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$91K for local research

Castanet reported that a local research team received a $91,000 grant to help treat Penticton-based fibromyalgia patients. Nelly Oelke, a nursing professor at UBC’s Okanagan campus, will head the research […]

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2017 CBC Poetry Prize winner announced

CBC reported the winner for the 2017 CBC Poetry Prize is Alessandra Naccarato, a UBC alumna. Naccarato, a poet, essayist and arts educator, won for her poem Postcards for my […]

UBCO hosts open mic night

Kelowna Now reported that creative writing students at UBC’s Okanagan campus are hosting an open mic night. The free event will take place at the Bumbershoot Theatre.

Manila’s Parting Gift: ASEAN’s next steps on labour migration

Tommy K.S. Koh, a UBC master’s candidate of public policy and global affairs, wrote an op-ed for The Diplomat about migrant labour rights. “The reality is that Manila’s chairmanship was […]

Toronto school board’s draft proposal to ‘reform’ gifted program has parents worried

The Globe and Mail quoted Owen Lo, a professor in UBC’s department of educational and counselling psychology, and special education, about the gifted program in Toronto schools. Lo said that […]

Universities, colleges asked to imagine a ‘reconciled education system’

University Affairs mentioned Indigenous filmmaker and UBC PhD candidate, Jules Koostachin, in a story about a reconciliation forum. Koostachin shared her film about trauma and hope, Without Words.