Jul 27, 2022 | Homepage Top, News, Water Safety
School’s out, and summer is here. Hot weather and water—what a perfect combo! But a perfect day can turn not so perfect in an instant. In BC each year, an average of 75 people die from drowning. Men aged 20 to 34-years-old and kids under 5 are at high risk of...
Jul 19, 2022 | Homepage Top, News
BCIRPU researchers are co-authors on a new study that describes the risk that people are likely to experience an illicit drug overdose following the prescription of opioids to treat an injury. The study, Risk of non-medical drug overdose following prescription of...
Jul 11, 2022 | Homepage Top, News
BCIRPU Scientist Dr. Mariana Brussoni has received an additional $1.3 million in funding for the second phase of her project to improve outdoor play among young children three to five-years-old who attend daycare. Dr. Brussoni’s lab received the uplift from the...
Jan 7, 2022 | Homepage Top
BCIRPU conducts research, surveillance, and knowledge translation activities in a number of areas related to injury prevention—at home, at work, at play, and on the road. LEARN MORE
