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.
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Student Wins Prestigious Vanier Award
It’s been a year of wins for Pawanjit Kaur Sandhu, as she secures the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship.
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!
Rita Lam takes home top prize at the 2023 3MT Competition
Rita Lam’s research presentation on healthy building design and infectious disease control in built environments hit home with the audience at this year’s Three Minute Thesis final on April 6, 2023. A timely topic combined with impeccable delivery and audience engagement helped her secure the top spot at this year’s competition. Lam, a Master’s of […]
Felix Amoh-Siaw receives prestigious Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholarship
Felix Amoh-Siaw, PhD student in Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies at UBC Okanagan, has been awarded one of Canada’s most prestigious doctoral awards—the Pierre Elliot Trudeau Foundation’s Scholarship. This is the first time a UBC Okanagan student has won the award since 2009. Nearly 500 doctoral students from 22 countries vied for their spot as a Trudeau […]
UBCO researchers peer into the mental health of social workers
What happened in the past doesn’t necessarily stay in the past.
UBCO researcher examines the need for positive support when a child is sexually abused
New research from UBC Okanagan has determined if a child knows they have safe support from a trusted adult, it significantly increases the chances of that child disclosing they have been sexually assaulted. This likelihood is especially true when the offender is a family member or trusted caregiver.