Recent News & Updates
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:…
Health Advocacy: Health Mentors co-facilitate a workshop for Occupational Therapy Students
On September 28th, Health Mentors, Mandy Young and Darren Lauscher, helped facilitate a workshop on health advocacy for over 70…
Nominations Open: 2023 Kerston Community Educator Award
UBC Health invites nominations for the 2023 Kerston Community Educator Award for patient/community educators who have expanded student learning beyond…
New Campaign: Empowering Patient Voices in Health Professional Education
At UBC Health, we believe that when the patient is acknowledged as a key partner and decision-maker in health, health…
Health Mentors Program: Kicks off its 13th year!
On September 25th, the 13th cohort of the Health Mentors program was launched with an orientation at the Croatian Cultural…
Annual Report: Facts and figures about our work in 2022-23
Over the 2022-23 academic year Patient & Community Partnership for Education (PCPE) supported 8 requests from UBC instructors for 40+ patient and community partners who were…
Conference: Partnering in Research
On June 15th, the UBC Knowledge Exchange Unit and UBC Community Engagement hosted an inaugural Partnering in Research conference which…
New Project: Combating Ableism in health care
PCPE is pleased to announce that we have been awarded funding from the Cedar Lodge Endowment for a project to…
Appointment: Dr. Maria Hubinette as Inaugural Canfield Distinguished Scholar in Patient Partnerships
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Maria Hubinette as the inaugural Canfield Distinguished Scholar in Patient Partnerships at UBC for…
New Publication: When I say…the patient voice
Angela Towle, Carolyn Canfield, and Darren Lauscher are co-authors of a new publication with our colleague in Australia, Jill Thistlethwaite.…
