Community Culture and Global Studies

More than 1,650 students will receive their degrees at UBC’s Okanagan campus this week.

More than 1,650 students graduate from UBC Okanagan this week

By Nathan Skolski on June 5, 2017

For many, it’s one of the biggest milestones of their lives—graduating from university. At UBC’s Okanagan campus, nearly 1,650 students will reach that milestone this week as the university gears up for six convocation ceremonies.

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UBC Okanagan Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Principal Deborah Buszard (far left) and UBC Okanagan Vice-Principal Research Philip Barker (far right) congratulate award-winning researchers Mary Jung, Jonathan Holzman, Mike Deyholos, and Susan Frohlick.

Shining stars, bright minds win top accolades at UBC Okanagan

By Patty Wellborn on March 10, 2017

Open minds, creative thinking and cutting-edge research have led to top awards for faculty and students at UBC’s Okanagan campus.

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Canadian filmmaker Min Sook Lee will be visiting UBC Okanagan’s campus next week.

Director, scholar, Min Sook Lee visits UBC to present film work

By Patty Wellborn on February 16, 2017

Award-winning Canadian filmmaker Min Sook Lee will be visiting UBC Okanagan’s campus next week.

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Time running out for living languages in BC

By Patty Wellborn on February 15, 2017

All of British Columbia’s 34 living First Nations languages are critically endangered and many face the loss of their last generation of fluent speakers within the next decade.

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Nick Blackwell and Jon Corbett, with UBC Okanagan’s Spatial Information for Community Engagement lab, have created an interactive media map to create a visual analysis of what’s happening in Canadian media.

UBC prof. creates crowdsourcing map to track changes in Canada’s media

By Patty Wellborn on November 9, 2016

While the landscape of Canadian media outlets has changed significantly during the past decade, a UBC researcher is hoping to keep tabs on exactly what has changed and where.

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Immigrant entrepreneurs more confident about their future than those born in Canada

By Matthew Grant on March 23, 2016

Immigrant entrepreneurs are more optimistic about doing business in Kelowna than those born in Canada, a UBC study shows.

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Gender and violence in our digital world

By Matthew Grant on March 4, 2016

To mark International Women’s Day, UBC Okanagan is hosting a talk about the proliferation of online and digital gendered violence and its effect on society.

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Visiting scholars debate benefits of the global rise of private security

By Patty Wellborn on February 10, 2016

The growth of the global private security industry is transforming the international political landscape. Across the globe, private security personnel now frequently outnumber public forces and play increasingly central roles in security provision and governance.

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