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 International...
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...
Did you know that Vancouver is hosting a global event older than the Olympics? Next week, the World Congress of Dermatology (WCD) will fill the halls and meeting rooms of the Vancouver Convention Centre with delegates eager to learn more about research and developments in their chosen specialty....
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 to adapt their homes so they can keep living in them as they get older.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines aging in place as “the ability to live in one’s own home and community safely, independently, and comfortably, regardless of age, income, or ability level.” The concept encourages people to stay in their own homes for as long as they wish, surrounded by everyday familiarities, without being forced into institutional care or other living conditions prematurely simply because of their age. However, for this to become feasible and a reality for the majority, society needs to change to support older adults and their needs without automatically consigning them to the health care system.
The Networking World Anesthesia Convention (NWAC) takes place next week in Vancouver, BC, bringing together clinicians and researchers working in this vital medical field. It is worth remembering that without adequate anesthesia, modern medicine and surgery would be stuck in the quick and dirty field of...