Recurring

Trainee Seminar Series

Virtual/Online

BC Regenerative Medicine is going digital and kicking off a reoccurring virtual seminar series organized and operated by trainees! Each seminar will give the trainee 20-25 minutes to present data relevant to their research followed by a 5-10 minute Q & A period. Seminars will be Wednesdays at 12pm and will happen so long as we have content! MONTHLY CASH PRIZE for best seminar!! Don’t have data ready to present but still want practice leading a seminar? Lead a Journal Club session instead! A new zoom link will be sent out each week! Sign up here to [...]

How to be a Better Ally in Research and Study

Virtual/Online

Building a Respectful Community: Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in the workplace In this session, participants will learn what it takes to build a respectful and inclusive community by focusing on practices and policies that centre equity and diversity. Beginning with a discussion of the terms equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI), the group will explore how EDI matters in the work and research spaces at UBC. This is followed by an examination of bias and microaggressions, how they manifest and what we can do about them. Led by Rachael Sullivan from the Equity and Inclusion office at UBC and taking place September [...]

BCREGMED Media Engagement Workshop

Virtual/Online

News media set agendas, shape policies and impact spending. Issues that are effectively profiled by the news media are seen as more important than those not receiving such attention. However, often the people most expert in a particular field have difficulty translating their deep knowledge into commentary that is accessible and engaging to a lay audience made up of those who don’t have a science background or specialized vocabulary. BCREGMED is providing a two day media engagement workshop for its graduate students, post docs, and PIs. The goal being to provide support with concrete tools and strategies to increase their [...]

Cascadia 3.0

Online

BCRegMed and the Institute for Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine at the University of Washington are proud to host the THIRD ANNUAL Cascadia Regenerative Medicine Symposium. The event will take place October 21st and 22nd virtually on both SLACK and ZOOM, and will provide an opportunity for the rich academic talent pools from BC and Washington to share their knowledge and expertise with the community, generate new collaborative partnerships, identify existing gaps in the fields of regenerative medicine and cell therapy, and continue to work toward effective and permanent solutions to some of today’s most challenging and prevalent health care [...]

Writing Workshop for Academics

Making Writing Easier for Academics Does your writing process look like just staring at the blank page, not knowing where to start and getting frustrated? Or, do you get it all down and then end up getting overwhelmed by a giant document? Or, do you have an idea of what your writing process “should” look like but it just doesn’t seem to work that way for you? This workshop provides structure to the writing process so that you can begin to understand where your strengths are and identify your opportunities for growth and begin to create your unique writing process that [...]

Cascadia 4.0

University of Washington

BCRegMed and the Institute for Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine at the University of Washington are proud to host the FOURTH ANNUAL Cascadia Regenerative Medicine Symposium. The event will take place November 3rd and 4th at the University of Washington, and will provide an opportunity for the rich academic talent pools from BC and Washington to share their knowledge and expertise with the community, generate new collaborative partnerships, identify existing gaps in the fields of regenerative medicine and cell therapy, and continue to work toward effective and permanent solutions to some of today’s most challenging and prevalent health care issues. [...]

Cascadia 5.0

The Sutton Place Hotel

BCRegMed along with the Institute for Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine at the University of Washington takes great pride in announcing the hosting of the FIFTH ANNUAL Cascadia Regenerative Medicine Symposium. Scheduled for January 18th and 19th, 2024, this event will be held at the Sutton Place Hotel, in Vancouver, BC. It offers a unique platform for the rich academic talent from both British Columbia and Washington to actively share their insights and expertise with the community. This symposium aims to foster fresh collaborative partnerships, identify existing gaps in the realms of regenerative medicine and cell therapy, and persistently strive [...]