From heart evolution to greenhouse gas
UBCO stories you may have missed in 2019 UBCO Okanagan has grown to a student population of more than 10,000. With this growth, has come new research opportunities—currently there are more than 1,600 active projects. UBCO researchers are challenging established assumptions, innovating solutions and creating new knowledge that will have broad impacts on our society. […]
Authors encouraged to put pen to paper and get creative
Budding writers are urged to submit their entries for the annual Okanagan Short Story Contest. Now running for 22 years, the short story contest has a long tradition of introducing new and emerging writers to the Okanagan community. Past winners have gone on to publish with Penguin Random House, Arsenal Pulp Press, and NeWest Press, […]
UBCO hosts a gala evening of art and entertainment
Each year UBC Okanagan’s Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, in association with the Visual Arts Course Union, hosts a fundraiser and gala event that celebrates the work of local artists.
UBCO professors explain the brilliance behind this year’s Nobel Prize winners
Planets, poverty, peace and powerful batteries. The science and activism behind all of these are tied together this year by the lasting legacy of Alfred Nobel’s annual recognition for game-changes.
Researcher Spotlight: Denise Kenney
“I am passionate about community engagement, art and social practice and finding ways for art to serve our communities, especially in the face of global warming and sustainability issues.”
Use the humanities to bridge cultural divisions, say UBC profs
In an era when divisions in society seem more prevalent than ever, two UBC humanities professors are using the power of arts, history and philosophy to build bridges and address the world’s most pressing issues.
Inspired Word Café blends creativity, inclusivity and interactive fun
The Inspired Word Café is a community-based arts organization that plans training, workshops and poetic and literary readings. Organizers are now teaming up with UBC Okanagan’s Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies and the City of Kelowna to host a series of public readings and open mic sessions.
UBC Okanagan MFA student awarded 2019 Audain Foundation Travel Award
Lindsay Kirker aims to understand the ethical and emotional disconnect to our current environmental crises with her art practice
UBC professor visits University of Exeter under the Global Partnership Visiting International Fellowship
Dr. Jodey Castricano’s visit to the UK opens up opportunities for future collaborative research
In memory of Dr. Mercedes Fernandez-Duran
Mercedes was an assistant professor of languages and world literatures in the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies.