Anwar
Date: Wednesday 14 May 2025Time: 12:00 – 1:00 PM Pacific TimeHousing Is Healthcare: Equity In Access For All Residents
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April 2025 Rounds | Dr. Robert Petrella
Please join us for our upcoming research rounds with our department head, Dr. Robert Petrella! Sport Fandom as an Engagement Innovation in Hard-to-Reach Populations: A Cluster RCT to Evaluate a Community-Based Health Behaviour Change Intervention Date: Wednesday 16 April 2025Time: 12:00 – 1:00 PM Pacific TimeLocation: Zoom Talk Abstract Obesity is a relapsing, progressive chronic…
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February 2025 Rounds | Dr. Nisha Malhotra and Dr. Ruvini Amarasekera
Please join us for our upcoming research rounds with Nisha Malhotra (The Birthplace Lab) and Ruvini Amarasekera (R2, St. Paul’s Hospital) Date: Wednesday 26 February 2025Time: 12:00 – 1:30 PM Pacific TimeTitle 1: Healthcare Disparities in Canada: Examining the Role of Socio-Economic Status and Identity Factors (12:00 – 12:55)Title 2: Embedding Indigenous Ways of Knowing…
News and Announcements
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Embedding Indigenous Ways of Knowing into Primary Care Practice: A Reflection on a Resident-Participant’s Experience of the “Travelling The River Towards a Skookum Surrey” Canoe Journey Project
Dr. Ruvini Amarasekera, graduating resident physician at the UBC St. Paul’s Family Medicine program Honouring Indigenous ways of knowing has only recently been acknowledged as an important part of cultural sensitivity in primary care. However, as residents preparing to practice medicine on unceded Indigenous land in British Columbia, honouring and respecting Indigenous ways of knowing…
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Spotlight: Dr. Farah Shroff’s Contributions to Gender Equity Research and Education
Dr. Farah Shroff is a Harvard-educated Canadian public health leader and the visionary founder of Health Together (formerly known as Maternal and Infant Health Canada). Through her work, she has tackled critical challenges affecting young ones, the environment and those who identify as women. Health Together is a global public health organization dedicated to improving…
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Dr. Robert Petrella to Serve as Chair-Elect of the CFPC Section of Researchers Council in 2025
We are pleased to share that Dr. Robert Petrella, our esteemed department head, has been named Chair-Elect of the Section of Researchers (SOR) Council for 2025 under the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC). The Section of Researchers (SOR) is the section of the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) that represents members…
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Researchers awarded Convening and Collaborating (C2) and Reach grants from Michael Smith Health Research BC
We are excited to share that six researchers from the Department of Family Practice have received Knowledge Translation focused team funding awards from Michael Smith Health Research BC. Please join us in congratulating and celebrating them for the innovative work that they do. Reach Program This grant is awarded to support teams of researchers and…