Wall Stories
Series
7 stories
Catalyst Program
Read about the collaborative projects and initiatives of the 2022 Wall Catalyst Scholars aimed at addressing the Climate and Nature Emergency
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9 stories
PWIAS Impact
Learn more about how the interdisciplinary environment at PWIAS enriches UBC and impacts society through ground-breaking research, influential public policy, artistic collaborations and award-winning publications.
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6 stories
Chromatic - The Book
Read excerpts and other stories related to “Chromatic”, a new collaborative art book produced by the 2020 Wall Scholars.
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Scholar Q & A
A series of thought-provoking and inspiring short interviews with our Wall Scholars and PWIAS community members.
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Youth, Autism, and Manga as a Visual Language
Wall Scholars Anamaria Richardson (Medicine, UBC) and Khanh Dao Duc (Mathematics, UBC), along with Wall Associate Cristina Conati (Computer Science, UBC), are collaborating on a study that will provide some of the first research to ascertain if there is any affinity to reading manga by youth with autism and to…
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Wall Scholar Q&A: Hanne De Jaegher
In 2021 PWIAS expanded the Wall Scholars program to include scholars from outside of UBC. For the first time in the program’s history we welcomed Wall Scholars from Toronto, South Africa and Spain. In the following Q&A, Wall Scholar Hanne De Jaegher shares her thoughts about the Wall Scholars program,…
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Swab-to-PCR: Simple and Rapid Diagnosis of COVID-19
This project was supported by a COVID-19 Wall Solutions award in 2020-2021. Dr. Peter Tilley and researchers from UBC Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, BC Children’s Hospital (BCCH), and the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) Public Health Laboratory set out to develop accurate and efficient detection methods for the SARS-CoV-2…
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Wall Scholar Q&A: Neda Maghbouleh
In 2021 PWIAS expanded the Wall Scholars program to include scholars from outside of UBC. For the first time in the program’s history we welcomed Wall Scholars from Toronto, South Africa and Spain. In the following Q&A, Wall Scholar Neda Maghbouleh shares her thoughts about joining the program, the impact…
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Cree Dictionary
This poem by 2021 Wall Scholar Dallas Hunt is included in his collection “Creeland” (Nightwood Editions, 2020). Listen to the poem read by Dallas Hunt. Cree Dictionary by Dallas Hunt the translation for joy in Cree…
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PWIAS: Healthy Communities
From text-based prenatal care for new parents in remote communities to policy recommendations that recognize the relationships between urban development and human health, PWIAS-funded research is helping to address some of the many challenges facing our healthcare system so Canadians stay healthy and receive health care no matter where they…
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