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She is one of the lucky ones because her house west of the Fraser River is still standing. But Dunstan, a former chief of the Lytton First Nation, doesn’t know when she can return to the ranch without phone service or access to the services in town that were wiped out by the flames.
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“We don’t have all the services that a person requires to live back home. And I’m not sure when that’s going to happen. We don’t have any ambulance service. We don’t have doctors. We don’t have anything. … The closest grocery store would be an hour away,” Dunstan said this week.
Image Credit: UBC Okanagan February 18, 2021 - 7:00 PM Researchers at universities in B.C. have received $150,000 from the Ministry of Health to work on understanding the harmful impacts the COVID-19 pandemic is having on people and communities. The province has funded five research projects through the Interior University Research Coalition, a partnership between Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, University of B.C. in Kelowna and University of Northern B.C. in Prince George. The B.C. Ministry of Health has provided the research coalition with $150,000 to understand the harmful effects of COVID-19 and mitigate its impact. The projects being funded range from identifying the effects of the pandemic on the mental health and well-being of people living in rural communities to developing telehealth programs that will engage older adults outside urban centres. Other projects include a focus on improving the lifespan of N95 masks, as well as building a bett
BC Government partners with UNBC, Interior Universities for COVID-19 Research Solutions
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The Ministry of Health is investing in Interior research universities across the province including UNBC to understand the harmful effects of COVID-19 and mitigate its impact on communities.
The government has funded five collaborative research projects through the Interior University Research Coalition (IURC), a partnership between Thompson Rivers University, the University of British Columbia, Okanagan (UBCO), and UNBC.
The projects being funded range from identifying the effects of the pandemic on the mental health and well-being of people living in rural communities to developing telehealth programs that will engage older adults outside urban centres.
Projects will look at improving N95 masks, mental health and well-being The BC Ministry of Health is investing in BC Interior research universities to.