Welcome to UBC’s Okanagan campus. Our intimate campus connects students and faculty and propels new ideas forward, enriching learning experiences and transforming the regional economy.
Where can you make a difference at UBC’s Okanagan campus? Support research excellence that transforms social, economic and environmental fields. Invest in our students who motivate change locally and internationally. Strengthen ties with students, alumni, scholars, volunteers and our community, creating solutions that will impact our Okanagan region and beyond.
From supporting Aboriginal students to improving regional health care- imagine what we can do together. Read our success stories, investigate our projects, and discover ways to get involved.
UBC’s Okanagan campus is committed to developing and maintaining a public art collection that is intended to stimulate discussion, provide learning opportunities, and enrich campus life.
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One man’s junk is another man’s treasure- or research materials in Shahria Alam’s case. Shahria, assistant professor at the School of Engineering at UBC’s Okanagan campus, is researching how industrial waste can be recycled into new-generation concrete.
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Luisa Vasquez always imagined that she would work for the United Nations. Her dream became a reality because of her education at UBC’s Okanagan campus.
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“This scholarship gave me significant reassurance that I was not completely without a means of attainting my dream,” says Beaton. Thanks to Conway’s support, Beaton is achieving his academic goals and one day hopes to pursue a law degree and a career with the United Nations in international law. “Choosing to pursue a job in this area will more
The Faculty of Management at UBC’s Okanagan Campus will distinguish itself through development and through world-class programs in service management and small business and enterprise – more
Student Collegia at UBC’s Okanagan campus provide a beautiful home-like refuge for students, offering a comfortable place to enjoy between classes, or before sporting or club activities – a more
When it opens its doors in 2012, the Southern Medical Program (SMP) at UBC’s Okanagan campus will be another significant step toward improving the health of the population by addressing more
With a mission to optimize human health, the School of Health and Exercise Sciences focuses on excellence in interdisciplinary teaching, research and community engagement. Students are trained to more
When Anne Brewster left Penticton in 1955 to attend the University of British Columbia, she had no idea how her experiences would impact her career or that she would remain connected to UBC well beyond graduation. UBC is more than an institution to Anne – it represents lifelong learning and the potential to succeed.
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The Community Service Learning Program is a vital initiative at UBC’s Okanagan campus that aims to develop responsible, engaged citizens and aims to impact critical social issues through more
Opening up opportunities. When North Dakota native Andrew Hughes came to study at UBC’s Okanagan campus four years ago, he didn’t consider himself to be set apart from the crowd. That all changed in his third year, when he received an Undergraduate Research Award (URA) through the Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences.
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What defines a leader? Recent UBC graduate Shirley Hutchinson feels that “a leader is someone who is courageous, just and compassionate”. Now she has been recognized and rewarded for these same qualities, receiving the 2011 Pushor Mitchell Gold Medal Leadership Prize.
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Kelowna’s Brittni MacKenzie-Dale is the winner of this year’s Okanagan Short Story Contest. Organized and partially-sponsored by UBC Okanagan, the contest is an annual writing competition open to fiction writers in British Columbia’s Southern Interior.
Researchers at UBC’s Okanagan campus are using advanced computer simulations to model how air flows into the deepest regions of the lungs and uncover how the early stages of emphysema can impact a patient’s ability to take in oxygen.
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