Upcoming Events
MEDTalks: Building muscle, building health | June 7
The Southern Medical Program presents MEDTalks: Building muscle, building health
with Dr. Sarah Purcell, BC Assistant Professor and Dr. Sarah Robbins, UBC Clinical Assistant Professor and gastroenterologist
Up to roughly one-third of Canadians have low muscle mass, even in those with higher body weight. As people age, low muscle mass can lead to poor quality of life, complications during surgery or longer hospital stays. It can also significantly impact how long a person might live. The public is invited to hear from health experts about how the intersection of nutrition, exercise and chronic disease prevention can improve overall health.
Dr. Sarah Purcell is an Assistant Professor with the UBC Faculty of Medicine’s Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism and UBC Okanagan’s Faculty of Science. She is also a researcher with the Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management based at UBC Okanagan. Dr. Purcell completed a Bachelor of Science in Dietetics and a Master of Science in Clinical Nutrition at Florida State University followed by a PhD in Nutrition and Metabolism at the University of Alberta.
MEDTalks is a health education lecture series exploring current and emerging trends in medicine. Hosted by the Southern Medical Program at UBC Okanagan, researchers and health professionals share their insights and expertise.
The event is free and open to the public with in-person and virtual options available but registration is required.
Wednesday, 7 June 2023 - 7:00pm
UBC Asian Library Lecture | June 8
Asian Library Research Lens
Format: Zoom
UBC Asian Library Exhibition | to June 10
Ink Dance – Yim Tse: A Half Century of Calligraphy 墨舞
The UBC Asian Library is pleased to support the Canadian Society for Asian Arts on the presentation of the Ink Dance exhibit. The exhibit features works by the late master calligrapher Yim Tse (謝琰), who worked with the UBC Asian Library for over 30 years as the Chinese Language Librarian until his retirement in 1999.
In conjunction with the exhibit, Asian Library will be displaying collections featuring a broad array of Asian calligraphic traditions, including Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Tibetan and South Asian works. The Asian Library display will be viewable during library open hours.
When: May 13 to June 10, 2023
Hours: Wednesday to Saturday, 11am to 3pm
Where: UBC Asian Centre
Travel Group | June 15
Slovenia: A land of resilience.
with Barbara Bernhardt, Associate Professor Emeritus, School of Audiology and Speech Sciences and Joseph Stemberger, Professor Emeritus of Linguistics
Over the last couple of decades, we have been privileged to make several trips to Slovenia, where Joe has family ties and we both have academic collaborators. From our first visits there, it felt like we were in ‘old Europe’, where changes wrought by the influence of North American culture were less visible than elsewhere. Although only having 2 million inhabitants, Slovenia's south Slavic language and culture have survived centuries of domination. Using photos, video, and narration, we will journey from Joe’s family village of Jablanica (Ya-blan-tsa) to the western and eastern corners of Slovenia, a country of fields, mountains, small towns and villages. Our presentation will be an introductory guide to the geography, history and culture of this small EU nation. Although regretfully not able to share specialties through Zoom such as ‘potica' (po-TEE-tsa), ‘krofi' (Mardi Gras ‘donuts’) and slivovka (Slee-Vo-Ka), we can make a couple of recipes available for those with a culinary bent.
Format: Zoom
If you wish to receive the zoom link for the meeting and are not already on the EC Travel group list, please contact Paul Steinbok at psteinbok@cw.bc.ca.
A zoom link will be sent out before each meeting.
Thursday, 15 June 2023 - 3:00pm
Healthy Aging Public Lecture Series | June 19
Blood Tests for Brain Health in Aging
with Jennifer Cooper, PhD Candidate, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UBC
Summary: Neurological blood-based biomarkers are being widely investigated for use in the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. These biomarkers can inform on the underlying disease specific pathology, as well as general neurodegeneration processes. This presentation will introduce these biomarkers and discuss how they change with aging, spanning early childhood into older adulthood. It will highlight the importance of understanding this relationship to be able to accurately interpret biomarker results. A special focus of this presentation will be the investigation of these biomarkers in a cognitively resilient senior population, enabling us to understand what these biomarkers can and cannot tell us about healthy aging.
As part of our Healthy Aging Research Seminar series, the next speaker we are excited to feature is Jennifer Cooper, a PhD candidate from the Wellington Lab in the UBC Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine! Her seminar will be held on June 19th (11:00 AM–12:00 PM) in the Rudy North Lecture Theatre at the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health.
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Monday, 19 June 2023 - 11:00am
First Nations Longhouse Open House | June 20
In honour of the First Nations Longhouse and Xwi7xwa Library’s 30th anniversary, as well as National Indigenous Peoples Day on June 21st, the First Nations House of Learning and the Library are jointly holding an open house for UBC faculty and staff on Tuesday, June 20th, 10am-1pm.