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Event winner Robyn Thomas and runner-up Elizabeth Houghton with Dr. Peter Simpson, dean of the College of Graduate Studies, Katrina Plamondon, featured speaker and assistant professor, and Dr. Lesley Cormack, UBC Okanagan Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Principal.

Master’s student captures top prize at UBCO’s 3MT final

By Patty Wellborn on April 1, 2021

A compelling presentation of a topic all too familiar to some secured the top spot at yesterday’s eighth annual UBC Okanagan Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Biology, College of Graduate Studies, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

UBCO graduate students race against the clock to present their research

UBCO graduate students race against the clock to present their research

By Patty Wellborn on March 23, 2021

The community is invited to attend the eighth annual UBC Okanagan Three Minute Thesis (3MT) final. The popular competition returns March 30 in an all-new live virtual format.

Posted in Spotlight, Media Advisory | Tagged College of Graduate Studies

A team of researchers has determined the declining caribou population is part of a natural chain reaction from forest harvesting which can attract predators and competition for food. Photo by: Caribou Monitoring Unit

Declining caribou population victim of ecological chain reaction

By Patty Wellborn on March 18, 2021

A new study comparing decades of environmental monitoring records has confirmed that Canada’s caribou are not faring as well as other animals like moose and wolves in the same areas—and also teased out why. 

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Biology, College of Graduate Studies, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, Research

UBC Okanagan’s Problematic Substance Use Clinic offer low-barrier options for treatment. It offers virtual treatment options and structures fees on a sliding scale based on patients’ income.

UBCO’s substance use clinic accepting new patients virtually

By Patty Wellborn on March 4, 2021

As we pass the one-year mark of living with the COVID-19 pandemic, there’s little doubt the virus has taken its toll on the mental health of many Canadians.

Posted in Media Releases, Spotlight | Tagged College of Graduate Studies, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Psychology, Research

UBCO researchers are concerned about how the actions of some scientists, advocacy groups and the public are eroding efforts to conserve biodiversity, including grizzly bears, wild bees and salmon.

Misinformation, polarization impeding environmental protection efforts

By Patty Wellborn on March 4, 2021

A group of researchers, spanning six universities and three continents, are sounding the alarm on a topic not often discussed in the context of conservation—misinformation.

Posted in Media Releases, Spotlight | Tagged Biology, College of Graduate Studies, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, Research

Friends fur life help build skills for life

Friends fur life help build skills for life

By Patty Wellborn on February 17, 2021

A new UBC Okanagan study finds children not only reap the benefits of working with therapy dogs–they enjoy it too.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged College of Graduate Studies, Learning, Research, School of Education

Unsplash photo: Vicky summer @cestvictoiree

UBCO’s children’s social work mental health clinic goes virtual

By Christine Zeindler on February 2, 2021

UBC Okanagan’s Social Work Mental Health Clinic is offering virtual counselling and mental health services to support children and youth during COVID-19.

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

Associate Professor Hadi Mohammadi is the lead researcher at UBCO’s Heart Valve Performance Lab.

Breakthrough design at UBCO vastly improves mechanical heart valve

By Patty Wellborn on January 26, 2021

New research coming out of UBC’s Okanagan campus may take the current ‘gold standard’ for heart valves to a new level of reliability.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged College of Graduate Studies, Research, School of Engineering

UBCO researchers Farhad Ahmadijokani and Mohammad Ajrmand have developed a cost-effective material that can help remove toxic chemicals, like cancer-treatment drugs, from water supplies.

New tool removes chemotherapy drugs from water systems

By Patty Wellborn on January 18, 2021

‘What goes in, must come out’ is a familiar refrain. It is especially pertinent to the challenges facing UBC researchers who are investigating methods to remove chemicals and pharmaceuticals from public water systems.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged College of Graduate Studies, Health, Research, School of Engineering

A UBCO student project developed a method to make shipping containers immediately identifiable by using artificial intelligence.

UBCO team creates live technology to track shipping containers

By Patty Wellborn on December 18, 2020

With hundreds of thousands of packages and shipments crossing the globe, especially during the holiday season, the industry has turned to UBC Okanagan researchers to develop better ways to track parcels.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged College of Graduate Studies, Research, School of Engineering

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