By Kevin Ho on Jan 11, 2013
It is a pleasure to announce that the WCILCOS conference papers and handbook are all available in cIRcle, UBC’s Digital Repository! Explore this collection and find papers, webcasts, etc. on topics about Chinese pioneers, family policy, national identity as well as these community areas: the Moy Kwok Village, the Sa Duoy Village and New Westminster in British Columbia, Canada.
Discover and learn more about the WCILCOS collection in cIRcle at: https://circle.ubc.ca/handle/2429/43391.
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Coming soon – Recent issues of UBC Forestry’s Branchlines and Annual Report publications will be added to cIRcle, UBC’s Digital Repository. Stay tuned for more details on our cIRcle blog and if you haven’t already, follow us on Twitter: @cIRcle_UBC (https://twitter.com/cIRcle_UBC).
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By Kevin Ho on Dec 18, 2012
This report brings together population-level data, where it exists, about the health indicators for boys (12 to 18 years) and young men (19 to 25 years) in British Columbia. Some of the data offers comparisons to girls and young women, while other data examines trends in health issues over time, or highlights different groups of young men who experience unequal risks and opportunities for health. Some of these are specific health conditions or illnesses, while others are environmental or risk behaviours that are strongly linked to illness, disability, or even death for boys and young men. They may affect boys’ and young men’s health while they are young, or set patterns that can lead to poor health or early mortality among older men. Together these data provide a picture of the key factors that contribute to the health status of boys and young men in Western Canada, and can serve as a source of information to help guide priority setting for health promotion and policy. Key issues include: Violence victimization, whether in the form of physical and sexual abuse, or bullying, or physical assaults and fighting, is an important contributor to a variety of the health issues identified in this report.
Note: Funding for the XY factor report was provided by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and Vancouver Coastal Health. For more information, visit the UBC School of Nursing website at: http://www.nursing.ubc.ca/. Click on ‘View/Open’ to read the rest of the report in cIRcle at: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/43707.
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Two of the 76 students who received honorary degrees at a special ceremony held during UBC’s 2012 spring congregation in recognition of the Japanese Canadian students whose university experience was disrupted in 1942 were from the UBC School of Nursing. (see Nursing alumni news at: http://www.nursing.ubc.ca/Alumni/AlumniNews.aspx?id=28). View and/or download “A degree of justice” video about the 76 students in cIRcle at: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/43625.
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By Kevin Ho on
In the UBC Fisheries Centre annual report for 2010-2011, Dr. Rashid Sumaila, Director and Professor of the UBC Fisheries Centre states:
The years 2010 and 2011 have been very exciting for those of us here at the Fisheries Centre. We welcomed two new faculty members, increasing the number of faculty at our Centre to twelve. First, we hired Dr Sang-Seon Yun, who comes to us from Kunsan National University in Korea, and is working with the Aboriginal Fisheries Research Unit in examining chemical communication systems of fishes. We also welcomed National Geographic Fellow Dr William W.L. Cheung, who obtained his PhD at UBC in 2007 and has returned to work on global change biology and fisheries.
The year 2011 also included the launch of a new website and visits from very distinguished guests thus helping the Fisheries Centre to ‘persevere in [its’] scholarly productivity and outreach efforts, with the goal of cultivating local and international fisheries awareness’. Click on ‘View/Open’ to read the rest of the report in cIRcle at: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/43679.
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There are 190+ items in the Fisheries Centre collections in cIRcle. Explore these titles – Modelling the trophic role of marine mammals in tropical areas (2009); Total marine fisheries extractions by country in the Baltic Sea: 1950-present (2010); Trade in seahorses and other syngnathids in countries outside Asia (1998-2001) (2011) and more. Or, browse the Fisheries Centre collections by Author, Title, Subjects and By Dept. Affiliation.
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By Kevin Ho on Dec 12, 2012
It is a pleasure to announce that the Open UBC 2012 webcasts are here! Simply click on the “View/Open” link to watch the webcasts in cIRcle.
Without further ado, here are the Open UBC 2012 webcasts:
Open access: effects and consequences in the management of scientific discourse by Dieter Stein – http://hdl.handle.net/2429/43610
Uncovering the impact story of open research by Heather Piwowar – http://hdl.handle.net/2429/43605
Beyond walls: teaching and learning in the open by Jon Beasley-Murray, David Kohler and Stephen Hay – http://hdl.handle.net/2429/43676
An overview of Open Learning Technologies at UBC by Novak Rogic, Will Engle and Enej Bajgoric – http://hdl.handle.net/2429/43606
Open scholar awards at UBC: increase the impact of your research by Hilde Colenbrander, Joy Kirchner and Tara Stephens – http://hdl.handle.net/2429/43607
First Nations and open access: respectful consultation, protocols and collaboration by Larissa Grant and Jason Woolman – http://hdl.handle.net/2429/43624
The Sea Around Us Project: assessing the impact of fisheries on marine ecosystems and food security by Daniel Pauly, Dirk Zeller and Ar’ash Tavakolie – http://hdl.handle.net/2429/43604
#arseniclife, social media and open science by Rosie Redfield – http://hdl.handle.net/2429/43608
Adventures in open science advocacy by David Ng – http://hdl.handle.net/2429/43677
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Past Open UBC (Open Access Week) events and presentations are also available in cIRcle, UBC’s Digital Repository. Visit the Library Events collection at: https://circle.ubc.ca/handle/2429/2689. You can browse the collection by Author, Title, Subjects and By Dept. Affiliation.
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By Kevin Ho on Nov 30, 2012
In 1942, some 21,000 Japanese Canadians were uprooted and exiled from the West Coast and were sent to internment camps. Amongst those sent away were 76 UBC students. These students were unable to complete their university studies or missed their graduation. In November 2011, the UBC Senate approved three measures to recognize what happened to these UBC students: the students would be awarded honorary degrees the following May, the university would develop initiatives to educate future students about this shameful period in Canadian history, and the Library would preserve and bring to life the historical record of that time. In order to help fulfill the third part of this mandate, the Library has produced oral history interviews with several of the affected students. These interviews, as well as other videos and films related to this commemoration, are made available here through the UBC Japanese Canadian Students of 1942 collection in cIRcle.
View and/or download the new “A degree of justice” video in cIRcle at: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/43625.
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Coming soon – some UBC Japanese Canadian student oral history interviews are coming to cIRcle, UBC’s Digital Repository. Stay tuned for more information.
Above photo is courtesy of UBC Public Affairs
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