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Visit authors: top row, from left -- Matt Rader, Laisha Rosnau, Lee Henderson; bottom row, from left -- Gillian Wigmore, Michael MacLennan, Richard Wagamese.

Seven novelists, poets, playwrights to read in 2010 Visiting Author Series

By Bud Mortenson on January 8, 2010

The Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies (FCCS) at UBC Okanagan brings an exciting array of Canadian writers to Kelowna for the 2010 Visiting Author Series of author readings, starting next Thursday. From January to April, seven Canadian writers will read and talk about writing and the writing life. With poets, fiction writers, experimental language […]

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UBC Okanagan Human Kinetics professors Gareth Jones and Jennifer Jakobi research how we become frail and what interventions, such as exercise, can be done to prevent frailty.

UBC Okanagan researchers recommend Olympic approach to aging well

By Bud Mortenson on January 7, 2010

UBC Reports | Vol. 56 | No. 1 | Jan. 7, 2010 For many older adults, aging with chronic disease, disability and frailty requires a daily Olympian effort just to survive. Exercise training inspired by Olympic regimens can allow older adults to turn back the clock on frailty, according to researchers Gareth Jones and Jennifer […]

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UBC Okanagan student Treanna Delorme is a member of the First Nations Snowboard Team.

Torch fires up UBC Okanagan Nursing student's Olympic aspirations

By Jody Jacob on January 7, 2010

UBC Reports | Vol. 56 | No. 1 | Jan. 7, 2010 A competitive snowboarder with the First Nations Snowboard Team (FNST), Treanna Delorme will carry the Olympic torch for one kilometre in Lillooet, B.C., on Feb. 6. The UBC Okanagan first-year Nursing student says carrying the torch is a thrilling opportunity and one she […]

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