Recent News & Updates
Participants Needed: Partnering on Appropriate Virtual Care Collaborative (PAVC) project
The Public Health Services Authority (PHSA) needs your help to create culturally sensitive virtual care! Patients with limited English proficiency…
Help Wanted: Help a Health Mentor build a website to give back
Long-time Health Mentor, Michael Coss, is looking for a volunteer to help him build a website. Michael is a traumatic…
Brazil Visit: Lessons from a pilot Health Mentors program at BAHIANA
In October, Cathy Kline visited BAHIANA School of Medicine and Public Health in Salvador, Brazil. Since 2022, Patient & Community…
Update: Empowering Patient Voices fundraising results
Thank you for sharing the “Empowering Patient Voices Campaign” last month and making generous contributions towards our goal! Together we…
Patient & Community Voices: Learning from Persons Living with HIV
On November 9th, Patient and Community Voices presented Positive Reflections from Voices Unheard: Learning from Persons Living with HIV. This powerful…
New: Older Adult Panel for Social Work Students
On November 8th, three long-time patient partners, Karen Firus, Don Bindon, and Carolyn Canfield led a panel about older adults and health…
Students Needed: Institute of Health Improvement (IHI) UBC for the 2023-2024 school year
Are you a student interested in learning more about or engaging in healthcare quality improvement? Whether you are new to…
Last Call: 2023 Kerston Community Educator Award Nominations Close Nov 10
Get your nominations in! UBC Health invites nominations for the 2023 Kerston Community Educator Award for patient/community educators who have expanded student learning beyond…
2023 CHES Day: PCPE presents with local and international partners at UBC conference
The Centre for Health Education Scholarship hosted the 13th annual CHES Celebration of Scholarship in-person on Tuesday, October 3, 2023. Angela Towle,…
Patient & Community Voices: Series kicks of with the Caregiver’s Journey
On Oct 4th, the Patient and Community Voices workshop series presented our first workshop of the year, The Caregiver’s Journey:…
