Community Health and Social Innovation (CHASI) Hub
Turning knowledge into action
In light of this weekend’s news that the Taliban has overthrown the government of Afghanistan, CHASI joins the call for the international community to act with immediacy and urgency to ensure the significant gains the Afghan people have made in recent years are not lost. Canada has committed to resettling 20,000 Afghans, and pledged to … Read more
Dr. Sarah Beaulieu, a University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) anthropologist, presented a summary of her ground penetrating radar (GPR) investigation to media Thursday morning at an event held by Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation, highlighting 200 “targets of interest” of what are likely to indicate human burials. The Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation have … Read more
CHASI is sharing this press release from Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc in support of their investigation of presumed unmarked graves of Indigenous children of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, which is in part a collaboration with CHASI Faculty Associate Dr. Sarah Beaulieu. July 15, 2021 – Kamloops. Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc calls on people worldwide to … Read more
The Bigger Than Me Podcast, hosted by UFV alum Aaron Pete, featured two interviews with members of the CHASI team in June! First, Aaron spoke with Spencer Huesken, our Research Associate. Today, Bigger Than Me released an interview Dr. Martha Dow, CHASI’s director. CHASI would like to extend our thanks to Aaron for taking the … Read more
Collaborations with community partners and high-quality student research experiences are key for one research centre at Abbotsford’s University of the Fraser Valley (UFV). The Community Health and Social Innovation Hub (CHASI) recently welcomed three undergraduate UFV students as research assistants (RA) thanks to $45,000 in awards from Canadian research non-profit Mitacs and a partnership with … Read more
On March 17, the Community Health and Social Innovation Hub (CHASI) partnered with BC’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner (BCOHRC), UFV’s Race and Antiracism Network, and the South Asian Studies Institute to present “Revealing Systemic Racism and Inequalities in BC: Using disaggregated demographic and race-based data.” This is a recording of that virtual conversation … Read more
On February 2, 2021, CHASI director Dr. Martha Dow shared a presentation titled Turning Knowledge into Action: UFV’s CHASI Hub Reinventing Community Research as part of SCIENCETALKS‘ Virtual Science Café series.
In addition to our current team and faculty associates, CHASI has collaborated with a number of past student research assistants and interns, and we thank them for their impactful contributions to our research. Please note that these bios reflect these students interests and studies at the time they worked for CHASI, and in many cases … Read more
The Community Health and Social Innovation (CHASI) Hub is privileged to work with the following UFV faculty members Dr. Satwinder Kaur Bains Dr. Sarah Beaulieu Dr. Shelley Canning Dr. Keith Thor Carlson Dr. Cherie Enns Dr. Luisa Giles Dr. Geetanjali Gill Dr. Sharon Gillies Dr. Lesley Jessiman Dr. Karun Karki Dr. Kathy Keiver Dr. Iris … Read more
After reviewing the operational activities in the Community Health and Social Innovation Hub’s workspace, CHASI has developed a COVID-19 Workspace Safety Plan to ensure effective controls are in place to prevent the transmission of COVID-19. The following document introduces CHASI’s operations, provides the regulatory context of the safety plan, a risk assessment, and the means … Read more