Posts Tagged ‘youth’

Hannah Schreier

Doing good is good for you: Volunteer adolescents enjoy healthier hearts

Feb. 25, 2013 | Filed under: Arts and Humanities, Media Release, Science, Health and Technology | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Giving back through volunteering is good for your heart, even at a young age, according to University of British Columbia researchers.

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International visitors join dozens of local students in painting community mural

Apr. 11, 2012 | Filed under: Media Advisory, News Feed | Tags: , , , , ,

Students from the Surrey School District, graduate students from SFU and UBC, and a delegation of international graduate students will paint a community mural

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From left to right: George Cope, President and CEO of Bell Canada and BCE; Ross MacGillivray, Vice Dean, UBC Faculty of Medicine; Clara Hughes, Canadian Olympian and Bell Let's Talk national spokesperson; Sarah Morgan-Silvester, UBC Chancellor; Barbara Miles, UBC Vice President of Development and Alumni Engagement; Mary Deacon, chair of the Bell Let's Talk initiative; Michael Krausz, professor of psychiatry. Photo: Don Erhardt

UBC receives $1M from Bell for online youth mental health outreach and research

Nov. 16, 2011 | Filed under: Media Release | Tags: , , , , , , ,

Vancouver, November 16, 2011 – Today UBC and Bell announced a $1M gift to establish the Bell Youth Mental Health IMPACT project. This initiative will enable researchers from the University of British Columbia to conduct mental health outreach to youth in need.

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Foreign homestay students exposed to major health risks; need better safety net: UBC study

Jul. 13, 2010 | Filed under: Media Release | Tags: , , , , , ,

Foreign homestay students who come to Canada to attend high school without their parents are exposed to major health risks such as smoking, drug use and early sexual intercourse, according to University of British Columbia research.

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