English and Cultural Studies

The Value of Your First Year English Course

The first-year English courses at UBC Okanagan are some of the most widely required courses across all program areas.

2022 Critical Animal Studies Book Prize

2022 Critical Animal Studies Book Prize

Fourth-year student awarded prize for essay in ENGL 457: Posthumanism and Critical Animal Studies seminar

Alumni Profile: Akeem Johnston

Alumni Profile: Akeem Johnston

English major talks about the road to earning his degree.

Rachel Pickard

Student Profile: Rowan Pickard

Third-year student pursuing a combined major in Cultural Studies and English talks about the road to earning her degree.

Melissa Plisic conveys ideas through more than just words

Melissa Plisic conveys ideas through more than just words

WHEN IT COMES TO SOCIETAL ISSUES, MELISSA PLISIC (she/they) felt […]

Alumna Profile: Olivia Abram

Alumna Profile: Olivia Abram

Olivia Abram completed the coursework option in the Masters of Arts in English this spring, supervised by Dr. Allison Hargreaves. Her independent research paper was entitled, Settler-as-secondary: Ethics and Politics of a Settler Engagement with Islands of Decolonial Love. Abram came to UBC Okanagan in the fall of 2020 after completing her Bachelors of Secondary […]

English Honours at UBC Okanagan

English Honours students share their perspectives and insights on their time in the program

Student Profile: Jessica Beaudin

Student Profile: Jessica Beaudin

Incoming Masters of Arts in English student talks about her research plans during her degree at UBCO.

Rachel Stubbs during her thesis defence in 2020

Examining Harry Potter as a serious contribution to contemporary children’s literature

Recent graduate Rachel Stubbs talks about her thesis and experience at UBCO as an Masters of Arts in English student.

Doctoral Alumna now a WP Bell Postdoctoral Fellow

Lindsay Diehl to teach in Canadian Studies at Mount Allison University