Let’s Talk: Community Dialogue on Health Research

Marpole-Oakridge Community Centre Auditorium 990 West 59th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Health research depends on all kinds of people. You can be healthy, sick, young or old and can help by volunteering to participate in research in a variety of ways.
Let's talk! You're invited to a community dialogue, hosted by the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Unit and the BC SUPPORT Unit, on the development of a new program in British Columbia that will help connect people like you to research opportunities.

Free

Knowledge Translation Workshop Series (Session 1 of 4)

Room 2263, Gordon and Leslie Diamond Health Care Centre 2775 Laurel Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Join the first in a series of four workshops to support your understanding and use of knowledge translation skills for improving the use of your health research. You’ll get practical tips, resources and examples from guest speaker Alison Hoens.

Free

Tai Chi Chuan by the Sea with Master Rich Sobel

Jack Poole Plaza 1055 Canada Place, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Join a free Tai Chi Chuan workshop at Jack Poole Plaza (by the Olympic Cauldron). You will learn different poses of Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan and practice how to ride along the wave of our inner power, like surfing on our own life energy—the Qi. Specially invited Sifu Rich Sobel has over 25 years of […]

Free

Free Course: Partners in Research

St. Michael's Hospital Toronto, Canada

The Knowledge Translation Program at St. Michael’s Hospital is offering an online course called Partners in Research (PiR). It will consist of 4 live web-based sessions and is designed for patients, families/caregivers and healthcare researchers. The PiR course will focus on how patients, families, and researchers can work together to improve health research and health care.

Workshop: Being an Effective Change Agent

BC Patient Safety & Quality Council 750 Pender St W #201, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Are you itching to be the most effective change agent ever? Do you want to learn more about applying social movement and community organizing principles to the work you do? Are you keen to learn more about the latest digital and social media tools? If so, then the BC Patient Safety & Quality Council has the workshop for you!

$100

Data-Driven Improvement: How to Use Data to Drive Meaningful Change

Prince George, BC

*SOLD OUT – contact mcortes@bcpsqc.ca to join the waitlist*

Measurement and the effective use of data are cornerstones of any improvement effort, from incremental changes to radical transformations, but it can be difficult to know where to begin.

That’s why we’ve planned a one-day, in-person workshop on data-driven improvement. This hands-on, non-technical workshop will explore how data can be used to drive the improvements we wish to see – setting up measurement systems that work, analyzing data to uncover new insights and monitoring improvements over time.

$100

Patient & Family Workshop: Improving Research Participation and Biobanking

BC Children's Hospital Research Institute 950 West 28th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Would you like to help improve health research practices at BC Children’s Hospital?

This interactive workshop is aimed at parents and youth (ages 11-18) who have been or currently are hospital patients. The BC Children's Hospital BioBank would like to hear your opinion on how children and their families would like to participate in medical research, specifically biobanking.

Free

Caregiving: A Social, Health and Economic Issue That Impacts Everyone

Surrey Sport and Leisure Complex 110-16555 Fraser Highway, Surrey, BC, Canada

Join this free informative talk on key issues, challenges and solutions that family caregivers face today. Presented by Lycia Rodrigues from Family Caregivers of British Columbia. This session is free, but pre-registration is required. When: Friday, January 26, 2018 | 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. Where: Surrey Sport and Leisure Complex | 110-16555 Fraser Highway Register to […]

Free