This February, explore ways to fit physical activity into your day during Move UBC month.
Active Wear Wednesdays: Wear your athletic gear on Wednesdays and check out the Okanagan Trails, try a class in the Hangar or just schedule a lunchtime stroll.
Wellbeing Challenge: The Wellbeing Challenge helps you be more active on campus with this fun, self-paced scavenger hunt.
The Equity Enhancement Fund supports community-based initiatives that enhance equity, diversity, inclusion and intercultural understanding at UBC.
Small and large project applications are welcome. Students, faculty and staff are invited to apply by February 26. A proposal writing workshop is organized for February 12.
Post-partum weakness got you down? Try on-campus clinical Pilates.
Are you experiencing reduced strength, or fear vigorous exercise due to diastasis recti or other post-partum complications? There is a solution with clinical Pilates.
Join a small on-campus group in a safe setting to focus on deep core activation, proper breathing and movement form.
The clock is ticking. UBCO graduate students have just three minutes and one slide to tell you about their research. With $6,000 in prize money on the line, the stakes are high.
Tickets are available on Friday, February 7 at 8 a.m. Everyone is welcome, but seating is limited. Secure your seat at ubco-3mt.eventbrite.com.
Join Shelby McPhee for an event that highlights how black communities have responded to racism in Kelowna and Canada.
The event is jointly hosted by the Equity & Inclusion Office, the African Caribbean Student Club and Karen Ragoonaden, senior faculty advisor to UBC president Santa Ono.
Feb. 19: Open Education Forum with Rajiv Jhangiani
Join the Centre for Teaching and Learning on February 19 for an open education forum with Rajiv Jhangiani, associate vice-provost for open education at Kwantlen University.
Jhangiani will be delivering a keynote address, and following will be a panel discussion with UBCO students and faculty.
Environmental, cultural and human rights advocate Sheila Watt-Cloutier.
Feb. 26: Building community resilience in a changing climate
The Institute for Biodiversity, Resilience and Ecosystem Services, in partnership with the Regional District of the Central Okanagan, is bringing environmental, cultural and human rights advocate Sheila Watt-Cloutier to campus on February 26 to provide a global perspective on climate change and a vision for the future.
Okanagan College and UBC Okanagan partner to revitalize popular campus-to-campus half-marathon and relay
UBCO and OC faculty, staff, students and alumni are invited to lace-up and run a 21.1 km route starting on campus, travelling down the Okanagan Rail Trail and ending at OC’s KLO campus with music, food, drink and prizes.
Dr. Mariam Wallet Mohamed Aboubakrine, former chair and member of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, will provide her perspective on the progress and challenges for Indigenous women's rights.
Feb. 17 and 21: iSTAND reading week day camps
iSTAND is holding two day camps during reading week that let children and grandparents be scientists for a day and fuel their passion for learning and creativity.
The first camp on Feb. 17 invites all grandchildren and grandparents to connect with each other through STEM; the second camp on Feb. 21 explores the wonder of STEM with children in grades one to three.
Healthy Weight Specialty Service now available for faculty and staff
Participants invited for cognitive-behavioural service addressing healthy body weight
The UBCO Interprofessional Clinic is re-offering a Healthy Weight Specialty Service for interested faculty, staff and students starting in mid-February.
March 5: UBC Okanagan Interdisciplinary Student Health Conference
Hosted by the Southern Medical Program
Join local researchers and healthcare professionals for an engaging evening of knowledge exchange on March 5. Keynote address provided by Prof. Kathleen Martin Ginis, director of the Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management.
Ian Cull, Senior Advisor on Indigenous Affairs for UBC Okanagan.
UBCO announces first senior advisor on Indigenous affairs
Longtime campus executive Ian Cull takes up the mantle
UBC recently established the role of Senior Advisor on Indigenous Affairs for its Okanagan campus, with Ian Cull, a founding member of the campus leadership team, named as the first person to hold the position.
UBCO's African Caribbean Student Club highlights the diversity of the students at the university campus. Active for more than five years, the club has grown to more than 300 members.
UBCO students organize events to celebrate Black History Month
From food to dances to hairstyles, the students have a lot to share
From fried plantains, spicy side dishes and colourful cultural attire to tips on managing your afro, UBC Okanagan students are set to celebrate Black History Month in style.
School of Engineering doctoral student Saeed Mohammadiun says many urban drainage and stormwater systems are not designed well enough to handle extreme weather conditions.
Extreme weather conditions can tax urban drainage systems to the max
New design approach needed to handle impact of climate change
During a typical Canadian winter, snow accumulation and melt—combined with sudden rainfalls—can lead to bottlenecks in storm drains that can cause flooding.
Sharon Hanna, Mathew Vis-Dunbar and Jason Pither announced this week UBC is the first Canadian university to sign on to the Center for Open Science's online platform, OSF Institutions.
UBC becomes first Canadian institution to join open science platform
With increasing interest in promoting transparency, collaboration, and reproducibility in academic research, UBC has become the first Canadian post-secondary institution to join the Center for Open Science's online platform, Open Science Framework Institutions.
