With funding from a New Frontiers Special Call “2022 Research for Postpandemic Recovery” Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (2023-2025), and co-led by Dr. Kathy Rush and Dr Eric Li, the RHE-SETS team is exploring the ways social...

With funding from a UBC Health Innovation Funding Investment (HIFI) Award (2022-2023), and led by Dr. Kathy Rush, the RHE-SETS team is using patient-centered design strategies to lay the foundation for developing a digital solution to promote preventive care...

Digital Readiness in Rural Canada: Pathways Towards Digital Equity With funding from an Insight Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (2022-2024), and led by Dr. Kathy Rush, the RHE-SETS team is exploring digital readiness in rural...

Dr.'s Eric Li (Management), Charlene Ronquillo (Nursing), and Kathy Rush (Nursing) are teaming up with MURPH Scholars Emily Mayzes-Kotulla (Science) and Ashish Giri (Engineering) on a project called "A mobile makerspace to support inclusive patient and community-led...

Empowering Rural Older Adults: Promoting Equitable Digital Engagement That Sticks With funding from a Partnership Engagement Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (2021-2022), and led by Dr. Kathy Rush, the RHE-SETS team is teaming...

Study Title: Technology-Enabled Healthcare in Rural BC Communities UBCO Medical student, Nicole Hawe, is working with the RHE-SETS team to complete a Flex Project and is following up with rural BC residents who completed our 2021 online survey. Virtual focus groups...

Study Title:  BC Communities’ Technology Use During Covid-19 With funding from the UBCO Eminence Program, UBCO Work Study Program, and a 2021 International Undergraduate Research Award, the RHE-SETS team is conducting a second online survey on BC community technology...

Representatives from rural communities and the tech sector will brainstorm ways that technology could be used to address the health-related needs of people living with chronic illness using a process called concept mapping.

The RHE-SETS team is conducting a survey to better understand the challenges rural community members are facing during COVID-19 and how technology is being used.