How Can Patient Partners Strengthen Your Research? Join our Research + Engagement Series to Learn More
Curious about meaningful ways to involve patient partners in your research? Don’t miss our first session in our Research + Engagement Series, where we’ll be joined by our patient partner Margaret Tompson for an insightful conversation. January 8 | 12:00 – 1:00pm PST | Virtual Event Margaret, a retired occupational therapist from Saskatchewan, is a […]
BLOG: Navigating Blood Cancer Together: Highlights from Dr. Sandeep Dhillon’s Presentation at LLSC Blood Cancer Conference 2025
ACCESS Lab Postdoctoral Research Fellow Dr. Sandeep Dhillon, shared important insights from her work on how South Asian older adults and their caregivers navigate the challenges of managing blood cancer at the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Canada Blood Cancer Conference 2025. Her presentation, “Navigating Together: How South Asian Older Adults & Their Caregivers Manage Their Blood […]
BLOG: Healthy Aging seminar series (UNA) Living with and Beyond Cancer
On Thursday, November 19th, the UNA Healthy Aging Series continued with a special Healthy Aging Talk at the Wesbrook Community Centre presented by ACCESS Lab member Ailsa Sirois. Ailsa engaged with the audience with her expertise in aging, wellbeing, and patient-centered approaches, offering an accessible, engaging perspective on what supports healthy aging across communities. To learn […]
Congratulations to Ishita Haque on CSCW 2025 Honorable Mention Award!
We’re proud to celebrate UBC Computer Science M.Sc. graduate and ACCESS Lab’s Ishita Haque, whose paper “Envisioning Interventions to Combat Misinformation Propagation on Social Media: Insights from Older Adults’ Approaches to Credibility Assessment” received a Best Paper Honourable Mention Award at CSCW 2025! The paper explores how older adults assess the credibility of information on […]
ACCESS Lab at CANO 2025 – Conference Summary (Banff, Alberta, Oct 29–Nov 1, 2025)
The 2025 Canadian Association of Nurses in Oncology (CANO/ACIO) Annual Conference, themed “Striving for the Summit: Empowering Oncology Nurses Toward Excellence,” highlighted four decades of innovation and leadership in oncology nursing. Members of the ACCESS Lab from the University of British Columbia’s School of Nursing made significant contributions, advancing dialogue on aging, navigation, and equity in cancer care. Workshop: […]