by Okanagan Life | Jul 23, 2014 | Community
The Ministry of Agriculture has begun consultations with BC farmers to help farming families earn a better living and have more opportunities to use their land. “We’re talking with BC farmers, local governments and the ALC to draw on their collective expertise about...
by Okanagan Life | Jul 22, 2014 | Community
Okanagan Basin Water Board urges action Boaters and beach-goers need to be aware of quagga and zebra mussels that potentially threaten the health and beauty of Okanagan waterways. These species breed at prolific rates producing mass amounts of larvae that are known as...
by Okanagan Life | Jul 22, 2014 | Community
Delay to expand campus athletics due to league’s pending strategic review A strategic review by the Canada West Universities Athletics Association (Canada West) has put on hold the possibility of adding varsity football to UBC’s Okanagan campus. At its annual general...
by Okanagan Life | Jul 21, 2014 | Community
Research paper wins Thomas C. Keefer Medal after 10 years in the making It has been a long road for UBC researcher Craig Nichol to help devise a green solution to mitigate landscape contamination from mine tailings. A joint research paper on the subject, which for...
by Okanagan Life | Jul 17, 2014 | Community
Free public lectures offer useful tips to budding authors and editors Ever wonder about the nuts and bolts that go into the writing, editing and publishing of a literary work? Editing Modernism: Creative and Critical Remediations, a five-day Textual Editing and...
by Okanagan Life | Jul 17, 2014 | Community
University-industry collaborations will be promoted across the region UBC is partnering with Mitacs, a national, not-for-profit training and research organization, to locate a business development specialist on the Okanagan campus. This week Jennifer Tedman-Jones...
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