Fault Lines details how science and health misinformation spreads and affects individuals, communities, and society. It explores what makes us susceptible to #misinformation and describes leading practices for identifying and responding to it. bit.ly/3XCfbAu

“Believe you can and you can. Believe you will and you will. See yourself achieve and you will achieve. Never give up." This was the motto of Welsford Daniels, a Second World War Veteran and a decorated Canadian soldier. #BHM2023 #TBT 1/6

Thrilled to see more midwifery seats in BC. Two of my aunts were midwives in the UK, in the post WW2 riding their bicycles around England and Wales delivering babies and caring for women and their families!

A great article demonstrating the ineffable value of art to illuminate even humanities darkest times. via ⁦The New York Times⁩ nytimes.com/2023/02/18/art…

Congratulations Isabella and The Ubyssey - great journalism lives @ubc!

#CAF #MondayThoughts #MondayMorning #MotivationMonday #Canada

Grateful every day for the work of farmers and inspired to read this story of Ukrainian farmers and the @WOOCU Credit for Agricultural Producers program ensuring they can continue to produce food.

Misinformation about COVID-19 is estimated to have cost the Canadian healthcare system at least $300 million in hospital and ICU visits between March 1 and November 30, 2021. bit.ly/3XCfbAu #Misinformation #Disinformation

Canada has felt the value of a coordination across the #genomics ecosystem in real time through COVID-19. 👉🏽 Doubling down on data, talent, commercialization and collaboration will be 🔑 to the future of health, ag/food & enviro sustainability. #CanadasGenomicsFuture #CdnSci

“History will judge us not by what we say in this moment in time, but by what we do next to lift the lives of our countrymen and women. It will judge us by the legacy we leave behind for generations to come.” - Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 2011

The B.C. government is engaging the public to collect ideas on how to update B.C.’s Poverty Reduction Strategy. Public virtual townhall meetings are taking place over the coming weeks for anyone with an interest in poverty reduction to share their views - ow.ly/A2CZ50NvmOT

via ⁦The New York Times⁩ nytimes.com/2023/04/01/wor…

Congratulations to this year's honorary degree recipients! These ten extraordinary individuals are icons in their fields, have made transformative impacts, and are an inspiration to our students, faculty and communities. View recipient list here: bit.ly/42YIjFH

"The excitement of learning separates youth from old age. As long as you're learning, you're not old." - Rosalyn Yalow was a Nobel Prize-awarded nuclear physicist who revolutionised the medical world by developing radioimmunoassay. In 2011, she passed away aged 89.

Congratulations to B.C. Regional Digitized History on another great year, and gratitude to the UBC Okanagan Library for the support you provide to this unique and valuable community resource for BC.

Thanks for visiting UBC Okanagan, glad you were able to see some of the amazing work going on there. We are grateful for Genome Canada and GenomeBC support for the important work UBC is doing towards climate smart agriculture, sustainability and revolutionizing healthcare.

Congratulations Candice Loring on your appointment

Interested in supporting the UBC Okanagan student community impacted by the wildfires in the Okanagan? I wanted to share some information about the UBCO Student Emergency Fund. We use this fund to support accommodation and food support for our students. give.ubc.ca/okanagan-stude…

We are now confident that classes will begin as originally scheduled and in person on September 5, 2023. Move-in day will continue on September 3. Create orientation will proceed on September 4. Read more: bit.ly/44lUWua

#OTD in 1917, during the #FWW, the Canadian Corps secured Hill 70. Earlier that summer, the Canadians had received orders to seize the German-occupied city of Lens, France. They planned to take Hill 70, which dominated the city and could give them strategic positioning. 1/5