UBCO students undertaking project that will collect biographical information about some Okanagan women who were victims of violence.
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UBC Okanagan to host women’s basketball national championships
Thursday, February 11th, 2010 | 10:35 am
The first game of the championship will take place Thursday, March 18, at 1 p.m. with the championship game slated for Saturday, March 20, at 8 p.m.
Interactive and technology-based artist to speak at UBC Okanagan Thursday
Monday, January 25th, 2010 | 12:32 pm
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The second of six acclaimed Canadian artists will visit UBC Okanagan this Thursday, Jan. 28, as the next guest lecturer in the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies (FCCS) Visiting Artists Series.
Jolliffe is a media and visual artist whose work…
World-class athletes featured at Valley First UBC Okanagan Athletics Scholarship breakfast
Friday, January 22nd, 2010 | 9:26 am
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Tickets are now available for the fifth annual Valley First UBC Okanagan Athletics Scholarship Breakfast, which raises funds to support scholarships for student-athletes at UBC Okanagan.
This year’s keynote speakers are world champion para-alpine skier Josh Dueck, who at 23 was…
UBC Okanagan professor climbs mountain to raise money for prostate cancer research
Thursday, January 21st, 2010 | 11:59 am
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Edmond Rivère, a professor of French at UBC Okanagan, recently returned from a 13-man mountaineering expedition to the highest mountain in the Americas, Cerro Aconcagua (6,962m or 23,000 feet), to raise funds for researchers working to defeat prostate cancer and…
Update: City would consider taking over private road and maintaining it
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010 | 7:30 pm
Problems with Rails with Trails program means UBCO has no safe bike and pedestrian access.
Ideas to Action discussions start Wednesday
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010 | 11:10 am
Event: Ideas to Action — A discussion forum for contemporary ideas
Date: Wednesday, Jan. 20, and every Wednesday through April
Time: 5 to 6 p.m.
Location: Fipke Centre FIP 124 at UBC Okanagan
Admission: Free, public welcome
A new series of weekly public discussions of…
Free talk on tolerance, violence, safety and belonging
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010 | 10:14 am
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Cindy Holmes, a PhD candidate in Interdisciplinary Studies at UBC Okanagan, will give a free public talk about tolerance, violence, safety and belonging, at UBC Okanagan on Jan. 28 (2:15 p.m., Library LIB 306).
Holmes holds a Social Sciences and Humanities…
Full text of Michael and Gillian Treschow’s statement to Kelowna.com
Monday, January 18th, 2010 | 3:58 pm
We the Treschows did not construct the gate nor were we party to its construction. We did not vote for it nor advocate for it. The private section of Curtis Road that comes to a dead end at UBC runs…
Okanagan gets its version of TED talks
Monday, January 18th, 2010 | 2:16 pm
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A new series of weekly public discussions of contemporary ideas begins this Wednesday at UBC Okanagan. Hosted by graduate student Nelson Jatel, the discussions will be sparked by videos from the popular website TED.com, followed by a roundtable exploration of…
