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From PhD to language coach for First Nations languages

Wednesday, 21 April 2021

Dr. Sonja Thoma first became interested in language documentation and revitalization while completing her Linguistics doctorate at UBC in 2016.

Impact story: mental health

Tuesday, 20 April 2021

At a time when stress, anxiety and depression have become part of people’s everyday vocabulary, research on mental health remains ever so important.

Revisiting the UBC PhD Career Outcomes project

Thursday, 8 April 2021

The UBC PhD Career Outcomes was the first comprehensive report of doctoral career outcomes from an institution in Canada, and provided UBC’s graduate programs, students, and prospective students with data to inform their thinking and planning around program elements, career preparation.

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Dr. Kennedy found that use of supervised drug consumption facilities helps to prevent serious harms, including violence and premature mortality. She also found that involving people who use drugs as staff enhanced the effectiveness of this service. This research has provided important evidence to improve health services for people who use drugs.

A randomly-selected Doctoral citation each day: today from the Doctor of Philosophy in Population and Public Health (PhD) - graduated in 2019