Recreational boating safety: That’s a wrap!

The project developed, delivered, and evaluated a social marketing campaign to raise awareness, transform attitudes, and ultimately change behaviours to reduce boating injuries.

Concussion Awareness Training Tool for Workers and Workplaces

It is useful for everyone to know how to prevent and immediately respond to a potential concussion-causing incident.

Randomized Controlled Trials on the Practice Tool for Early Childhood Educators Begins – Outsideplay.ca

Opportunities for outdoor play have been decreasing due to perceptions that it is dangerous and unnecessary.

SHRed Concussions Study

Concussions are the most common form of head injury

Here Comes the Sun

Babies and children have sensitive skin that can be damaged easily by sun exposure.

International Safety Media Awards

The International Safety Media Awards are the Oscars of the safety community and honour exceptional safety media from around the world.

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.

Research into Unintended Consequences of COVID-19 policies receives funding

This project will use several sources of data to better understand how many children and youth suffered a violence-related injury during the pandemic.

Poison Prevention Week 2021

Playing in the Snow Safely

With snow and freezing temperatures in the forecast this weekend, make sure you’re prepared before venturing out in the snow. Playing outside is healthy for everyone, but frostbite can put a damper on the fun.

Outdoor play during childcare to become more fulfilling for children with $650k gift to UBC Faculty of Medicine

PRO-ECO has four core components that aim to improve early childhood education.

New concussion publications by BCIRPU Scientist

Dr. Shelina Babul recently published two new articles about the Concussion Awareness Training Tool.

Concussion Awareness Training Tool for Women’s Support Workers

The course includes a 45-minute video-based, interactive e-learning course consisting of a series of educational modules and resources, including the voice of a survivor of violence.

Dr. Brussoni Lab to present Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies virtual roundtable series

“Advancing Early Childhood Education Outdoors Now” will take place over three sessions this fall.

Engaging New Westminster children on ‘friendly’ and ‘unfriendly’ spaces for play

Ms. Desiree Wilson’s study is a school-based participatory research project that engaged children in examining the play-friendliness of their neighbourhoods.

Study on cannabis poisoning in BC children published

VOICES of Our Children and Youth: Akwesasne

A VOICES session on kid’s perspectives on the impacts of COVID-19.

Restarting Activities & Preventing Injuries During COVID-19

We’re still all in this together.

COVID-19 and Injury: Looking out for older adults

Ensuring a safe home environment for your parent and older loved ones is important.

COVID-19 and Injury: Violence Prevention

Experts are concerned that violence and related injuries are likely to increase during the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19 and Injury: Staying physically active

There are still lots of ways that you and your family can stay active!

COVID-19 and Injury: Managing your mental health

The amount of information and uncertainty about COVID-19 can be overwhelming and distressing.

Are we doing a good job keeping children safe?

A new website is available that shows injury rates by type and province in the style of a report card, an approach that allows visitors to see where evidence-based prevention policies have succeeded, and where more work needs to be done.