Join us June 8th for “Hearing Indigenous Voices During the COVID-19 Pandemic”

In conjunction with UBC Health, we’re presenting this hybrid symposium on Indigenous health during the pandemic. Indigenous scholars from Canada, US, and New Zealand will be participating. We’ll be discussing lessons learned about conducting research and Indigenous resilience during the pandemic.

Date: Thursday, June 8th at 9 AM 
Where: Jack Pool Hall, UBC Alumni Centre. In-person attendance includes catered breakfast and lunch.

Participants have the option of in-person and virtual attendance.

RSVP now!

Speakers   Agenda

MARCH 30, 2023

FACILITATED BY PILLAR 9, KNOWLEDGE, IMPLEMENTATION, AND TRAINING TEAM (KITT)

CoVaRR-Net Webinar

This webinar is part of the CoVaRR-Net’s capacity building and training initiative, which will see various pillar members present their pillar’s projects and plans over the next few months.

The sixth webinar in the series featured:

• A presentation from Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Indigeneity (EDI&I) on Unweaving Systemic Inequities in Academia and Health Care from Dr. Ninan Abraham, EDI&I Director and Michelle Zinck, EDI&I Manager.

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

FACILITATED BY PILLAR 9, KNOWLEDGE, IMPLEMENTATION, AND TRAINING TEAM (KITT)

CoVaRR-Net Webinar

This webinar is part of the CoVaRR-Net’s capacity building and training initiative, which will see various pillar members present their pillar’s projects and plans over the next few months.

The fifth webinar in the series featured:

• A presentation from the BioBank Team on Collaborative Biobanking: Trailblazing for Pandemic Preparedness from Dr. Angela M. Crawley, Biobank Director; Dr. Raphael Saginur, Bioethics Co-Director; Dr. James Robblee, Bioethics Co-Director; and Dr. Amy Hsu, Data Platform Director.

JANUARY 27, 2023

FACILITATED BY PILLAR 9, KNOWLEDGE, IMPLEMENTATION, AND TRAINING TEAM (KITT)

CoVaRR-Net Webinar

This webinar is part of the CoVaRR-Net’s capacity building and training initiative, which will see various pillar members present their pillar’s projects and plans over the next few months.

The fourth webinar in the series featured:

• A presentation from Pillar 7 on Indigenous Voices in Contemporary Spheres: Academic, Social Media, and Health Research from Dr. Kimberly R. Huyser, Pillar 7 Lead; Carly Morrisseau, Communications and Social Media Coordinator; Emma Ronayne, Graduate Research Assistant; Jonathan Lin, Graduate Research Assistant; Jordan Derkson, Graduate Research Assistant; and CEIDAR Team.

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

FACILITATED BY PILLAR 9, KNOWLEDGE, IMPLEMENTATION, AND TRAINING TEAM (KITT)

CoVaRR-Net Webinar

This webinar is part of the CoVaRR-Net’s capacity building and training initiative, which will see various pillar members present their pillar’s projects and plans over the next few months.

The third webinar in the series featured:

• Overview of Pillar 5 Activities, and Detection and Analysis of Naturally Arising SARS-CoV-2 Defective Interfering Particles from Dr. Ioannis Ragoussis, Pillar 5 Lead
• The Emergence and Dynamics of COVID-19 Variants in the GTA from Dr. Jeff Wrana, Pillar 5 Deputy

OCTOBER 22, 2022

Facilitated by Pillar 3, VIROLOGY

CoVaRR-Net Webinar

This webinar is part of the CoVaRR-Net’s capacity building and training initiative, which will see various pillar members present their pillar’s projects and plans over the next few months.

The second webinar in the series featured:

• Natural Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 Variants in Mice from Dr. Louis Flamand, Pillar 3 Lead
• The Quest for a Universal SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine from Dr. Denis Leclerc, Pillar 3 Deputy

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Facilitated by Pillar 9, Knowledge Implementation, and Training Team (KITT)

CoVaRR-Net Webinar

This webinar launched the CoVaRR-Net Webinar Series, which will see various Pillar members present their Pillars, projects, and plans over the next few months.

This first in the series featured:

• A CoVaRR-Net Vision Update from Dr. Marc-André Langlois, CoVaRR-Net Executive Director
• The Use of Evidence in a Public Health Crisis from Dr. Melissa Brouwers, Pillar 9 Co-Lead

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

A webinar with CoVaRR-Net Researchers

Vaccines 101: The Role of Vaccines in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Four CoVaRR-Net Pillar Leads share their work and take questions from the public on prevention and protection from COVID-19 in an era of rising cases of variants of concern (VOCs).

Speakers:

• Jenn Gommerman (Pillar 1: Immunology & Vaccine Protection)
• Anne-Claude Gingras (Pillar 3: Functional Genomics & Structure-Function of VOCs)
• Nazeem Muhajarine (Pillar 6: Public Health, Health Systems and Social Policy Impacts)
• Kimberly R. Huyser (Pillar 7: CoVaRR-Net’s Indigenous Engagement, Development, and Research (CIEDAR))

The webinar is presented by CoVaRR-Net, supported by UTown@UBC Community Grants.