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07 Jul Around town: International Conference on Cancer Nursing (ICCN) 2015

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Another Vancouver venue opens its doors to a global conference this coming week: the Westin Bayshore, looking out across Coal Harbour to the North Shore, will welcome delegates to the 2015 International Conference on Cancer Nursing. This year’s conference theme is Cancer Nursing Research: Global Strategies and...

23 Jun Around town: Brain 2015

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I love a conference with a good name, and Brain 2015 is one of the best I’ve seen. Even better, it’s happening here in Vancouver on June 27–30, 2015. Brain’15 is a pairing of two meetings: the 27th International Symposium on Cerebral Blood Flow, Metabolism and Function and the 12th...

15 Jun Around town: Ocean Literacy in Canada Conference

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CaNOE, the Canadian Network for Ocean Education, is holding its first Ocean Literacy in Canada Conference in Vancouver this week. Ocean literacy? I hear you ask, isn’t that all Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Old Man and the Sea, Moby Dick…? Well, yes, not quite...

05 Jun Around town: The 23rd World Congress of Dermatology

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07 May Around town: 24th Annual John K. Friesen Conference—Harnessing Technology for Aging-in-Place

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On Thursday, May 14, the Segal Centre at the Simon Fraser University (SFU) Vancouver Campus will host the 24th Annual John K. Friesen Conference. The purpose of this event is to explore how technology can help adults in British Columbia to age in place, helping seniors...