Ethical Frameworks in Public Health
I feel very fortunate to be studying public health at this time in our lives. We are facing unprecedented public health actions through policies...
Author: Aaron
The End of the Road
As a mature student, I have found myself working with younger and brighter classmates. From high school upgrading and college in my late twenties...
Stepping Down From Work
For the first time since starting college, I am not working. I am finishing my final year as an undergrad, and in the eight...
My Encounter with a Protest
In Nelson BC, people gathered to protest. Their demonstration surrounded the busiest intersection of town, rallying support from cars and trucks passing by. Read...
Flattening the Curve vs Shifting the Mean
Hello My name is Aaron and I am completing my final undergraduate year in Health and Community Services with the School of Public Health...
The Essential Sound of Cacophony
At different levels of lock-down during this pandemic, I have been in relative isolation with the residents of my workplace, during coffee or meal...
Drawing Attention to Public Health
Remembering the Spring Writing for MyUVic Life has been a privilege. Since the first stay home order, my posts were able to continue, despite...
What the COVID-19 Positivity Rate Teaches Us
I am grateful to live in BC, with so many positive health factors in our landscapes to appreciate. Let’s remember to unplug from our...
Permission to Slow Down
Getting Permission to Be Slow So much of university is about keeping up with tasks. These past few years I have been working on...
My New Normal Espresso
In early March I acquired the most amazing coffee press. It’s called Espro, works like a French press and also doubles as a thermos....
The “New Normal”
Germs predates human life. Indeed we emerged from bacterial rich waters, teeming with life, and our current biology depends on microbial life to survive....
Lessons in Public Health
There is a wonderful story on PBS about how doctors are learning to treat COVID-19 patients without putting them on a ventilator. Doctor Richard...
Alarm Reaction, Resistance, & Exhaustion
Who remembers Grade 12 biology – Hans Selye’s General Adaptation Syndrome? It goes: In response to stress we produce three stages of reaction —...
Essential services for our health
Surviving social isolation As a student at the School of Public Health and Social Policy, I am glad that my courses are not being...
So What is Public Health?
What keeps us healthy as a population? I started this article when there was no pandemic or emergency health crisis. Somehow, with everything shutting...
Fast Food from Scratch
It seems the whole world has gotten into a rush and there is no time for simple home-cooked food anymore. Everything we eat seems...
Home Cooking for One
It always amazes me how much more food costs in a restaurant than at home. As a student on a budget, I am constantly...
Credit and the Student Budget
As a mature student I consider myself fortunate to have lived in the real world, managing household expenses, savings, and living within my means....
Getting up to Speed
In college I would have nightmares where I was in my old high school. I dreamed that I was most of the way done...
Earning a BA Through Distance Education
What’s it like studying online? How will I keep up with my work? Are there lectures I have to attend virtually? Who will I...