PhD Students

Meet Carolyn Crawford

Meet Carolyn Crawford

Psyched about Psychedelics? Investigating perceptions of psilocybin in people living with pain to inform a knowledge translation initiative.

Meet Kelsey C. Doyle

Meet Kelsey C. Doyle

Ecological Storytelling: Indigenous-Led Filmmaking and Intergenerational Knowledge Transmission in Outer Island Micronesian Communities

2025 Vanier Winner Kelsey Doyle Discusses Her Community-Led Research and the Impact that the Vanier Win Has on Her Work
UBC Okanagan’s Final Vanier Winners are Using Technology to Improve Weight Management Programs and to Create Media for Intergenerational Storytelling

UBC Okanagan’s Final Vanier Winners are Using Technology to Improve Weight Management Programs and to Create Media for Intergenerational Storytelling

UBC Okanagan’s 2025 Vanier winners are Sarah Craven and Kelsey Doyle. Sarah examines portable metabolism measuring devices while Kelsey uses filmmaking to enhance intergenerational storytelling and advocacy.

2025 Vanier Winner Sarah Craven Explores New Weight Management Strategies and Discusses Her Love for Learning
Translating Scientific Findings to Optimize Athletic Performance

Translating Scientific Findings to Optimize Athletic Performance

Bryce Twible, Doctor of Philosophy in Kinesiology student, combines his passion for sport with the pursuit of further education.

Championing Graduate Student Advocacy and Creating Safe Spaces for Graduate Students: Introducing our 2025 Graduate Dean’s Student Leadership Award Winners

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 Yazdan Gordanpour

Meet Yazdan Gordanpour

Meet Yazdan Gordanpour, student in the Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies – Sustainability Theme

Vanier Scholar Lindsay DuPré, Image courtesy of sweetmoon photography

Family Research Team Extends the Boundaries of Knowledge

Lindsay DuPré, Vanier Scholar and PhD candidate in the Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies – Indigenous Knowledges Theme, demonstrates how intergenerational research teams can help protect and adapt Indigenous Knowledge

Researchers Captivate the Audience at UBC Okanagan’s Twelfth Annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition

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 […]