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Okanagan College’s beverage technology access centre receives renewed $1.75 million in federal grant funding

Okanagan College’s beverage technology access centre receives renewed $1.75 million in federal grant funding

Jun 14, 2024 / 12:41 pm

Ben Isaksen has spent 20 years in the beverage industry, from humble beginnings in the London beer industry, to working as a sommelier at Big White and for the...

Okanagan College names Honorary Fellow for 2024 – Shelagh Turner, former CEO, Canadian Mental Health Association, Kelowna

Okanagan College names Honorary Fellow for 2024 – Shelagh Turner, former CEO, Canadian Mental Health Association, Kelowna

Jun 13, 2024 / 10:28 am

Okanagan College is recognizing a well-known and respected community leader at its graduation celebrations this week, for her role in transforming mental health...

Study on architecture of the heart offers better understanding of human evolution

Jun 13, 2024 / 6:00 am

New UBCO research compared the human heart to those of chimpanzees, orangutans, gorillas and bonobos to better understand how they adapted differently over...

UBCO celebrates top academic students in the Class of 2024

Jun 12, 2024 / 6:00 am

UBCO honoured more than 2,400 graduates last week along with top academic achievers Jordan Bird, Liam Krebbers, Oluwaseun Akinloye, Jacob Sol and Joanna Fear....

Student finds a home in Computer Sciences at OC

Student finds a home in Computer Sciences at OC

Jun 10, 2024 / 9:49 am

When Okanagan College student Kristina Cormier was searching for post-secondary schools to attend, she had some criteria she was looking for.She researched the...

UBCO celebrates the Class of 2024

Jun 7, 2024 / 1:30 pm

Graduates toss their caps as their ceremony comes to a conclusion at one of three graduation ceremonies at UBCO Thursday. When Liam Krebbers crossed the stage...

Okanagan College Launches Survey to Assess Community Interest in Clean Energy Retrofitting

Okanagan College Launches Survey to Assess Community Interest in Clean Energy Retrofitting

May 29, 2024 / 10:26 am

A unique applied research project is underway with the launch of an important community initiative aimed at promoting sustainability in Vernon.Led by OC...

UBCO engineering team triumphs at international robotics competition

May 29, 2024 / 6:00 am

A team of engineering and science students from UBC Okanagan and Okanagan College brought home the Audience Choice Award for their creation of EMBR an autobot...

OC professor named Business Woman of the Year

OC professor named Business Woman of the Year

May 28, 2024 / 12:03 pm

Okanagan College business professor Dr. Kyleen Myrah was named the 2024 Business Woman of the Year by the Kelowna Women In Business (KWIB) organization earlier...

Solutions the focus of Kelowna wildfire conference

May 28, 2024 / 6:00 am

UBC Okanagan is presenting the Wildfire Coexistence Symposium from June 3-5 in Kelowna. Dr. Mathieu Bourbonnais isn't going to rehash what everyone in the...

BC Anti-Racism Awareness Week, May 27-June 2, 2024

BC Anti-Racism Awareness Week, May 27-June 2, 2024

May 27, 2024 / 1:23 pm

Have you seen the Anti-Racism Reminder posters popping up on bulletin boards across OC campuses recently? As B.C. marks Anti-Racism Awareness Week starting on...

People, climate to intensify pressure on popular provincial parks

May 27, 2024 / 6:00 am

UBCO researchers are urging the province to come up with a use management strategy for provincial parks due to concerns about overuse as the parks' popularity,...

Enactus OC has a strong showing at Canadian Nationals

Enactus OC has a strong showing at Canadian Nationals

May 23, 2024 / 9:37 am

Okanagan College students met with success as they competed against other students across Canada with the latest venture from its sustainable business the...

Engineering students building toward earthquake summit

May 23, 2024 / 6:00 am

A group of UBC Okanagan School of Engineering students are fundraising to reach the World Conference on Earthquake Engineering in Milan, Italy, this summer. A...

UBCO research shows how healthy plants help rivers meander

May 16, 2024 / 6:00 am

A section of the Kettle River in the British Columbia interior. New research reveals a surprising truth about rivers: plants play a key role in shaping their...

OC Coyotes win 2024 Canadian College Baseball Conference regular season championship

OC Coyotes win 2024 Canadian College Baseball Conference regular season championship

May 15, 2024 / 12:08 pm

ContributedThe Okanagan College Coyotes have won the 2024 Canadian College Baseball Conference regular season championship with a 21-10 record, securing the...

EnactusOC back on National stage with cool business ventures

EnactusOC back on National stage with cool business ventures

May 15, 2024 / 7:03 am

Okanagan College business students are competing against other students across Canada with the latest venture from its sustainable business the Unusually Good...

Women empowering high school girls to step into trades

Women empowering high school girls to step into trades

May 14, 2024 / 7:18 am

One hundred female high school students from the Okanagan, Similkameen and Shuswap will be learning from successful women this week at Okanagan College at the...

UBCO's School of Engineering seeks to inspire the next generation

May 13, 2024 / 6:00 am

High school students have until May 17 to register for UBC Okanagan’s SEED program. UBC Okanagan engineering student Gurnoor Chawla knew she'd chosen the...

UBC Okanagan celebrates expansion, innovation during Nursing Week

May 8, 2024 / 2:00 pm

To observe National Nursing Week, UBC Okanagan’s School of Nursing invites the community to acknowledge and support the pivotal roles of nurses, nurse...

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