Okanagan Campus News
- So you want to be a health detective? June 22, 2021Although bogus health claims have dogged humanity for centuries, a UBC Okanagan professor says COVID-19 has made the importance of navigating health claims more critical than ever. And there are plans to make BC’s elementary school students better health detectives, one class at a time.
- UBCO enhances science and engineering outreach programs June 17, 2021This year underrepresented and underserved youth in BC’s Interior will have increased access to science and engineering programming.
- UBCO researchers identify best strategy to reduce human-bear conflict June 17, 2021Conservationists have long warned of the dangers associated with bears becoming habituated to life in urban areas. Yet, it appears the message hasn’t gotten through to everyone.
- Local Indigenous artist contributes to UBCO’s public art collection June 16, 2021A new painting titled cax̌alqs — red dress by Syilx artist Sheldon Pierre Louis has been added to UBC Okanagan’s Public Art Collection. The painting depicts an Indigenous woman wearing a red dress and a face mask.
- New funding for immersive technologies makes virtual a reality at UBCO June 10, 2021Funding from the Government of Canada will help establish one of the world’s first truly interdisciplinary immersive technologies graduate program at UBC’s Okanagan campus.
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