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2019-2020 Annual Report

Our 2019-2020 Annual Report is an overview of the Institute’s research awards, programs and events from the past year. While COVID-19 impacted many of our activities, it also provided new opportunities for innovative, collaborative and interdisciplinary research led by Peter Wall Institute scholars, associates and partners.

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Wall Scholars Program

Since 2014, The Wall Scholars Program has brought together diverse groups of scholars from UBC and around the world for year-long residences at the Peter Wall Institute to engage in deep, unconstrained research in an immersive, interdisciplinary environment.

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COVID-19 PWIAS Working Groups

The PWIAS has funded four new Working Groups, focusing on how COVID-19 affects our society in areas such as personal privacy, higher education, epidemiology, and religion.

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Ways of Knowing Podcast

Join PWIAS Interim Director Kalina Christoff as she interviews academic experts on the big questions of relevance to our society today.

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Wall Scholars Program

Virtual Roundtables

External Reviews

Ep 15: Jennifer Black on Creating Connections Through Food

Podcast

Event

10 Apr 2021

Baby Bugs to Aging Bugs: Exploring the Microbes Pivotal to a Healthy Long Life

Join PWIAS Distinguished Professor, Dr. Brett Finlay and Dr. Jessica Finlay for a free public lecture, hosted by the Vancouver Institute in...

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Why frequent use of hand sanitizer could make us sick down the road

PWIAS Distinguished Professor, Dr. Brett Finlay discusses how the use of hand sanitizer and disinfectants, so critical to the fight against...

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Baby Bugs to Aging Bugs: Exploring the Microbes Pivotal to a Healthy Long Life

Apr 10

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Why frequent use of hand sanitizer could make us sick down the road

Michelle Stack published in International Review of Education