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Helping students discover the world of research

December 14, 2015

Work Study

This year, faculty and staff across campus hired 234 undergraduate and graduate students through the Work Study Program.

Work Study provides them with valuable work experience that shapes their career paths and enriches their university experience. 75 per cent of these positions are research related.

Learn how a Work Study position with Knowledge Broker Gayl Sarbit helped Alex Cloherty discover research is in her future.

Applications are open from February 1 to 22, 2016 for the 2016-2017 Work Study funding calendar. To find out more, visit: students.ok.ubc.ca/careers/faculty/wagesubsidy

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UBC’s Okanagan campus is an innovative hub for research and learning founded in partnership with local Indigenous peoples, the Syilx Okanagan Nation, in whose traditional, ancestral and unceded territory the campus resides. The most established and influential global rankings all consistently place UBC in the top five per cent of universities in the world, and among the top three Canadian universities.

The Okanagan campus combines a globally recognized UBC education with a tight-knit and entrepreneurial community that welcomes students and faculty from around the world in British Columbia’s stunning Okanagan Valley. For more visit ok.ubc.ca.

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