Converting parking spaces into people places
Parklets, not parking spaces, can create a positive vibe in the City of Kelowna.
Ancient fungi could help Canada's future northern forests
As Canada’s vast boreal and tundra ecosystems experience dramatic warming due to climate change, trees are rapidly spreading north.
UBC’s Summer Indigenous Art Intensive has full agenda of events
It’s called intensive for a reason. UBC Okanagan’s Summer Indigenous Art Intensive offers an educational series of courses, lectures, art shows—and opportunities to create art.
Museum exhibit highlights contributions of early immigrants
A new display at the Okanagan Wine and Orchard Museum emphasizes the perseverance of early Chinese and Japanese immigrants, despite the discrimination they faced.
UBC introduces sustainable food systems elective
Mary Stockdale represents one of the original cornerstones of the global food system: farmers.
UBC prof suggests species at risk in Canada are not fully protected
A new study from UBC’s Okanagan campus has found that in many cases, Canada isn’t following federal legislation requiring the protection of threatened or endangered species and could be placing them further at risk of extinction.
Pollinator Picnic celebrates Kelowna’s nectar trail success
The success of Kelowna’s first nectar trail will be celebrated at Summerhill Winery this Sunday.
Sculptures enhance permanent legacy of former UBC student
Two bronze deer now grace the grounds of UBC’s Okanagan campus, a gift that will forever stand as a legacy to former undergraduate student River Sidley.
Opera Under the Stars back at UBC Okanagan
A mid-summer evening of music promises to captivate concert-goers as the third-annual Opera Under the Stars returns to UBC Okanagan this August.
Community health-based volunteer program spreads across Canada
A UBC Okanagan professor’s idea to improve quality of life for seriously ill adults is spreading across the country.