The BCIRPU partnered with Parachute Canada for the first National Injury Prevention Day on July 5, 2017. This new annual recognition day was created to help build awareness of the devastating impact of injury. Injury is the number one killer of Canadians aged 1 to 44,...
The Canadian Injury Prevention Curriculum (CIPC) is a 2-day workshop that covers the basics of injury prevention. The primary goal of the curriculum is to provide practitioners in a variety of sectors with an understanding of the theory and practice of injury...
[Image: BCIRPU Director Dr. Ian Pike (left), Vancouver MP Joyce Murray, and Chief Executive Officer for Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue (RCM-SAR) Pat Quealey (background) aboard a RCM-SAR vessel. Paul Joseph Photo | UBC Public Affairs] The BCIRPU has received...
This week is Safe Kids Week (June 5 to 11, 2017), and together with our partners at Parachute, we would like to bring attention to predictable and preventable injuries in children. This year’s Safe Kids Week is dedicated to promoting safe and active transportation,...
Co-led by Drs. Shelina Babul and Ian Pike, Active & Safe BC: Injury Prevention for Sport and Physical Activity was officially launched on August 22. The purpose of this initiative is to promote physical activity during leisure time by providing information on how...
This Injury Insight investigates the circumstances around teen driver deaths in BC. Research shows that the period of supervised driving is the safest for young and new drivers and that driving with a passenger older than 35 years of age reduces the risk of a...
