Championing Graduate Student Advocacy and Creating Safe Spaces for Graduate Students: Introducing our 2025 Graduate Dean’s Student Leadership Award Winners
Yazdan Gordanpour, Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies – Sustainability Theme student, and Sheela Mbogo, Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies – Global Studies Theme student, are improving graduate student life at UBC Okanagan.
Meet Sheela Mbogo
Meet Sheela Mbogo, student in the Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies – Global Studies Theme
Researchers Captivate the Audience at UBC Okanagan’s Twelfth Annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition
We had a wonderful Wednesday evening celebrating graduate student research at our twelfth annual Three Minute Thesis Competition! To start off the night, Dr. Jelena Komanchuk, winner of the Michael Smith Health Research BC and UBC Okanagan Postdoctoral Fellowships, shared her talk “Sleep health inequities for children in foster and kinship care.” Using the tool […]
Meet Levi Oostenbrink
Levi’s research focuses on investigating the unique impact of boat-based bear-viewing on grizzly bear activity patterns by using remote camera traps.
Meet Usmita Adhikari
Usmita’s research focuses on developing an environment friendly approach towards construction of hydraulic barrier liners for hazardous municipal waste detention facilities.
Meet Téo Ardanaz
Student athlete, Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies student, and multi-award winner, Téo Ardanaz does it all
Meet Spencer Ursel
Spencer Ursel, Master of Science in Health & Exercise Sciences student, unravels the relationship between exercise, metabolism, and immune function.
Meet Niki Soroush-Asghari
Meet Niki Soroush-Asghari, Master of Science in Nursing student.
Western Canadian Graduate Students Showcase Their Innovative Research
From the pool table to the swimming pool, master’s and doctoral students from across Western Canada showed their communication prowess at the 2024 Western Canada Regional Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition!
Introducing UBCO’s First Thesis & Dissertation Award Winners
The College of Graduate Studies is excited to announce our new UBC Okanagan Thesis Award and UBC Okanagan Dissertation Award and the first winners of these awards!