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During the international expedition to Peru, Ben Stacey a doctoral student from Cardiff, United Kingdom conducts a blood vessel function test on a local Andean resident. Researchers are trying to understand how some Andeans, who live at high altitude, develop altitude sickness.

Global research expedition begins release of 15 major studies

By Patty Wellborn on July 16, 2019

A group of international researchers went to great heights to better understand how high altitude affects both newcomers and Indigenous populations.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged College of Graduate Studies, Faculty of Health and Social Development, Research, School of Health and Exercise Sciences

The annual opera under the stars event at UBC Okanagan draws a large crowd to UBCO’s central courtyard.

Opera Under the Stars returns to UBCO’s courtyard

By Patty Wellborn on July 15, 2019

UBC Okanagan’s courtyard will once again be filled with the sounds of music as Opera Kelowna presents its annual Opera Under the Stars concert on July 31.

Posted in Media Advisory | Tagged Arts, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies

Two UBCO fine arts students have been awarded summer art residencies at The Caetani Cultural Centre, which is located in a historic house in Vernon.

Historic home creates unique opportunity for fine art students

By Patty Wellborn on July 11, 2019

A new partnership between UBC Okanagan and Vernon’s Caetani Cultural Centre will help make artistic dreams come true for two student-artists.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Arts, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies

Jasmin Ma is a recent doctoral graduate from the School of Health and Exercise Sciences.

Partnership key to fitness success for people with spinal cord injury

By Patty Wellborn on July 9, 2019

New co-created research at UBC’s Okanagan campus has resulted in ground-breaking increases in physical activity and fitness for those living with spinal cord injury (SCI).

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged College of Graduate Studies, Faculty of Health and Social Development, School of Health and Exercise Sciences

Gregory Younging was posthumously recognized on June 19 with the Association of Canadian Publishers President’s Award for his contributions to the Canadian publishing industry and the association.

An extraordinary life: remembering Greg Younging

By Patty Wellborn on July 8, 2019

It’s the Association of Canadian Publishers’ highest honour—and on June 19 UBC’s Gregory Younging was posthumously recognized with the President’s Award for his contributions to the Canadian publishing industry and the association.

Posted in Media Releases, Spotlight | Tagged Community Culture and Global Studies, Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences

Genetic tagging can be an economical, ethical tool

By Patty Wellborn on July 4, 2019

They’re the central questions of ecology—why are there so many species and where are they found?

Posted in Media Releases, Spotlight | Tagged Biology, Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences, Research

Announcing $1 million in funding for Supporting Survivors of Abuse and Brain Injury through Research (SOAR) are, from left, Kelowna-Lake Country MP Stephen Fuhr, UBC Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Principal Deborah Buszard, Professor of Health and Exercise Sciences Paul van Donkelaar and Kelowna Women's Shelter Executive Director Karen Mason.

Groundbreaking UBC project studies brain injury in women abused by partners

By Chris Guenard on June 28, 2019

The Government of Canada is providing $1 million to fund a unique research collaboration studying traumatic brain injury (TBI) in women who have experienced violence and abuse at the hands of an intimate partner.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Faculty of Health and Social Development, Health, Research, School of Health and Exercise Sciences

At last year’s summer intensive Tania Willard’s exhibition, Casting Light to Fill Shadow: A Decolonial Aesthesis in Secwepemcul ̓ ecw, invited people to use flashlights to see beyond the artwork that was presented on the wall.

UBCO hosts Indigenous art-making immersive programs

By Patty Wellborn on June 26, 2019

Hosted by UBCO’s Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies (FCCS), with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Summer Indigenous Art Intensive features a series of world-renowned speakers, undergraduate and graduate credit courses, and a group of resident artists who will be working to create new works.

Posted in Media Advisory | Tagged Arts, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies