General Inquiries

bcinjury@bcchr.ca

BC Injury Research and Prevention Unit

F508 – 4480 Oak St.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

V6H 3V4

Media Requests

For media inquiries, please contact Samantha Bruin, Communications Manager.

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Services and Speaking Engagements

‍Speaking Engagements

BCIRPU subject-matter experts are available to deliver engaging and informative presentations for seminars, conferences, and events on topics related to injury prevention. Presentations represent current evidence and best practices. We do not charge a fee-for-service; however, an honorarium is often provided and much appreciated. These funds go to support summer studentships and student research mentorships.

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Commissioned Research Projects

BCIRPU drives collaboration on population and public health primary prevention initiatives and facilitates linkage with like-minded organizations to address issues provincially, nationally, and internationally. As the provincial hub for injury prevention coordination and leadership, BCIRPU is able to provide expert consulting and research services that best serves the needs of the client. The options include, but are not limited to:

Gap analyses and performing improvement plans
Injury prevention program planning, development and evaluation
Research design, methods and analyses
Research literature searches and synthesis
Grant application development
Identification of key trends, issues and best practices
Coordination and facilitation of injury surveillance
Expert training in injury and falls prevention

For further information and access to these services, please contact us at bcinjury@bcchr.ca

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SPPH 555 Course

BCIRPU faculty offer SPPH 555: Principles and Practices of Injury Prevention, through the School of Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia. Visit the School’s website for more information.

Volunteer Opportunities

BCIRPU accepts a limited number of volunteers each year. If you are interested, please send us an email with your cover letter, your current CV, and project idea to bcinjury@bcchr.ca.

Brain Waves BC

Brain Waves BC is a BCIRPU program with the goal of educating children, youth, and adults in BC on how to prevent brain and spinal cord injury through elementary school presentations and helmet fitting clinics at community events.

The program delivers fun and engaging neuroscience presentations to raise awareness among school children and teachers on the importance of protecting the brain, how best to protect it, and proper helmet fitting. The program empowers participants to make safe decisions that contribute to building safe and inclusive communities.

BCIRPU is the delivery partner for Parachute’s national program in BC, and recruits college and university student volunteers from diverse academic fields including neuroscience, medicine, nursing, physical education and kinesiology. To ensure the safety and security of the program, all the volunteers are registered through the BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute and undergo a Criminal Record Check. BCIRPU provides comprehensive orientation and volunteer training to the registered volunteers. Parachute provides materials for classroom presentations such as activity booklets, volunteer training resources, and gelatin brain molds. The trained volunteers deliver the presentations via stories, demonstrations, games, and activities that are designed to align with the themes of Science, Health, and Physical Activity within the school curriculum.

We are always looking for Brain Waves volunteers! If you are interested in becoming a presenter, please contact us.

Learn more about the Brain Waves program.