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To mark the 150th anniversary of Canadian Confederation the Peter Wall Institute published Reflections of Canada: Illuminating Our Opportunities and C…
Learn More about the content: Reflections of Canada Added to UBC Open Access Library.
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Longtime health and science journalist, Markham Heid, quotes Dr. Brett FInlay (PWIAS Distinguished Professor) and his microbiome research extensively …
Learn More about the content: Can we learn to live with germs again?.
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What can we learn about upstream factors affecting health system responses to COVID-19? This PWIAS Roundtable for the International Working Group on H…
Learn More about the content: Health Systems Responses to COVID-19: A PWIAS Roundtable Update.
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2020 Wall Scholar, Dr. M.V. Ramana latest published paper looks at modular and advanced nuclear reactors and examines whether these new desi…
Learn More about the content: Small Modular and Advanced Nuclear Reactors: A Reality Check.
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PWIAS Distinguished Professor, Dr. Brett Finlay was featured in the Globe & Mail discussing how the use of hand sanitizer and disinfectants, so cr…
Learn More about the content: Why frequent use of hand sanitizer could make us sick down the road.
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2020 Wall Scholar, Prof. Michelle Stack has published an article in the International Review of Education, an outcome of her PWIAS-funded COVID-19 Wor…
Learn More about the content: Michelle Stack published in International Review of Education.
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2019 Wall Scholar Dr. Mark Turin (Anthropology) has co-authored an op-ed in the Globe and Mail and the Royal Society of Canada’s COVID-19 s…
Learn More about the content: The Unequal Effects of COVID-19 on Multilingual Immigrant Communities.
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2016 Wall Scholar, Prof. Joseph Dahmen (UBC School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture) was interviewed by CBC News about the use of …
Learn More about the content: Made of fungi, mycelium hits market as green substitute for leather, plastic.
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In an interview with Eater.com, 2017 Wall Scholar, Dr. William Cheung, discusses how the increasing ocean temperatures are reshaping the seafood-scape…
Learn More about the content: We’re all learning to love jellyfish now, thanks to climate change.
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Congratulations to 2018 Wall Scholar, Dr. Sara Milstein, who was awarded an inaugural Killam Accelerator Research Fellowship (KARF) earlier this month…
Learn More about the content: 2018 Wall Scholar Dr. Sara Milstein Awarded Killam Fellowship.
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Health Canada has awarded $2.2 million to expand Nav-CARE to connect people living at home with declining heath with specially trained volunteers who …
Learn More about the content: Health Canada Awards $2.2 Million to Nav-CARE Program.
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As part of the Climate Justice Webinar Series with UBC Reads Sustainability, 2020 Wall Scholar, Dr. M.V. Ramana co-moderated a conversation with …
Learn More about the content: Wall Scholar Moderates UBC Reads Sustainability.