Academic Collaboration Lighting Up UBC Okanagan
Interdisciplinary programs put health, fine arts and more in the mix Painting, sculpture and other fine arts may seem an unlikely match with health education, but that unusual combination is happening at UBC Okanagan. It’s part of a vision shared by Joan Bottorff, Dean of Faculty of Health and Social Development, and Robert Belton, Dean […]
Okanagan fire response: study reveals untold story from Health Care Organizers' Perspectives
Hurricanes across U.S. Gulf Coast states and earthquakes in Asia have put an international spotlight on the plight of victims and rescuers coping with natural disasters. Closer to home, Canadians recall images of tired firefighters battling flames across the Okanagan Valley in B.C.'s interior during the summer of 2003 in a heroic effort to save […]
New Dean of Health and Social Development appointed to UBC Okanagan
The University of British Columbia Board of Governors has approved the appointment of Joan Bottorff as Dean of the UBC Okanagan Faculty of Health and Social Development, effective September 1. Dr. Bottorff has been a faculty member in the School of Nursing at UBC's Vancouver campus since 1992. In addition, she has served as an […]