Okanagan Stories
This video was produced prior to COVID-19 physical distancing requirements.
UBC’s Okanagan campus is situated in the unceded territory of the Syilx Okanagan Nation. The nsyilxcən name for where the campus is located is kłpəpqłpiwaʔs.
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Textile Tech
Partnership creates and tests new textile technologies and body armour solutions for the Canadian Armed Forces.
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.
Art Influences
How UBC Okanagan fine arts alumni are shaping the community with their unique artistic perspectives.
Successful Aging
Researchers explore how to help Canada’s growing older population age successfully from head to toe.
Indigenous Voices
Profs and students work to save endangered languages, interpret oral histories and empower communities.
More COMMUNITY Stories
Acts of Kindness | Hive of Activity | Facing the Challenge | Making Moves | Urban Harvest | You Belong Here
Coexisting With Wolves
UBC joins with Parks Canada and other collaborators to see how humans and wolves can coexist in British Columbia.
Finding Home
Researchers collaborate with an ever-increasing network to combat homelessness.
Aging Well
Researchers and wine industry leaders grow partnerships to build economic and environmental resilience.
Furthering Feminism
How the women of UBCO are challenging stereotypes, shifting power paradigms and working towards equality.
A Graduate’s Path
World-class programs offered in a supportive community make graduate studies at UBCO unique.
Empowering Entrepreneurs
For risk-takers and problem-solvers, e@UBCO helps transform theory into real-world application.
More EMPOWERING Stories
Custom Care | Game Changers | Building Tradition | Touchscreen Temptation | Launch Pad | Unleashed Potential
Healthy Earth
Soil scientists at UBCO are exploring how to make plants more resilient to environmental change.
Exposing Land Grabs
UBC Professor Jasmin Hristov shines a light on the plight of displaced peoples in Latin America.
Brave New Worlds
Curiosity about Earth environments and global research expeditions land a UBC geoscientist in Martian territory.
