Students put skills to work to develop Agur Lake Camp

Okanagan College Media Release The first cabin for Agur Lake Camp is taking shape thanks to students in Okanagan College’s Residential Construction program and a new partnership between Agur Lake Camp Society, Okanagan College, School District 67 Okanagan Skaha and C.M. Edwards...

UBC honours outstanding teachers in biology, engineering and sociology

From left, Doug Owram, Deputy Vice Chancellor and Principal, Senior Faculty Award recipients Carolyn Labun and Joyce Boon, and Alaa Abd-El-Aziz, Provost and Vice Principal at UBC's Okanagan campus. A trio of outstanding teachers from the fields of biology, engineering and sociology were...

UBC researchers aim to improve heart health for breast cancer survivors

Master of Science student Graeme Koelwyn UBC Human Kinetics Assistant Professor Neil Eves and Master of Science student Graeme Koelwyn are conducting research that examines the heart and blood vessel function in breast cancer survivors who have received anthracycline chemotherapy. "In breast...

College Board approves $92.9 million budget

Okanagan College Media Release Okanagan College’s Board of Governors has approved a $92.9-million operating budget for 2011-12. The Board passed the budget at a meeting Tuesday. The budget anticipates that student numbers will increase by approximately five per cent in the coming...

Would you exercise more if it took less time and was more fun?

Demian Carson According to the Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines, to achieve health benefits, adults aged 18 to 64 should accumulate at least 150 minutes of aerobic physical activity per week. But is there a way for the average adult to achieve the same health benefits in less time while...

Local professor hosts DVD launch for homegrown doc film

Okanagan College Media Release After winning the Best Home Grown Award at the Okanagan International Film Festival, local filmmaker and professor Marc Arellano will publicly launch his award-winning documentary Strange Fruit: A Changing Landscape in the Central Okanagan, on Thursday, April 28 in...

UBC student recognized as exceptional woman in engineering

Engineering student Audrey Siebert-Timmer. Third-year engineering student Audrey Siebert-Timmer is one of five women across Canada who will receive a $5,000 scholarship from the Canadian Engineering Memorial Foundation (CEMF). Siebert-Timmer will travel to Halifax in May to receive her award....

Lister appointed as North Okanagan Regional Dean

 OKANAGAN COLLEGE NEWS RELEASE - APRIL 14, 2011 Lister to assume role as Okanagan College’s Regional Dean for the North Okanagan A prominent Vernon community leader will be assuming the role of Okanagan College’s North Okanagan Regional Dean in June. Jane Lister,...

Gr. 11 and 12 students join conversation about Holocaust and genocide at UBC

UBC Professor Emeritus Rene Goldman. On April 28, UBC's Okanagan campus will host the third annual Holocaust and Genocide Education Forum, bringing together community members, UBC scholars, students from Grades 11 and 12, and victims of genocide or the Holocaust in a discussion of the causes...

College dominates at Business Competition

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Agrifood and climate change study looks at Fraser Valley and Okanagan

Sociology professor Luis L. M. Aguiar is studying how climate change is impacting labour processes in the corporate agricultural food industry. UBC professor joins Work in a Warming World project Luis L. M. Aguiar, associate professor of sociology at UBC's Okanagan campus, will study the...

TELUS delivers on yearlong campaign to support the Centre of Excellence

Okanagan College Media Release One year after committing to donate $100 to Okanagan College’s Centre of Excellence for every new TELUS TV customer in the South Okanagan, TELUS announced a $50,000 contribution to the Okanagan College Foundation to help support the region’s most...

Interior colleges ensure transferability of writing courses

Okanagan College Media Release A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been reached between Okanagan College, College of the Rockies and Selkirk College that allows students to transfer directly into second year of the Writing and Publishing diploma program at Okanagan College. “We are thrilled...

Insights into subatomic particle physics coming to Okanagan College April 15

Okanagan College Media Release If your curiosity extends to the world of high-energy experimental subatomic particle physics, mark Friday, April 15 on your calendar for a presentation by Dr. Andreas Warburton of McGill University. Warburton, who has worked at the University of Toronto and...

Habitat for Humanity Kelowna and Okanagan College Announce Partnership to Build Homes for Two Low-income Families

Habitat for Humanity Kelowna’s next build project will be in partnership with Okanagan College. Students from Okanagan College’s residential framing program will spend four months, beginning in April, building a duplex on the Westside. The duplex will then be sold to two low-income working...

UBC students revamp websites of seven non-profit organizations

From left, students Drew Ingram, Bryan Lennox and Ryan Trenholm worked with the Ki-Low-Na Friendship Society on a website analysis and redesign as part of the Learning Exchange at UBC’s Okanagan campus. UBC students taking a third-year Human Computer Interaction course have been working with...

UBC Human Kinetics student Chris Willie receives prestigious awards

Chris Willie is pursuing a PhD in Human Kinetics at UBC’s Okanagan campus. He has just received the prestigious Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship. Chris Willie, a Human Kinetics PhD student at UBC's Okanagan campus, has received the Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate...

Top entrepreneurs face off in second round of Venture Okanagan

Okanagan College Media Release Four aspiring local entrepreneurs will pitch their ideas in front of a panel of accredited investors after successfully making it through the first round of the investor forum Venture Okanagan. The forum is hosted by Okanagan College’s Students in Free...

OCAA opens nominations for annual Alumni Awards

Okanagan College Media Release Nominations are now open, and easier than ever to complete, for the Okanagan College Alumni Association (OCAA) 2011 Distinguished Alumni Award and Young Alumni Award. The Distinguished Alumni Award recognizes alumni of Okanagan College and Okanagan University College...

Agenda will focus on next steps after ALC decision

Okanagan College Media Release Okanagan College and its partners are considering their options after receiving news that the Agricultural Land Commission (ALC) will not approve an application to reclassify 10 acres of the Vernon campus for a non-conforming use to allow development of a multi-use...