Okanagan Stories
Printing Parts
Innovations in tissue engineering create 3-D printed options for skin, organs, joints and ligaments.
Closing the Distance
Telemedicine provides a valuable connection between surgeons and patients in remote communities.
Maximizing Potential
A student entrepreneur develops the first wireless oxygen-sensing device for endurance athletes.
Acts of Kindness
Students lend a hand to local non-profits and find satisfaction through UBC’s Community Service Learning program.
Indigenous Voices
Profs and students work to save endangered languages, interpret oral histories and empower communities.
Hive of Activity
UBC eco-art initiatives engage communities to transform and preserve natural environments.
Finding Home
UBC Okanagan researchers collaborate with an ever-increasing network to combat homelessness.
Being Human
Profs and students dive deep into the literature, art, music, history and philosophy that defines humanity.
Aging Well
Researchers and wine industry leaders grow partnerships to build economic and environmental resilience.
Touchscreen Temptation
A UBC marketing prof involves tech-savvy undergraduate students to extend research on touchscreen projects.
Custom Care
One size doesn’t fit all. UBCO’s Social Work Mental Health Clinic tailors support for students and the families they help.
Unleashed Potential
Dogs to the rescue! A therapy program explores how canines can reduce stress and increase well-being.
Into Africa
Nursing students examine health inequities in Ghana and Zambia through a life-changing global health program.
Brave New Worlds
Curiosity about Earth environments and global research expeditions land a UBC geoscientist in Martian territory.
One Water
Engineers uncover new ways to manage finite water resources, locally and internationally.
