UBC Aboriginal Family Practice Residency Site
UBC Aboriginal Family Practice Residency Site Areas of Interest: • Aboriginal Health • Access and Resources to Health Care • Cultural Safety • Health Education and Advocacy Description: The UBC Aboriginal Family Practice Residency Site has a mandate to train family physicians to provide culturally safe care for Aboriginal individuals, families and communities. The Site works in […]
Women In 2 Healing (Wi2H)
Women In 2 Healing (Wi2H) Areas of Interest: • Prison Medicine • Women’s Health Inequity • Aboriginal Health • Access and Resources to Health Care • Addictions • Health Education and Advocacy Description: The purpose of the Women in to Healing is to collaborate research projects to determine the feasibility of engaging incarcerated women in community-based […]
BC Human Rights Coalition
BC Human Rights Coalition Area of Interest: Health, Human Rights, and Liberation Medicine Description: BC Human Rights Coalition represents clients with Human Rights issues. Majority of the organization’s cases deal with either mental or physical disabilities. Email: info@bchrcolation.org Website: http://www.bchrcoalition.org/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BCHRC Opportunities for Involvement: Students interested in writing papers on various topics and overseeing these […]
The Addictions and Concurrent Disorders Research Group, Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences (CHEOS), UBC
The Addictions and Concurrent Disorders Research Group, Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences (CHEOS), UBC Areas of Interest: • Aboriginal Health • Access and Resources to Health Care • Addictions • Health Education and Advocacy • Housing • Women’s Health Inequity • Youth and Children’s Health Inequity The ACD Research Group is currently involved […]
Keep Safe Initiative
Keep Safe Initiative Areas of Interest: • Women’s Health Inequity • Health of Sex Workers Description: Keep Safe Initiative is developing and deploying a mobile panic button to increase the safety of sex workers. Email: keepsafeinitiative@gmail.com Website: www.keepsafeinitiative.com Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Keep-Safe-Mobile-Safety-Device/ 467325093315094 Opportunities for Involvement: Keep Safe Initiative welcomes students to contact keepsafeinitiative@gmail.com to explore the possibilities.
Hacking Health
Hacking Health Areas of Interest: • Access and Resources to Health Care • Health Education and Advocacy • Health Technology Description: Hacking Health brings together healthcare professionals, technologists and entrepreneurs innovate within the industry and to develop solutions to frontline problems in healthcare. Vancouver held the first hackathon at the National eHealth conference at the Convention Center. […]
Transgender Health Information Program (THiP)
Transgender Health Information Program (THiP) Areas of Interest: • Access and Resources to Health Care • LGBTQ Description: The Transgender Health Information Program – THiP – is a BC-wide information service and resource hub. THiP’s vision is that all trans* individuals across BC are able to access gender affirming healthcare and engage in society feeling safe, included […]