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Recreational boating safety: That’s a wrap!
BCIRPU and our partners at the Community Against Preventable Injuries (Preventable) successfully wrapped up a three-year project to explore attitudes and behaviours around recreational boating safety in BC. We would like to thank Transport Canada for the generous...
Preventable Wins Boating Safety Award
Our partner in social marketing, the Community Against Preventable Injuries (Preventable) has received a 2020 Drowning Prevention Award– Research for their project on recreational boating safety in BC from the Canadian Drowning Prevention Coalition. The...
Preventable Launches a New Injury Prevention Campaign
BCIRPU’s partner in injury prevention, the Community Against Preventable Injuries (Preventable) has launched their latest creative to remind us not to miss the obvious – slip-ups like ladder falls when cleaning up the yard, driving over the posted speed limit, and...
BCIRPU Summer Student Research Program
The Injury Research Summer Student Internship is ideal for undergraduate students who are interested in injury prevention. Led by Drs. Ian Pike, Shelina Babul, and Mariana Brussoni, in collaboration with the BC Injury Research and Prevention Unit, students will have...
Webinar Archive
May 20, 2021 | Pathways to illegal drug overdose following an injury (view recording) Mr. Alex Zheng, Biostatistician, BCIRPU March 25, 2021 | Why is outdoor risky play more important than ever? (view recording) Dr. Mariana Brussoni, Academic Scientist, BCIRPU January...
SHRed Concussions Study
Concussions are the most common form of head injury. Young people who get concussions take longer to recover and are at higher risk of developing symptoms that persist for many months after their injury. We want to improve the ways in which concussions are prevented,...
Here Comes the Sun
Babies and children have sensitive skin that can be damaged easily by sun exposure.
International Safety Media Awards
Our partner in social marketing, the Community Against Preventable Injuries (Preventable) brought home several International Safety Media Awards (ISMA) this year. Congratulations to the Preventable team for all your hard work. ISMA are the Oscars of the safety...
New study finds girls in rural B.C. at highest risk of self-poisoning
Girls age 10 to 19 living in rural B.C. communities with poor access to local mental health services are at highest risk of intentionally poisoning themselves.
New Concussion Course for Athletes
The latest CATT course aims to educate athletes on the management of concussions.