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Growing students into leaders
Being courageous and compassionate. What defines a leader? Recent UBC graduate Shirley Hutchinson feels that “a leader is someone who is courageous, just and compassionate”. Now she has been...
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Opening up opportunities. When North Dakota native Andrew Hughes came to study at UBC’s Okanagan campus four years ago, he didn’t consider himself to be set apart from the crowd. That all changed in...
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Learning Opportunities at the Okanagan Campus Prepares Alumna for the United...
Luisa Vasquez always imagined that she would work for the United Nations. Her dream became a reality because of her education at UBC’s Okanagan campus. Luisa’s UBC journey began in her native Colombia...
View ArticleInterprofessional Clinic: Funding a Team Approach to Health Care
What does the future of health care look like? In dynamic health care settings, the collaboration of health care disciplines will enable exceptional and thorough patient care. The Interprofessional...
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Irving K. Barber School Researchers Shaping the Health of our Society
Familiar with the phrase “no guts, no glory”? Husband and wife team Dr. Deanna Gibson and Dr. Sanjoy Ghosh have the guts and the glory. These assistant professors of biology at the Irving K. Barber...
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Thorpe family doubles the dollars for UBC student scholarships this year
First-year Bachelor of Science students (from left) Thomas Girard, Gurpreet Saini, Alyssa Liegmann and Kohl Finlayson each received $2,500 towards tuition from the Rick and Yasmin Thorpe and Friends...
View ArticleHow an entrance award is helping an Indigenous student make a difference
Haley Seven Deers, a fourth-year history and anthropology student at UBC Okanagan, hopes to use her education to help minority groups have a voice, with support from a UBC Okanagan Aboriginal Entrance...
View Article“It meant the world to me”: How the Blue & Gold Bursary changed one student’s...
“One of my dreams is to do an internship at the United Nations,” Dominica says. “That is how I can start to translate what I learn into action. Attending the conference allowed me to make connections...
View ArticleAiming at Climate Change: No Magic Bullet
When it comes to solving climate change, Dr. John Janmaat knows one thing for sure: “There are no magic bullet solutions.” For Dr. Janmaat, the Leading Edge Endowment Fund (LEEF) BC Regional Innovation...
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