Pool water research results in $10,000 Pacific Century award

Roberta Dyck Investigating chemical reactions may improve workplace health for lifeguards It’s a well-known fact that pools are full of chemicals. And researcher Roberta Dyck says people should know about the chemical reaction that occurs when those agents mix with substances already in the...

Childhood Under Siege wins 2013 George Ryga Award

Joel Bakan, author of Childhood Under Siege: How Big Business Targets Children, is the winner of the ninth annual George Ryga Award for Social Awareness in Literature, sponsored by Okanagan College. The award was announced at the Word Ruckus event, which took place Saturday at the Laurel...

Okanagan College provides desirable technology training to BC First Nations

A high-tech certificate program designed particularly for First Nations students interested in the field of Geographic Information Systems has drawn interest from students across the province. The 20-week (500 hour) GIS Certificate program was developed in conjunction with the First Nations...

Park promotes artistic, cultural partnership that benefits UBC

UBC’s Visiting Artist Marlene Creates gazes out on the new parkland adjacent to the residence on the Woodhaven expansion property. Regional District’s acquisition of properties expands eco-art initiatives UBC’s artist in residence, Marlene Creates, has high praise for a new parcel of...

Enactus students working to empower women in Penticton

Okanagan College Media Release Students from Enactus Okanagan College are empowering women in Penticton to gain important life skills in the areas of financial literacy and entrepreneurship with the support of a grant received from the Walmart foundation. The Walmart Women Economic...

UBC author shortlisted for BC literary award

Anne Fleming among finalists for BC Books Prize in Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize Anne Fleming UBC Creative Writing Assoc. Prof. Anne Fleming has been nominated for a prestigious Canadian literary award. Fleming is among five finalists up for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize in the 2013 BC Books...

New College Board member has significant financial expertise

Okanagan College Media Release A new face on Okanagan College’s Board of Governors brings extensive experience overseeing corporate finances and working on non-profit Boards. Robert McGowan has been appointed by the Province to the College’s Board for a term ending July 31, 2014. A...

Renowned astronomer sheds light on life in the larger cosmos

Okanagan College Media Release The Science in Society Speaker Series is turning to the stars to close out what has been a stellar season at the Vernon campus of Okanagan College. Dr. Chris Impey, who is a true star among stars in the astronomical crowd, will be presenting a free lecture on...

SAXX founder will be keynote at Business Students’ banquet

Okanagan College Media Release The young Okanagan entrepreneur who ignited his career with a revelation born of an underwear issue while fishing off the coast of Alaska will be the keynote speaker as the Okanagan Business Students’ Association hosts its 34th annual banquet and silent...

World Water Days draw attention to sustainability of fresh water

Students at UBC’s Okanagan campus plan Splashdown and other events As World Water Day draws closer, organizers at UBC’s Okanagan campus hope people get caught up with the wave of excitement for a number of water appreciation activities. World Water Day, which takes place March 22, is a...

Okanagan College gears up for electric cars on campus

Interest is growing now that Okanagan College is about to become a hub for sustainable travel throughout the valley with the installation of electric car charging stations available at each of its campuses. “I think it’s very innovative and progressive of the College to be doing this,” said...

Local College students earn national spotlight

Okanagan College Media Release More than a dozen Okanagan College students will have the opportunity to compete in the national Enactus Canada exposition in Toronto this May after winning first place in the TD Entrepreneurship Challenge and the Scotiabank EcoLiving Green Challenge and third...

Okanagan College launches enhanced website

Okanagan College Media Release Okanagan College unveiled its new online presence this week when it launched a new website with an enhanced look, new features and improved navigation. The site, which welcomes nearly a million unique visitors each year who look at more than 6.7 million pages...

UBC's Jeannette Armstrong appointed Canada Research Chair

Assistant professor will explore Okanagan indigenous knowledge and philosophy Jeannette Armstrong, an assistant professor of Indigenous Studies in the Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences at UBC’s Okanagan campus, has been appointed a Canada Research Chair. Armstrong will be Canada...

Experiencing culturally-based Aboriginal health education

Nicola King Health and Social Development students learn through special modules Nicola King, who is embarking on a career as a social worker, feels better prepared today to deal with a broad range of cultural and social issues than she might have before. She credits this to the Indigenous...

Kelowna campus hosts The Bill Good Show March 19

Okanagan College Media Release Okanagan College will be hosting one of British Columbia’s best-known radio talk shows on March 19, when CKNW’s Bill Good lands in the Kelowna campus’s Centre for Learning. “The Bill Good Show is travelling to key cities in British Columbia in the lead...

UBC Health and Exercise Sciences student researchers win awards

Kurt Smith, Anthony Bain, and Jinelle Gelinas conduct tests on student volunteer Kevin Wildfong. All four graduate students conduct research through the UBC Okanagan campus Centre of Heart, Lung, and Vascular Health. All are trainees with newly-opened Centre for Heart, Lung, and Vascular...

Okanagan College professors make a ruckus with words and Ryga

Okanagan College Media Release Word artists of all ages and genres get a chance to experience the randomness of the literary world on Saturday, March 23 when they collide at Word Ruckus 2013: a Festival of Words & Community. “Word Ruckus is an all-ages literary shin-dig, a pay what you...

Bucatini pasta aficionados take Spaghetti Bridge

The winners of the 30th anniversary Okanagan College Spaghetti Bridge Contest turned to Rome and its famous bucatini pasta to build the winning heavyweight structure at the 30th anniversary Okanagan College Spaghetti Bridge competition. “Bucatini has four times the strength of regular...

UBC nursing student seeks insight at mental health summit

Lauren Airth Unleash the Noise is organized by students for students There is a certain stigma about mental health. And when it come mental health illness in children and adolescents, it often becomes a ‘behind-closed-doors’ conversation. That’s all about to change, however, if a group of...