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UBCO experts offer tips on how to camp and hike cleanly.

UBCO sustainability researchers share tips for keeping parks pristine this Labour Day long weekend

By Christine Zeindler on September 2, 2020

The last long weekend of the summer is approaching and many will seek refuge in nature. However, this doesn’t bring comfort to all. Conservationists and border communities on provincial and national parks are concerned about increased visits and cavalier attitudes toward protected spaces.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged BRAES, EEGS, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Geography, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science

Jonathan Corbett, assoc. prof. of geography and SSHRC researcher of the year, Kasun Hewage, prof. of engineering and NSERC researcher of the year, and Rachelle Hole, assoc. prof. of social work and health researcher of the year.

Prizes awarded to UBC Okanagan’s top researchers

By Nathan Skolski on March 8, 2019

UBC’s Okanagan campus is home to nearly 300 faculty researchers that are exploring some of the most urgent challenges, newest ideas and most ground-breaking technologies in the world.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged College of Graduate Studies, Faculty of Health and Social Development, Geography, Institute for Community Engaged Research, Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences, Research, School of Engineering, School of Social Work

Mary Stockdale is a sessional instructor of geography at UBC’s Okanagan campus.

UBC introduces sustainable food systems elective

By Nathan Skolski on June 27, 2017

Mary Stockdale represents one of the original cornerstones of the global food system: farmers.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Geography, Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences, Learning

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.

Posted in Media Releases, Spotlight | Tagged Anthropology, Biology, Chemistry, College of Graduate Studies, Community Culture and Global Studies, Computer Science, Convocation, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Economics, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, Faculty of Education, Faculty of Health and Social Development, Faculty of Management, Gender and Women's Studies, Geography, History, Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences, Mathematics, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, School of Engineering, School of Health and Exercise Sciences, School of Nursing, School of Social Work, SoE Spotlight, Sociology

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